Chapter 15

Question 1

Pain reproduced by movement, tender spot when pressed

Answer 1

Muscle/rib pain from exercise or injury

Question 2

Pain with characteristics such as cough, fever, sore throat, sputum

Answer 2

Respiratory infection

Question 3

How do you care for muscle/rib pain from exercise or injury?

Answer 3

Rest, aspirin or ibuprofen

Question 4

How do you care for respiratory infection?

Answer 4

Antibiotics

Question 5

What are characteristics of indigestion?

Answer 5

Burping, belching, heartburn, nausea, sour taste

Question 6

What are characteristics of angina?

Answer 6

Lasts less than 10 minutes

Question 7

How do you treat indigestion?

Answer 7

Antacids

Question 8

How do you treat angina?

Answer 8

rest, victim’s prescription, nitroglycerin

Question 9

What are the characteristics of a heart attack?

Answer 9

Pain lasts for more than 10 minutes, pressure, squeezing or pain in the middle of the chest, pair spreads to shoulder, neck, arms, lightheaded, fainting, sweating, short of breath

Question 10

How do you treat heart attacks?

Answer 10

Call EMS, check ABCs, position of comfort, victim’s prescription (nitroglycerin)

Question 11

Spasms of the coronary arteries

Answer 11

Angina

Question 12

Where does plaque build up in arteries?

Answer 12

Inside the walls of the arteries

Question 13

What causes a myocardial infarction?

Answer 13

Clotting of the coronary arteries caused by the buildup of plaque in the walls of the coronary arteries

Question 14

Medication that relaxes blood vessels and decreases workload of the heart

Answer 14

Nitroglycerin

Question 15

What is the emergency form of nitroglycerin?

Answer 15

Tablet, sublingual spray

Question 16

What is the chronic form of nitroglycerin?

Answer 16

Patch

Question 17

When do we NOT give nitroglycerin?

Answer 17

Head injury, patient has already taken 3 doses

Question 18

When do we give nitroglycerin?

Answer 18

Chest pain and victim has MD- prescribed nitroglycerin

Question 19

What is the dosage for nitroglycerin?

Answer 19

1 dose, repeat in 3-5 minutes

Question 20

What are the side effects of nitroglycerin?

Answer 20

Lowers blood pressure, headache, pulse rate changes

Question 21

How do you give nitroglycerin if it is a spray or pill?

Answer 21

Spray under tongue, place pill under tongue and tell patient to swallow when pill is dissolved

Question 22

How do you find signals of a heart attack?

Answer 22

5 P’s

Question 23

What are the 5 P’s?

Answer 23

Pain, pale skin, puffing, pooped, puking

Question 24

Strokes are the __ leading cause of death

Answer 24

3rd

Question 25

What are the 5 types of strokes?

Answer 25

Thrombus, aneurysm, hemorrhage, tumor, spasm

Question 26

Stroke that develops there

Answer 26

Thrombus

Question 27

When a thrombus breaks away and travels somewhere else

Answer 27

Embolus