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68 Cards in this Set
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What is the golden rule |
Do not harm |
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What are the four levels of conciousness |
- alert and conscious - drowsy but responsive - unconscious but reactive to stimuli - comatose |
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What must be done for all trauma patients |
Lateral c-spine |
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Describe hemothorax chest trauma |
Blood in the pleural space |
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Describe pneumothorax chest trauma |
Air in the pleural space |
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Describe flail chest trauma |
Multiple rib fractures |
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Describe cardiac tamponade chest trauma |
Hemorrhage in the pericardial sac |
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What type of burn requires skin graft |
3rd degree |
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Force wrenching or twisting of a joint that results in partial rupture or tearing off supported ligaments without dislocation |
Sprain |
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Bruise type injury with a possible avulsion fracture |
Contusion |
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Break in a bone |
Fracture |
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This post fracture reduction requires no surgery (done through manipulation) |
Closed reduction |
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This post fracture reduction requires surgery |
Open reduction |
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This post fracture reduction requires mobile fluoroscopy with both open and closed reductions |
C-arm fluoroscopy |
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An emergency of huge magnitude that creates an unforseen, serious or immediate threat to public health |
Disaster |
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Process of identifying the victims, performing initial examinations, and assigning priorities |
Triage |
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Code red |
Fire |
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Code blue |
Medical emergency |
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Code yellow |
Disaster/crisis |
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Code pink |
Missing child |
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Code black |
Bomb threat |
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Who is in an emergency response team / code team |
- 1+ physician - nurses - respiratory therapist - electrocardiographer |
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Heart does not pump blood adequately to the rest of the body |
Cardiac arrest |
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Patient is unable to breath due to inadequate oxygen |
Respiratory arrest |
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Cpr |
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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Acls |
Advanced cardiac life support |
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Bls |
Basic life support |
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Delivers an electronic shock to correct an ineffective cardiac rhythm |
Defibrillator |
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Failure of circulation on which blood pressure is inadequate |
Shock |
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What are early signs of shock |
- pallor - increased heart rate - increased respirations - restlessness or confusion |
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Shock caused by massive blood or plasma loss |
Hypovolemic shock |
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Shock cause by systemic infection |
Septic shock |
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Shock that occurs with nervous system injuries |
Neurogenic shock |
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Shock that occurs with heart failure |
Cardiogenic shock |
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Shock caused by allergies |
Anaphylactic shock |
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Shock from posttraumatic stress disorder |
Psychological shock |
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Two major shock symptoms |
Increased pulse rate, decrease blood pressure |
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Name 5 symptoms of mild contrast reactions |
Warmth, flushing, metallic taste, coughing, nausea |
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Name 3 symptoms of moderate contrast reactions |
Erythema, urticaria, bronchospasm |
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Name 3 symptoms of vasovagal reactions |
Diaphoresis, hypotension, bradycardia |
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Name 8 symptoms of severe anaphylaxis shock |
Warmth, tingling, itching palms/soles, dysphagia, laryngeal/bronchial edema, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, seizures |
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This types of diabetes includes polyuria and thirst |
Diabetes insipidus |
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This type of diabetes is insulin Dependant |
Diabetes mellitus - type 1 |
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This type of diabetes needs hyperglycemic drugs and is related to obesity |
Diabetes mellitus - type 2 |
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Another word for low blood sugar |
Hypoglycemia |
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Caused by interruption of blood flow to the brain |
Stroke (cerebrovascular accident) |
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Type of seizure: unconsciousness, convulsions, muscle rigidity |
Grand mal seizures |
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Type of seizure: brief loss of consciousness |
Absence seizures |
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Type of seizure: sporadic, isolated jerking movements |
Myoclonic |
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Type of seizure: repetitive jerking movements |
Clonic |
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Type of seizure: muscle stiffness, rigidity |
Tonic |
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Type of seizure: loss of muscle tone |
Atomic |
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What is the first thing you should do post seizure |
Turn patient to lateral recumbent to prevent Aspiration of secretions |
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Severe dizziness accompanied by nausea |
Vertigo |
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Dizziness brought on by sitting upright from a prolonged recumbent position |
Orthostatic hypotension |
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Medical term for a nose bleed |
Epistaxis |
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Medicine: Increases BP, narrows blood vessels and open lung airways |
Adrenalin (epinephrine) |
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Combination of chest compression and epinephrine causes this |
Spontaneous combination |
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Medicine: increases BP, potent vasoconstrictor (good for hypovolemic shock) |
Vasopressin |
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Medicine: treats hypotension, increases urine output |
Dopamine |
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Medicine: antidysrhythmic, treats heart attack / cardiac arrest |
Lidocaine (xylocaine) |
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Medicine: strong alkanizing agent to treat metabolic or respiratory acidosis |
Sodium bicarbonate |
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Medicine: paralyzing agents, relax skeletal muscles |
Neuromuscular blockers |
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Medicine: decreases BP, vasodilates |
Nitroglycerin |
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Medicine: increases BP, vasopressor |
Norepinephrine |
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What's a normal oxygen flow rate |
1 - 6 liters |
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Breathing tube |
Enditracheal tube |
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Rigid pharyngeal catheter device available to clean foreign material from the mouth and pharynx |
Yankeur |