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What is Thrombotic stroke? - ANS ✓Arthrosclerosis, occurs at night and alter mental status when awaken What is Haemorrhage stroke? - ANS ✓Rupture of a small vessel of a high BP patient sudden onset What is Leopold Manoeuvre? - ANS ✓ID of position of foetus prior to delivery What is deficiency of vitamin C? - ANS ✓Scurvy What is retinal artery occlusion? - ANS ✓sudden loss of vision in eye and painless What is diffusion? - ANS ✓movement of a solution from area of higher concentration to area of lower What is osmosis? - ANS ✓movement of solution from lower concentration to higher How to mange Eviscerated bowl? - ANS ✓wet, sterile occlusive dressing
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What does Wright Meter measure? - ANS ✓peak expiratory flow What separate upper/lower airway? - ANS ✓hyoid What is the movement of white blood vessels to a point of infection? - ANS ✓chemotaxis What is Henry law? - ANS ✓ascent injury to diver with nitrogen bubbling out of blood What is increased pressure in the pulmonary artery? - ANS ✓Cor Pulmonale How to treat hydrofluoric acid? - ANS ✓cation What law does Medic get sued? - ANS ✓Torte law What is bruising of the flank? - ANS ✓Grey Turner sign What is degenerated disorder of spinal cord? - ANS ✓Spondylosis What is slander? - ANS ✓spoken word What is Libel - ANS ✓written What is Borrowed servant doctrine? - ANS ✓Paramedic on scene has responsibility for action with less medical cert What is to make and store energy? - ANS ✓Mitochondria
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What is controlled by the hypothalamus? - ANS ✓Master Endocrine gland and pituitary gland What is a Grand Mal seizure? - ANS ✓Tonic/Colonic seizure What is Petit Mal seizure? - ANS ✓ 10 - 30 sec of seizure with episode of loss motor control What is Status Epilepticus? - ANS ✓last for longer 4-5mins or 2 or more seizure back to back What is Aura? - ANS ✓sensation the patient gets before a seizure What is Post seizure? - ANS ✓major muscle relax and eyes roll back What is the function of Cerebellum? - ANS ✓control balance and fine motor control What is high fever 106, delirium, coma, high heart rate, high bp, vomiting and diarrhoea? - ANS ✓Thyrotoxic Crisis What does tendon attach too? - ANS ✓Muscle What is universal donor? - ANS ✓Type O- What is the universal recipient? - ANS ✓AB+ What does Histamine release? - ANS ✓Mast cell
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What artery carry non-oxygenated blood? - ANS ✓Pulmonary artery What is Fick principle? - ANS ✓how oxygen transported through the body What is the main respiratory control? - ANS ✓medulla Patient with productive cough and pitting edema and ascites? - ANS ✓chronic bronchitis copd patient Where does the miller blade go? - ANS ✓under the epiglottis How to treat Aspirin OD? - ANS ✓Sodium Bi What is Brudzinski sign of? - ANS ✓Meningitis What do telemetry transmit? - ANS ✓uhf 450mhz How much blood need to lose to change blood pressure to drop? - ANS ✓20% How much for narrow pulse pressure? - ANS ✓15% Patient with flank pain and occurs 6-12 weeks from implantation? - ANS ✓Ectopic pregnancy What is the first stage of labour? - ANS ✓complete dilation of cervix and end with effacement
