Module 7

Treatment for a person in anaphlaxis includes IV, epinephrine, and what medicine that blocks the histamine effects

Characterized by enlargement of the salivary glands

Your diabetic patient is combative and confused with a low blood sugar reading. You should...

Susie was bitten by a viper. The main goal of prehospital care is to

treatment for a female who injested an unknown substance found with snoring respirations,cyanotic skin,weak rapid pulse.

Common symptoms of AIDS except

First step in decontamination

chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through blood to your organs

Whish part of the ear is the organ for hearing

Hepatitis affects which major organ

Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings from mania to depression

Thiamine is used for what?

Jerry kept drinking more and more to get the same effect from the vodka

In which country would one find 8 of the world's 10 highest mountains?

common cold, measles, mumps and chicken pox are examples of____

What is a modifiable risk of disease

Pain in the left arm from a heart attack is called

Stroke like symptoms that often resolve themselves before paramedics arrive

Hypertension is a major cause of end stage renal failure

Most common form of diabetes

what is not a condition for type 1 diabetes

Males have a shorter urethra than females

Narcan should not be be given for

Pulse oximetry is accurate in carbon monoxide patients

This type of seizure is characterized by multiple seizures without an intervening period of consciousness

a condition which causes abnormally low levels of calcium develop in the blood

What is the innermost layer of meninges that directly overlies the central nervous system

Possible symptoms of Tuberculosis

Feelings of worthlessness, diminished interest in activities, inability to concentrate

Routes of entry to the body

An increase of water being drawn into the kidney tubules will cause

a classically knows sign of acute pancreatitis, or abdominal bleeding

What is your primary concern dealing with a patient that has ingested a caustic substance?

What is the main difference in the Cincinnati and Los Angeles stroke scale

coffee ground emesis is indicative of an upper GI bleed

This causes swollen scrotum, painful urination, blood in semen, pain in testicle and discharge from penis.

Establishing guidelines to regulate health care safety as it relates to communicable disease is the responsibility of

What is a critical piece of information the hospital needs to know for all stroke patients

small area in the center of the brain. It helps produce hormones that regulate heart rate, body temperature, and hunger

What does the brain need to properly function

The lymphatic system is comprised of all of the following except

You have a patient having a mental breakdown but do not want to be transported. What do you want to do

Dextrose should be given if a patients blood glucose level is below

Blood clots from atrial fibrillation place patients at a greater risk for

Decerebrate or decorticate?

What medication do we use that might be given for an extremely hyperactive patient that has taken cocaine

Given the following vitals on a patient with SOB what is still needed? HR96, R 20, BP 116/78, SaO2 97%, BS 90

Hyperventilation used in neurological patients will do what to the ICP

used for fumigation, electroplating, the production of plastics, and in fire smoke. This causes cellular asphyxia