quiz 12 Flashcards
The portion of the assessment that is designed to identify and treat immediately life-threatening conditions is called the:
primary assessment.
All of the following are examples of interventions EXCEPT:
checking a carotid pulse.
Fill in the blank, AVPU stands for
alert, verval, pain, unresponsive.
In any patient with suspected spinal injury, an EMT should apply manual stabilization:
on first contact with the patient.
If a patient is not alert and is breathing less than 8 breaths a minute, the EMT should
ventilate with a positive pressure device and 100 percent oxygen.
Actions taken to correct a patient’s problems are known as:
interventions.
In light-skinned people, poor circulation is indicated if the skin at the wrist is pale and:
clammy.
The mental status of unresponsive infants is typically checked by flicking the feet and:
talking to the infant
The assessment sign that is generally more reliable in children than adults is:
capillary refill.
Put the six steps of the primary assessment in the correct order for a medical assessment, get them all correct.
scene safety, initial assessment, airway management, breathing assessment, circulation, priority
Using the AVPU scale, a patient who will respond only to a brisk rubbing of the sternum would receive a rating of:
alert
When an EMT feels that a patient just “doesn’t look right,” this is called
clinical judgment.
