WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 4 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS LATEST 2024
Most definitive treatment of _______ means top of top - ANSWER✔✔so upto doctor level Subcutaneous emphysema - ANSWER✔✔Presence of air in soft tissues Hollow Organs - ANSWER✔✔Stomach, Intestines, Bladder, Galbladder if lacerated doesn't bleed much but will leak 1.Acid and 2. Bacteria acid will cause immediate pain bacteria will slowly cause peritonitis Solid Organs - ANSWER✔✔Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Pancreas Will leak a lot of blood and cause shock No abdominal pain from leakage Kehr signing from irritated diaphragm Ped immobilization (what to do with head) - ANSWER✔✔Have to pad under torso to ensure the head is in the neutralized in line position Lpm for different masks - ANSWER✔✔Nasal Cannula = 1-6lpm NRB = 10-15lpm BVM = 15lpm 1 / 2
Rigid Splint - ANSWER✔✔Hard surface under broken area From Joint above to Joint Below Pad between limb and splint Traction Splint - ANSWER✔✔Only for femur if broken in 1 spot and closed fracture Formable Splint - ANSWER✔✔Below elbow or knee inflatable air device usually You try to reallign fracture and no pmscs - ANSWER✔✔just go Crush Syndrome - ANSWER✔✔when area of body is trapped for longer than 4 hours and arterial blood flow is compromised can lead to renal failure and death Blood loss with femur fracture - ANSWER✔✔1 Liter or 1000mL or 1000 cc Impaled eye - ANSWER✔✔Doughnut ring gauze place around object over eye secure with gauze Detached retina - ANSWER✔✔Retina detaches from the choroid and the sclera and may cause blindness which may be temporary Pericardial tamponade ss - ANSWER✔✔Beck's triad AMS support ventilations, position of comfort, rapid transport Beck's triad - ANSWER✔✔Low BP/JVD/Distant and muffled heart sounds
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