Emergency (EMS) conditions flashcards
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Twenty flashcards on common prehospital emergencies: key signs, priority actions and field treatment.
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- Anaphylaxis: first drug and adult dose?
- IM epinephrine 0.3 to 0.5 mg in the outer thigh.
- Adult CPR compression rate and depth?
- 100 to 120 per minute, at least 2 inches (5 cm) deep.
- Classic signs of opioid overdose?
- Pinpoint pupils, slow breathing and decreased consciousness.
- Symptomatic bradycardia: first drug and dose?
- Atropine 1 mg IV, repeat every 3 to 5 minutes, up to 3 mg.
- Stable narrow regular tachycardia (SVT): first steps?
- Vagal maneuvers, then adenosine 6 mg rapid IV push.
- Cushing triad in head injury?
- High blood pressure, slow pulse and irregular breathing: rising brain pressure.
- Heat stroke: key finding and treatment?
- Altered mental status with a very high core temperature. Rapid cooling by cold water immersion.
- Organophosphate poisoning: drugs to give?
- Atropine in large doses, plus pralidoxime.
- Cyanide poisoning from smoke inhalation: antidote?
- Hydroxocobalamin.
- Carbon monoxide poisoning: why not trust the pulse oximeter?
- It reads carboxyhemoglobin as oxygenated. Give 100% oxygen.
- Tricyclic overdose with a wide QRS: drug?
- Sodium bicarbonate.
- Beta-blocker overdose with low heart rate: classic antidote?
- Glucagon. High-dose insulin with glucose if needed.
- Barky cough and stridor at rest in a toddler?
- Croup. Dexamethasone and nebulized epinephrine.
- START triage: adult breathing over 30 per minute?
- Immediate (red).
- Seizure in late pregnancy or after birth: first drug?
- Magnesium sulfate for eclampsia.
- Limb bleeding not controlled by direct pressure?
- Tourniquet 2 to 3 inches above the wound. Note the time.
- Seizure lasting over 5 minutes: first drug class?
- Benzodiazepine, such as IM midazolam.
- Low blood sugar, unable to swallow, no IV access?
- Glucagon IM or intranasal.
- Newborn heart rate under 100 after drying and stimulation?
- Start positive pressure ventilation.
- Suspected STEMI in the field: first drug if no allergy?
- Aspirin 162 to 325 mg, chewed.