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What is the dispatch center
Enhanced 911 systems allow the caller's information to be received electronically by this place.
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What is a bag valve mask.
A patient who is unresponsive should receive oxygen via this.
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What is a symptom.
Your patient states that she feels nauseated, she is describing a what?
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What is 30:2
This is the ratio for adult CPR.
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What is aware of his name, where he/she is, and what day/time it is
When you assess a patient's mental status, you should check to see if your patient alert and oriented to these three things.
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What is scope of practice
Controlling severe bleeding is within the ____ of the first responder?
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What is the recovery position.
This is the position you place a patient who is unresponsive without a suspected spinal injury.
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What is sign.
You see your patient bleeding, this is a what?
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What is 10-12/min; every 6 seconds.
This is how many breaths per minute you give for an unresponsive patient with a pulse, but IS NOT breathing.
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What is stroke.
Your patient is a 75-year-old man whose family reports he "is not acting right." The patient has
right arm weakness and slurred speech. You suspect this patient is experiencing a |
What is Good Samaritan Law
When you stop and see a crash, provide care, you are protected by this law.
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What is tripod position
People experiencing dyspnea will sit or stand with their hands on their knees, shoulders arched
upward, and their head forward. This position is known as what? |
What is to identify and treat life-threatening conditions
This is the purpose of the primary assessment.
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What is a bag valve mask.
What is the proper device to use to deliver breaths to an unresponsive patient.
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What is arterial bleeding.
A patient has bright red blood spurting from a laceration on his leg, this is probably from what?
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What is perform a scene size up.
You and your partner are dispatched to a crime scene where there is a stabbing victim. Your first
priority is to do what? |
What is oxygen
Your patient presents in obvious respiratory
distress and states that he is coughing up a lot of mucus, what drug can you give? |
What is the radial pulse.
Here is where you check the pulse of an unconscious adult.
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What is C-A-B.
This is the order you assess a patient's responsiveness, breathing and circulatory status.
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What is shock
Signs & Symptoms which include pale, sweaty skin, headache and increased heart rate are usually indicative of what?
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What is a legal document.
The run report is considered what type of document?
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What is a jaw thrust.
This is how you open an airway when there is trauma involved.
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What is the upper arm (brachial artery).
The pulse of an infant is taken in this place on the arm.
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What is CHF (Congested Heart Failure)
A patient who has difficulty breathing, swollen ankles and difficulty sleeping flat has this suspected problem.
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What is Heart Disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control, this is the number one killer among adults in the US.
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