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What is Res ipsa Loquitur? - ANS ✓applies to torte law and replaces reasonable doubt What is Scope of Practice? - ANS ✓what state permits a paramedic to practice under it's license What control metabolism? - ANS ✓hypothalamus What is nonfeasance? - ANS ✓failure to perform an act what is misfeasance? - ANS ✓PERFORM A ACTION ILLEGAL MANNER WHAT IS MALFEASANCE? - ANS ✓WRONG DOING OR MISCONDUCT What does T10 control - ANS ✓umbilical cord What control diaphragm? - ANS ✓Phrenic nerve What control vision? - ANS ✓Occipital lobe What are cation? - ANS ✓positive potassium what are anions? - ANS ✓Negative Hepatitis viral or bacterial? - ANS ✓viral What are beta blockers? - ANS ✓control heart rhythm reduce heart rate - ANS ✓
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block norepinephrine and epinephrine - ANS ✓ What is Cushing Triade? - ANS ✓Increase in intracranial pressure ICP increase bp - ANS ✓ low hr - ANS ✓ low respiration - ANS ✓ What is Colle's Fracture - ANS ✓fracture of the wrist How much blood does the body holds? - ANS ✓6L What's difference between subdural and Epidural hematoma? - ANS ✓Subdural-slow relapse into coma Epidural- occurs rapidly - ANS ✓ What is Brown-Sequard Syndrome? - ANS ✓condition with penetrating trauma with spinal cord-complete damage to all spinal tract side
- loss of movement on the same side as cord damage - ANS ✓
- loss of pain,temp and sensation on opposite side - ANS ✓ What is Verapamil used for? - ANS ✓Calcium channel blocker
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decrease bp - ANS ✓ Sign/Symptom abdominal discomfort and tearing pain in upper quadrant, Melena(black tarry stool)? - ANS ✓Upper Gi bleed What is the line between upper/lower GI system? - ANS ✓Ligament of Treitz What is penetrating chest trauma, sucking chest wound and frothy blood at wound site? - ANS ✓sucking chest wound how to treat sucking chest wound - ANS ✓high flow occlusive dressing on 3 sides - ANS ✓ What is high fever 6yrs and younger with temp for 2 days? - ANS ✓meningitis Is meningitis bacterial or viral? - ANS ✓both bacterial more lethal - ANS ✓ What disease state cause a decrease in core temp? - ANS ✓Myxedema- hypothroidism What is a intolerance of cold? - ANS ✓Myxedema-hypothroidism What is tolerant to heat? - ANS ✓Myxedema-hypothroidism
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What is Hypoadrenalism? - ANS ✓to much cortisol example moon face, buffalo hump - ANS ✓ What is poor heat tolerance? - ANS ✓grave disease-hyperthyroidism What is epiglottis? viral or bacterial - ANS ✓bacterial What is boit respiration? - ANS ✓head injury with icp- period of apnea and rapid breath aka ataxic - ANS ✓ what does boit look like? - ANS ✓v-fib What does cheyne stokes look like - ANS ✓torsades What percentage is infant head front/back? - ANS ✓front- 9 back- 9 - ANS ✓ What percentage is infant chest front/back - ANS ✓front 9 back 9 lower 9 back 9 - ANS ✓ What percentage is infant arms? - ANS ✓4.5 front 4.5 back What percentage is infant legs? - ANS ✓7 front 7 back
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vitals - ANS ✓ IV tko - ANS ✓ .5mg atropine - ANS ✓ consider pacing - ANS ✓ dopamine 2-10mcg/kg/min - ANS ✓ How to treat Congestive heart failure? - ANS ✓airway, monitor, IV nitro .4mg - ANS ✓ Lasix 40mg - ANS ✓ morphine 2-4mg total 10 - ANS ✓ What is Zofran used for? and dosage? - ANS ✓Nausing and vomiting dosage 4mg - ANS ✓ How to treat Wide Complex Tachy with pulse(unstable)? - ANS ✓ABC monitor, iv, o2 - ANS ✓ consider versed 2-4mg - ANS ✓
