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1
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End tidal carbon dioxide

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Is the partial pressure or maximal concentration of co2 at the end of and exhaled breath.

Amount of carbon of dioxide you’re moving out. (Pg 404)

2
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Toxin-induced hepatitis

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Medications,drugs, and alcohol. Not contagious. May have liver damage and jaundice (yellow eyes and skin)

3
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Medications the EMT will administer

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Activated charcoal, Aspirin, MDIs, Epinephrine, Naloxone(opioid poisoning),oral glucose, oxygen, Nitroglycerin

4
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Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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A bacterium that can cause infections in different parts of the body and is often resistant to commonly used antibiotics; it is transmitted by different routes, including the respiratory route, and can be found on the skin, in surgical wounds, in the bloodstream, lungs, and unitary tract.

5
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Hepatitis A

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Fecal-oral,infected food or drink. Vaccine is available

6
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Hepatitis B

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Blood, sexual contact, saliva, urine, breast milk. Vaccine is available

7
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Hepatitis C

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Blood, sexual contact. No vaccine

8
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Hepatitis D

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Blood, sexual contact. No vaccine

9
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Whopping cough (Pertusis)

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Is an airborne bacterial infection that primarily affects children younger than 6 years old. It is highly contagious and is passed through droplet infection

10
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Alkalosis

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The buildup of excess base (lack of acids) in the body fluids

11
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Rhonchi

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Coarse breath sounds heard in patients with chronic mucus in the airways

COPD, Pneumonia, Brochitis

Productive cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain, clear or white sputum

12
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Stridor

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A harsh, high pithces, barking inspiratory sound often heard in acute laryngeal (upper-airway) obstruction

Croup, Epiglottitis

Fever, barking cough,soar throat, and drooling

13
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Crackles

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Fluid in lungs

Congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, Pneumonia

Pink frothy sputum, fever, chest pains

14
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Wheezes

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Dyspnea, hives, facial swelling, etc

15
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Dyspnea

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shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

16
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Croup

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An inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory system that may cause a partial airway obstruction and is characterized by a barking cough, usually seen in children

17
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PASTE tool

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P-Progression. What start it? (shortness of breath)
A-Associated chest pain.
S-Sputum. Has the patient been coughing up sputum?
T-Talking tiredness. This is an indicator of how much distress the patient is in
E-Exercise tolerance. Ask the patient a question about what he or she was able to do before this problem started

18
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Pleural effusion

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Is a collection of fluid outside the lung on one or both sides of the chest. It compresses the lung or lungs and causes dyspnea.

19
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Acute coronary syndrome

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Also called ACS, is a term used to describe a group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia. Myocardial ischemia is a decrease in blood flow to the heart, which leads to chest pain through reduction of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues of the heart

20
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V Fib

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Disorganized, ineffective quivering of the ventricles. No blood is pumped through the body, and the patient usually becomes unconscious within seconds. The only way to convert this dysrhthmia is to defibrillate the heart.

21
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Ischemic heart disease

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is disease involving a decrease in blood flow to one or more portions of the heart muscle

22
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SA and AV node

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SA node is the main pace maker.

AV node is the backup

23
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What position is best to transport a stroke patient?

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Semi fowler

24
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Angina Pectoris

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Chest pain

25
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Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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A disorder of the brain in which brain cells temporarily stop functioning because of insufficient oxygen, causing stroke-like symptoms that resolve completely within 24 hours of onset