End tidal carbon dioxide
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)
Toxin-induced hepatitis
Medications,drugs, and alcohol. Not contagious. May have liver damage and jaundice (yellow eyes and skin)
Medications the EMT will administer
Activated charcoal, Aspirin, MDIs, Epinephrine, Naloxone(opioid poisoning),oral glucose, oxygen, Nitroglycerin
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
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.
Hepatitis A
Fecal-oral,infected food or drink. Vaccine is available
Hepatitis B
Blood, sexual contact, saliva, urine, breast milk. Vaccine is available
Hepatitis C
Blood, sexual contact. No vaccine
Hepatitis D
Blood, sexual contact. No vaccine
Whopping cough (Pertusis)
Is an airborne bacterial infection that primarily affects children younger than 6 years old. It is highly contagious and is passed through droplet infection
Alkalosis
The buildup of excess base (lack of acids) in the body fluids
Rhonchi
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
Stridor
A harsh, high pithces, barking inspiratory sound often heard in acute laryngeal (upper-airway) obstruction
Croup, Epiglottitis
Fever, barking cough,soar throat, and drooling
Crackles
Fluid in lungs
Congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, Pneumonia
Pink frothy sputum, fever, chest pains
Wheezes
Dyspnea, hives, facial swelling, etc
Dyspnea
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Croup
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
PASTE tool
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
Pleural effusion
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.
Acute coronary syndrome
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
V Fib
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.
Ischemic heart disease
is disease involving a decrease in blood flow to one or more portions of the heart muscle
SA and AV node
SA node is the main pace maker.
AV node is the backup
What position is best to transport a stroke patient?
Semi fowler
Angina Pectoris
Chest pain
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
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