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cardioversion 100j, 200j,300j,360j - ANS ✓ How to treat Wide Complex Tachy with pulse stable? - ANS ✓abc, monitor, iv o Amiodarone 150 mg - ANS ✓ repeat 3-5 min over 10 mins - ANS ✓ How to treat narrow Complex Tachy with pulse stable? greater 150? - ANS ✓ABC, monitor, iv 02 vagal - ANS ✓ 6,12,12 adenosine with flush - ANS ✓ How to treat narrow complex tachy with unstable pulse? - ANS ✓abc, monitor, iv, 02 consider versed 2-4mg - ANS ✓ cardiovert 50j, 100,200,300,360 - ANS ✓ How to treat V-Fib? - ANS ✓CPR 30:2, 2mins shock 360j - ANS ✓ resume cpr, airway, iv - ANS ✓
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How to treat Seizure? - ANS ✓ABC vitals, monitor, iv check glucose - ANS ✓ check for overdose (narcan 2mg) - ANS ✓ seizing versed 2-4 mg up to 8mg - ANS ✓ What is considered true hypothermia? - ANS ✓95 degrees or 35 C What is considered mild hypothermia? - ANS ✓ 86 - 93 degrees What is considered severe hypothermia? - ANS ✓less than 86 Sign/Symptom left side heart failure? - ANS ✓tachycardia, cyanosis,labored breathing, rales, coughing ,blood-tinged sputum, pulmonary edema Respiratory acidosis is caused by? - ANS ✓hypoxia and apneac (increase c decrease PH) Respiratory alkalosis is caused by? - ANS ✓HYPERVENTILATION ( c02 down ph up) Metabolic acidosis is caused by? - ANS ✓build up of lactic acids(normal c02, ph down) Metabolic alkalosis is caused by? - ANS ✓excessive diarrhea and vomiting (increased ph)
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PID? - ANS ✓shuffle gait, pain with intercourse What is - ANS ✓ Decorticate Posturing - ANS ✓Arms flexed, fist clenched and legs extended Decerebrate Posture - ANS ✓stiff and extended extremities and retracted head What is Cullen Sign? - ANS ✓ecchymosis in the periumbilical area What is McBurney Point? - ANS ✓one to two inches above the anterior iliac crest in direct line with the umbilicus What is Systole? - ANS ✓contraction What is Diastole? - ANS ✓Relaxation Which stroke Sign/Symptom increase BP sudden onset? - ANS ✓Haemorrhagic stroke Which stroke blocks the cerebral artery? - ANS ✓Occlusive stroke What stroke sudden onset with serve headache? - ANS ✓Embolic stroke Which occurs at night and alter mental status when awaken? - ANS ✓Thrombotic stroke
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Nasal cannula - ANS ✓ 22 - 45% Simple face mask - ANS ✓ 35 - 60%(O2 5-10lpm) Nonrebreather - ANS ✓ 60 - 80% Oral airway measurement - ANS ✓Corner of mouth to tip of earlobe Miller blade - ANS ✓Blade lifts the epiglottis out of way to expose glottis opening Polarization - ANS ✓Ready state Depolarization - ANS ✓Stimulation Repolarization - ANS ✓Recovery Absolute refractory period - ANS ✓The cell will not respond to further stimulation within itself Correspond with the onset of the qrs complex to the peak T wave - ANS ✓ interventricular septum - ANS ✓leads V1 and V Anterior wall of left ventricles - ANS ✓V3 and V low lateral wall of left ventricle - ANS ✓V5 and V
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high lateral wall of left ventricle - ANS ✓lead 1 and AVL inferior wall of left ventricle - ANS ✓II and III AVF right ventricle - ANS ✓V4 R third degree heart block - ANS ✓ventricular rate 40-50, wide QRS - ANS ✓ more P waves than QRS - ANS ✓ Regular - ANS ✓ first degree heart block - ANS ✓regular P waves greater .20 sec (5 small boxes) - ANS ✓ Second degree type I - ANS ✓P-R interval that progressively lengthen until P wave is blocked(not followed by QRS irregular rhythm - ANS ✓ Second degree type 2 - ANS ✓regular or irregular more P waves than QRS - ANS ✓ Epinephrine - ANS ✓alpha and beta receptors
