NREMT review flashcards

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Twenty NREMT-style review flashcards: CPR numbers, assessment, cardiac arrest, emergency medications and triage.

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Adult CPR compression rate?: 100 to 120 per minute.
Adult compression depth?: At least 2 inches (5 cm), not over 2.4 inches (6 cm).
Single-rescuer adult compression to breath ratio?: 30:2.
Two-rescuer infant or child ratio?: 15:2.
Breaths with an advanced airway in place?: 1 breath every 6 seconds.
First priority on arrival at any scene?: Scene safety and standard precautions.
Glasgow Coma Scale range?: 3 to 15.
GCS that usually signals the need to protect the airway?: 8 or less.
Shockable cardiac arrest rhythms?: Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
Adult epinephrine dose in cardiac arrest?: 1 mg IV or IO every 3 to 5 minutes.
Adult epinephrine auto-injector dose for anaphylaxis?: 0.3 mg IM in the outer thigh.
Main contraindications to nitroglycerin?: Systolic below 90 mmHg or recent PDE-5 inhibitor use.
Aspirin dose for suspected heart attack?: 162 to 325 mg, chewed.
When to give naloxone?: Suspected opioid overdose with poor breathing.
Cincinnati stroke scale checks?: Facial droop, arm drift and speech.
Rule of nines: one adult arm?: 9 percent.
When to use a tourniquet?: Life-threatening limb bleeding not stopped by direct pressure.
START triage: patient who can walk?: Green (minor).
START triage: respiratory rate over 30?: Red (immediate).
Normal adult respiratory rate?: 12 to 20 breaths per minute.