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"5 Rights" of medication administration. - CORRECT ANSWER: right patient, right medication, right route, right dose, and right time.

#1 Way of getting bloodborne disease is? - CORRECT ANSWER: By sexual intercourse

#1 Way of preventing transmission of diseases is by? - CORRECT ANSWER:

Handwashing

2nd stage of labor - CORRECT ANSWER: The hallmark finding in the second stage of labor is the complete delivery of the baby.

3rd stage of labor - CORRECT ANSWER: The third stage occurs when the placenta

delivers.

4 STEPS IN Determination of Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Duty to Act

• Failure to Act (Breach of Duty)
• Damages, Harm, or Injury
• Proximate Cause (Causation): Reasonable Cause-and-Effect relationship between

Breach of Duty and the Damages suffered by patient.

• Sections of Spinal Column. (from top to bottom)? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Cervical

(7 vertebrae)-neck

• Thoracic (12 vertebrae)-
• Lumbar (5 vertebrae)
• Sacrum (5 vertebrae)
• Coccyx (4 vertebrae) 1 / 4

5 Stages of Death and Dying? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Denial

• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance

A 71-year-old female has fallen and complains of left hip pain. On examination you note her left foot is rotated laterally. This finding most likely indicates a - CORRECT

ANSWER: femur fracture

A oxygen tank which holds 350 liters - CORRECT ANSWER: D Cylinder (portable)

A virulent disease that can remain communicable in dried blood days and even weeks

after it was spilled - CORRECT ANSWER: Hepatitis C

AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Rare (hard to detect)

• Occurs Slowly
• If it tears or ruptures, massive hemorhhage may occur
• Radiating pain to back
• Requires PROMPT Transport
• unequal pulses lower extremities
• history of hypertension

Abdominal Pain Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER: Check area with most pain last.

Abdominal Pain Transport - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Usually in lateral recumbent

position (one side) with knees bent

Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER: Away from midline 2 / 4

Abruptio placenta - CORRECT ANSWER: placenta separates prematurely

Activated Charcoal - CORRECT ANSWER: Absorbs poisons-Binds with them; may

cause black stools Can cause vomiting Types; SuperChar, InstaChar, Actidose, LiquiChar

Dosage:

12.5 gm charcoal in liquid; 1 gm per kg Adult (25-50gm) Pedi (12.5-25 gm)

Activated Charcoal (Ingestion) - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Be sure not acid or alkali

• Can Swallow
• Awake
• Medical control order

Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER: Toward midline

Adrenal glands location? - CORRECT ANSWER: On superior portion of upper quadrant

AED " no pulse or response"? - CORRECT ANSWER: Always do CAB's then use AED

AED "no shock advised" what to do? - CORRECT ANSWER: Do CPR for 2 mins with AED and reanalyze.

AED "semiautomatic"? - CORRECT ANSWER: Means operator has to push down to shock after "shock advised" prompt

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AED pads placement with medication patch? - CORRECT ANSWER: Do not place on

top of medication patch or directly over defibrillator or pacemaker.

Air embolism & decompression sickness difference? - CORRECT ANSWER: Air

embolism occurs immediately on return to surface, whereas decompression sickness will not occur until several hours

Alcoholism - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Central nervous system depressant, complicates

assessment

• Delirum Tremens (withdrawl))-24/48 hours without alcohol. Will hallucinate, shake,

seizure, possible death

Allergic Reaction/Anaphylasix Treatment - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. oxygen

• Transport
• If auto injector (help administer)

Altered mental status in hyperglycemia is caused by - CORRECT ANSWER:

dehydration of the brain cells.

Alveoli Defined, location and Importance? - CORRECT ANSWER: Located at end of the airway, are millions of thin-walled, balloon-like sacs that serve as the functional site for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Always give HIGH FLOW oxygen to what patients? - CORRECT ANSWER: COPD,

Infants and child

Ambulance Operations/Rescue Awareness-CAR BATTERY - CORRECT ANSWER:

Always disconnect NEGATIVE LINE FIRST; Then positive. NEVER CUT

Ambulance Operations/Rescue Awareness-Distance to park Ambulance from burning

vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER: No close than 100 feet & UPHILL AND UPWIND

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