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You are preparing for IV administration of fluids. When should the air be flushed from the intravenous tubing? |
After attaching the tubing to the IV bag, but prior to attaching the tubing to the IV catheter |
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Which one of the following intravenous catheter sizes is most appropriate if you want to infuse a large amount of fluid on a trauma patient? |
14 gauge |
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In order to assist your ALS partner with acquiring a 12 lead ECG tracing, what must be present first and foremost? |
Medical direction protocol that allows the EMT to assist the ALS provider with this skills |
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You are preparing to obtain an ECG tracing while using a 4 lead cardiac monitor. where would you place the red "RL"lead? |
Lower left chest wall, anterior axillary line |
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Where would you place the electrode if you were going to attach the V1 lead to it? |
Right sternal border, fourth intercostal space on the right thorax |
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How many leads are customarily applied to the patients body to obtain a 12 lead ECG tracing? |
10 |
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While working with your ALS partner in establishing an IV on a critical patient, he asks you to set up the IV bag with a "micro drip" administration set. which one of the following administration sets should you use? |
60 drop/ml set |
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You are having trouble getting the electrodes to remain adhered to your adult male patient due to excessive diaphoresis. What can you do to better ensure Electrode adhesion? |
Wipe the site dry, and then apply spray anti-perspirant to the skin |
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The ECG leads labeled V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6 are known as: |
Precordial leads |
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What is the name of the tubing that attaches to the IV bag and the IV catheter, thereby allowing the fluid to flow into the body? |
Administration set |
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If the ALS provider you were working with wanted to infuse as much fluid as possible in the shortest amount of time, which administration set should you use to assist? |
10 drop/ml set |
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What is the function of the flow regulator? |
Increases or decreases the flow rate of the IV fluid |
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Where would you place the electrode if you were going to attach the V4 lead to it? |
Fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line on the left thorax |
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While caring for a patient with congestive heart failure, your ALS partner asks you to set up equipment for intravenous access so he can administer medications to remove the fluid that has accumulated in the patient's s lungs. What administration set and catheter size seems most appropriate? |
Microdrip set with a 20-gauge catheter |
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An IV is properly established when the IV catheter is place into the: |
Vein |
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Where would you place the electrode if you were going to attach the V2 lead to it? |
Left sternal border, fourth intercostal space |
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The best way to avoid clinical and legal complications associated with assisting and ALS provider with intravenous skills is to: |
Gain and maintain proficiency through knowledge and practice |
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If the EMT fails to protect the sterility of the spike on the IV administration tubing while preparing equipment for starting an IV, what negative outcome is most likely to occur? |
Infection in the patient |
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The EMT has retrieved all the correct equipment necessary to initiate an IV. before assembling any equipment what should the EMT do first? |
Check the expiration date on the intravenous bag |
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Where would you place the electrode if you were going to attach the V6 lead to it? |
Lateral to V5, on the left mid axillary line of the left thorax |
