Do You Know As Much As a Paramedic?

ECG stands for electrocardiogram. Sometimes it’s also abbreviated as EKG. A doctor might suggest you get an electrocardiogram to check for signs of heart disease.

For this case, you’ll use the jaw thrust maneuver technique. If there is a possible spinal injury, you might want to open the jaw without moving the head too much.

You would identify any possible threats first. We all want to help someone in need right away, but in order to do so, you need to be safe (and alive).

You would cover the impacted area with moist, sterile dressing. It’s likely that the area is open and therefore susceptible to infection.

The paramedic is referring to acute coronary syndrome. This is a syndrome caused by decreased blood flow in the coronary arteries, affecting heart function.

You would abbreviate "milligram" as “mg.” 1 mg is equal to 1/1,000 of a gram.

You would abbreviate it as LUQ. You can always write out the words, but keeping things simple is usually better (and easier).

You would say the patient has a blocked NPA.

Though important, nutritional wellbeing is not considered a dimension of wellness. Emotional, mental and physical are all component of your wellness.

When using an esophageal detector device, the detection bulb should inflate to indicate that you are in the patient's trachea.

A keloid is a growth of excessive scar tissue over the site of a healed wound. Any injury that can cause a scar could result in the formation of a keloid.

No, it’s not a knockout. In paramedic terms, KO stands for “keep open."

Abbreviations should always be kept simple. Therefore, a paramedic will write down “DNR."

RP. That simple!

When writing weight on a report, you would abbreviate it as “wt.” Nothing too fancy.

“Temp.” is an abbreviation paramedics use for temperature. It comes in handy when writing long reports.

Hypovolemic shock occurs when a person loses at least 20 percent of the blood or fluids in their body. This requires immediate assistance.

Choanal atresia is a condition in which a child is born with one or both nostrils blocked by bony tissue. If both nostrils are blocked, the baby may be unable to breath right after birth and may need to be resuscitated.

The red lead on a standard system is also known as the left leg. The red lead should be facing the inferior surface of the heart.

Norepinephrine is helpful in that it can get the blood pressure up when treating a hypotensive patient. Therefore, you should expect all of the above reactions except a decrease in the heart’s workload.

The oropharynx is part of the upper airway. This is the posterior part of the mouth, making it the only part listed above that forms part of the upper airway.

The sitting position and drooling give it away. These are all signs of laryngitis.

A contraindication is a condition or situation that would make it unsafe to give a patient a certain treatment. In other words, it’s enough reason to not administer the medication.

The rectum is not considered to be a traditional parenteral route of medication administration. Rectal administration is considered to be an enteral route, because the rectum belongs to the digestive tract.

This is a major risk because a piece of the catheter can get stuck and block an artery.

The blood will flow into the left atrium. There are no ventricles involved.

When myocytes depolarize, this means the potential gets closer to 0 mV. During myocardial contraction, the cell potential is overall more positive.

If you can’t aspirate blood or bone marrow after a sudden decrease in resistance, this might not necessarily have anything to do with a needle misplacement; it's possible the needle. Therefore, you should flush the needle with saline and observe for infiltrate, or a buildup of foreign substance.

There is no pulse. Therefore, there is nothing to pace. Use other measures to help the patient.

The primary job of the mitochondria is to produce large amounts of energy to power the cell. This energy is created from oxygen and nutrients.