1: After giving a medication to the patient, what would you do within 5 minutes?
Recheck vitals
In chest pain patients with prescribed NITRO, you may assist them with it after giving O2. At or below what BP would you choose to advise the patient not to take their prescribed NITRO?
If systolic is less then 100
What are the TRADE (BRAND) names of ibuprofen
advil , moltrin
What bad things does the book say can happen to a patient who is given NARCAN for an opiate overdose
Can become violent or cause siezures
You give your patient NITRO. Suddenly there is a significant drop in BP. What position would you place the patient in to support the best chance of naturally raising the BP
Supine
Where do subcutaneous medications get injected
Under the skin – in the fatty tissue between the skin and the muscle
what doesnt epi do
doesnt lower BP
the NREMT exams suggest that you need to call medical control for giving medications. With this idea in mind, after verifying the EPI Pen the patient gave you is prescribed to them and is in appropriate date, what would you do next
Call medical control
Patient with Tb skin test with positive result what happened
Prior patient - takes 6 weeks to get symptoms
In what part of your assessment do you determine to emergently or non-emergently transport your patient
primary asessment
Why do we take all the patients medications with us to the ER
To avoid medication errors, prevent dangerous drug interactions
You elect to finish your ABCs in one go. You find the patient is in resp. Shock. What would you administer next
oxygen and bvm
What are the symptoms of aspirin overdose? What would their breathing RRQ be
fast and deep
What are the contraindications of CPAP
hypotension, altered mental status
What is HYPOXIC DRIVE
low levels of oxygen
Oral adjunct and O2 delivery device would you choose for SEMICONSCIOUS and SLOW SHALLOW breathing
npa and assisted breathing
What are the book’s treatments for migraine AKA SEVERE HEADACHE
no sirens and dim lights
experiencing a siezure , disagree
no meds
Define aneurysm
Swelling or enlargement of a part of an artery , resulting in weakening of the arterial wall
What are metabolic causes of seizures
Hypoglycemia, Hypoxia, drug or alcohol withdrawal, poisoning
What are the characteristics of postictal state
Labored respirations and altered mental state
Sudden severe headache. Shortly after goes unconscious. BP is high. What happened
hemmorhagic stroke
If the arm drift test is hard for the patient to understand and follow commands for… what can you do to assist them in getting their arms into position with eyes closed?
n=move patients arms into position again
LVAD? What vital signs are altered by the device and will change our assessment mildly
pulse may be weak or absent and blood pressure difficult to measure
