Download EMT FISDAP Final Exam 2024/2025 Verified Answers and more Exams Business Administration in PDF only on Docsity! EMT FISDAP Final Exam 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025 CORRECT What is the rate in which you should be providing positive pressure ventilations with BVM? 10-12 breaths per min Best way to ventilate with single recuer? pocket mask best way to ventilate with 2 rescuers? BVM hooked up to O2 If PT is slow to respond, little chest rise and fall and retraction? Need to use BVM If ventilating, and chest doesn't rise, what's the next step? Reposition head Where does stridor sounds come from? High pitch, blockage in larynx/trachea (tongue/item) Where does wheezing sounds come from? high pitch, constriction in smaller air passages (asthma) Where does Rhonchi sounds come from? low pitch, raddling in the lungs (COPD, emphysema, pneumonia) Where do rales sounds come from? crackles/popping (fluid in lungs, pulmonary edema secondary to left-sided CHF) O2 levels for NC 2-6 O2 levels for NRB 10-15 O2 levels for BVM 15-25 O2 levels for NEB 6-8 Proper suctioning technique and what to do if they keep vomiting? 10-15 sec, suction on no more than 200mLHg, roll to side if need be What to do if choking victim are you choking, nonresponsive/apneic start chest compressions, responsive ab thrust, pregnant woman Seizure PTs Keep safe, open airway, suction airway, use NPA of needed POST Seizure s/s of pulmonary embolism recent travel/surgery, skin discoloration, leg pain/swelling S/S of CHF Edema, rales/crackles, feeling of drowning, can't lay flat s/s of asthma exacerbation Sudden onset SOB, wheezing What to do for Stroke PTs Complete FAST exam Possible MI PTs S/S: dizziness, SOB, crushing chest pain, pale, cool, diaphoretic What to do for possible MI PTs place in supine position, obtain vitals, rapid exam with history, EKG, aspirin, nitro, rapid transport Flow of blood through the heart Vena Cava (deoxygenated blood) > Right Atrium > Tricuspid Valve > Right Ventricle > Pulmonary Valve > Pulmonary Artery (Deoxygenated Blood) > Lungs > Pulmonary Veins (Oxygenated Blood) > Left Atrium > Mitral Valve (bicuspid) > Left Ventricle > Aortic Valve > Aorta > Out to Body MRSA PPE, no vaccines, wash hands, transferred by touch, clean equipment with germicidal agents Exposure to chemicals/poisons Remove from location first, wipe/brush of chemicals, contact HAZMAT/Poison Control, flush area HAZMAT zones Hot, Warm, Cold Mental Health PT Speak calmly, try to deescalate situation, reassure PT, acknowledge their concerns Hyperthermic PTs Remove from heat, remove/loosen clothing, place ice packs Bleeding Control Wear gloves, goggles, and surgical mask, apply direct pressure, if continue to bleed apply tourniquet, dress wound UNLESS PT is a hemophiliac, then apply tourniquet if there's major bleeding right away When is a OB PT fully dilated? 10 cm What is the placenta responsible for? O2, food, and waste Stages of labor 1st dilation 2nd delivery 3rd placenta What is crowning when the head appears in vaginal opening Braxton hicks false labor Pre-eclampsia Headaches, light sensitivity, swollen extremities, hypertension that can lead to eclampsia (seizure) placenta abruptio painful Placenta previa painless and covers cervical opening normal breathing rate of children 18-30 normal breathing rate of infant 40-60 barking cough croup Best option for febrile fever maintain airway and transport What is epiglottis? inflammation of the epiglottis, causes trouble breathing, drooling, issues swallowing What do you do with amputated parts? Wrap in dry gauze, plastic bag and place in cool water How do you treat penetrating wounds to the chest? 3 sided occlusive dressing If sudden SOB, ventilate When splinting Splint in position of function Steps to care for an evisceration wet sterile dressing and wrap with occlusive dressing What organs are in each quadrant? Rule of 9s 9-each arm 18-each leg 18-front torso 18-back torso 9-head 1-genitalia
