Emt-B Review Iii

Front 1

List the medications carried on the EMS unit

Back 1

Activated Charcoal
Oral Glucose
Oxygen

Front 2

Medications not carried on the EMS units, but EMT-b can assist patients with when approved by medicontrol

Back 2

Prescribed inhaler
Nitroglycerin
Epinepherine

Front 3

Situation when a drug should not be used because it may cause harm to the patient or offer no effect in improving the patients condition/illness

Back 3

Contraindications

Front 4

Any action of a drug other than the desired one.

Back 4

side-effects

Front 5

Dilates the arteries to increase the oxygen supply to the heart.

Back 5

Nitroglycerin

Front 6

Dilates passages to the lungs, constricts blood vessels, and increases heart rate/blood pressure.

Back 6

Epinepherine

Front 7

List the 7 routes medications are administered

Back 7

Oral, IV, Sublingual, Subcutaneous, Rectal, inhalation, transcutaneous

Front 8

Fluid build-up within the alveoli and lung tissue

Back 8

Pulmonary edema

Front 9

Disease of the lungs in which the alveoli stretch, lose elasticity, and are destroyed

Back 9

Emphysema

Front 10

Difficulty breathing

Back 10

Dyspnea

Front 11

Pulmonary edema my be produced by

Back 11

heart attack
Inhaling large amounts of smoke
Traumatic chest injuries
Inhaling toxic chemicals

Front 12

Accumulation of air in the pleural space

Back 12

Pneumothorax

Front 13

Fluid outside of the lungs

Back 13

Pleural effusion

Front 14

The last step in the initial assessment is

Back 14

transport decision

Front 15

Tissue death is called

Back 15

Infarction