Sign or symptom of FLAIL CHEST? - ✔️✔️One side of chest rises and falls when
respirating and other doesnt.
What can Flail chest cause? - ✔️✔️Hypoxia: less oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged
in the lungs
How to treat Flail chest? - ✔️✔️Place a pillow on top of the side with the damaged ribs to
help brace them as you continue to respirate.
How long can you leave a tourniquet on a patient? - ✔️✔️2 hours
How to treat a STROKE? - ✔️✔️1) airway
2) emotional support
A mother in labor is having trouble breathing; what do you do? - ✔️✔️Lay on left side in
the Recovery Position
What is active labor? - ✔️✔️Contractions (starting at the beginning of the first contraction
to the beginning of the second contraction) 2 minutes apart for 10 minutes.
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Book says 3 minutes apart or less, baby is coming
Where do you clamp the cord after baby is born? - ✔️✔️Clamp cord 6" away from baby
and then a second clamp another 6" away from the first clamp
How soon does the placenta deliver? - ✔️✔️30 minutes
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? - ✔️✔️Fertilized egg becomes implanted in Fallopian tune
rather than in the uterus.
Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? - ✔️✔️Sudden pain
Difference between living will and DNR? - ✔️✔️Do not resuscitate tells us what the
patient doesn't want (CPR). The Living Will tells you what they do want.
What makes a DNR legal? - ✔️✔️??? Must have an attorney's signature. Can't take
families word. ????????????????????????????
How long do you have to call EMS for an infant or children? - ✔️✔️2 minutes
Where are the pressure points? - ✔️✔️1) brachial (upper arm under armpit)
2) femoral ( in the groin area)
What do tendons do? - ✔️✔️Attach muscle-to-bone
How long should it take to get a pulse before beginning CPR? - ✔️✔️10 seconds
How long do you Suction an infant? - ✔️✔️Remember 5, 10, 15.
Suction 5 seconds for an infant, 10 for a child and 15 seconds for an adult
What are ligaments? - ✔️✔️Fibrous bands that connect bone-to-bone
How far do you stop your vehicle before the accident scene? - ✔️✔️50 to 100 feet -
ensure safety of patients and partner
How do you care for a patient with a pulse but poor breathing? - ✔️✔️Rescue breathing 1
breath every 5 seconds.
1 breath every 5-6 seconds (10-12 breaths per minute)
1 breath every 3-5 seconds (12-20 breaths per minute)
Bag an ADULT when their respiration rate is less than ? And more than ? - ✔️✔️<10
breaths per minute and >30 breaths per minute
Bag a CHILD when their respiration rate is less than ?
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