You and your EMT partner are dispatched to a patient who isn’t conscious. You have an 8 minute response time. You arrive to find a patient lying the gutter. The patient is not conscious and has slow shallow respirations. There are not bystanders present that knew the patient. You observe that the patient has pinpoint non reactive pupils. What is your differential diagnosis?

External respiration is when oxygen is brought into the lungs, what is internal respirations?

You and your AEMT partner are dispatched with a BLS engine company to a patient who feels sick. You have a 6 minute response time. You arrive to find a 24 year old female patient conscious and breathing. The patient reports that she has been feeling sick since eating dinner. The patient reports a history of GERD and hypertension. Your patient has the following medications; Omeprazole, Lisinopril, and an Epinephrine auto injector. The patient reports an allergy to shell fish. The patient reports that her upset stomach started after she started eating the Chinese takeout she ordered. The patient reports significant abdominal pain and you note hives on the patient’s chest.   You have identified that the patient is having an anaphylactic reaction to shell fish in her food. After administering 0.5mg of Epinephrine 1:1,000 you gain IV access and administer 50mg of Diphenhydramine. After administering the Diphenhydramine you begin to hear stridor coming from your patient. Your patient reports it is getting very difficult to breath. You auscultate lung sounds and hear diffuse wheezing in all lung fields. Select 3 pharmalogical interventions you would like to provide.

The ____ immunoglobulin causes mast cell degranulation and histamine release.

Match the following terms to their definitions;

What is Hypertrophy

You and your EMT partner are dispatched for an 87 year old female who was weak. You have a 3 minute response. You arrive to find the patient leaning over in a recliner. Nursing staff reports that she has been acting strange for about 6 hours. Your patient is alert, speaks with slurred speech, and is not oriented.   When you are preforming a Cincinnati Stoke Scale what 3 things are you looking for?

You and your AEMT partner are dispatched for a 4 year old patient who is unconscious. You have a 7 minute response. You arrive to find the patient in his mother’s lap. The patient does not appear responsive, is cyanotic around the lips, and doesn’t respond to painful stimuli. The patient has a slow weak radial pulse. The patient has what appears to be bicycling with the right leg a repeated motion mimicking the motion of peddling a bicycle and has a deconjugate gaze to the right side. The patient’s mother reports that she hasn’t been able to wake him up for almost 15 minutes. What is your differential diagnosis?

Most types of shock are characterized by:

Catagorize the following;