EMS1055 EOC MIDTERM EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Nasal Cannula - ✔✔can be used for patients who have a low SpO2 however high
enough to be stable, low flow oxygen normally given around 2-4 L of oxygen
✔✔How to open an airway - ✔✔If the patient cannot move air in and out of their lungs
they do not have an airway, if not use a Head tilt-chin lift, jaw thrust maneuver, clear any
possible obstructions
✔✔How to use Suction - ✔✔Do not use it for more than 15 seconds, after a patient
vomits, needs their airway cleared or has a blockage in their mouth. Do not used a
finger swoop
✔✔AVPU - ✔✔Alert, patient tracks you with their eyes, is awake and actively speaking,
Voice, patient responds to your voice, Pain, patient responds with a pain stimulus such
as a sternal rub with eye opening or sounds, Unconscious, patient has no response to
either voice or pain
✔✔GCS - ✔✔15 point scale with eye opening, speech (alert, confused, sounds, ect.),
and following commands/response to pain stimulus
✔✔Trauma Assessment - ✔✔Scene Safety, BSI, AVPU, ABC's, Primary Assessment,
Trauma Alert?, Vitals, Secondary Assessment, SAMPLE?, OPPQRST?
✔✔Golden Hour - ✔✔the time following a traumatic injury when prompt medical
treatment had the highest likelihood to prevent death
✔✔When to stop a primary assessment - ✔✔patient goes into cardiac arrest, or their
airway become obstructed, the scene becomes unsafe, or there is life-threatening
bleeding
✔✔DCAP-BLS-TIC - ✔✔deformities, contusions, abrasions, penetrating wounds, burns,
lacerations, swelling, tenderness, crepitus, Instability
✔✔Hemorrhages - ✔✔Arterial: spurting blood, pulsating flow, bright red color Veins:
steady slow flow, dark red color Capillary: slow, even flow
✔✔Deadly Dozen signs, symptoms, and treatments - ✔✔S/S: SOB, chest pain,
hemoptysis, cyanosis, neck veins distended, tracheal deviation, chest wall contusion,
open wounds, subcutaneous emphysema, shock, tenderness, instability, crepitation,
breath sounds abnormal. Treatment: administer oxygen, depending on the illness treat
as necessary, transport immediately
, ✔✔SMR application - ✔✔Patient needs to maintain in-line spinal alignment, especially
when there is neurological problems, blunt trauma, unconscious
✔✔KED Application - ✔✔MY BABY LOOKS HOT TONIGHT (middle, bottom, legs,
head, top)
✔✔CPP (Cerebral Perfusion Pressure) Determination - ✔✔MAP minus ICP, when the
MAP decreases and the ICP increases, CPP is critical
✔✔Cerebral Herniation - ✔✔Direct or extremely hard hit to the head, cranial pressure
increases. S/S: changes in behavior, headache, Loss of consciousness, Decreased
pulse, increased blood pressure, widening pulse pressure, decreased LOC,
hypotension, irregular respirations. Treatment: maintain EtCO2 at 30-35 mmHg, slight
hyperventilation to reduce swelling high flow oxygen , spinal motion restriction, Keep
SBP >110
✔✔Pelvic Fracture - ✔✔Place a pelvis binder on the patients pelvis, call trauma alert,
and monitor for signs of shock
✔✔Abdominal Trauma - ✔✔Left posterior shoulder pain (Splenic injury; Kehr's sign),
right posterior shoulder pain (Liver injury), Severe hemorrhage: abdominal distention,
tenderness, guarding, pelvic tenderness or bony crepitation, Cullen's sign, Grey-
Turner's sign, seat belt sign, hot abdomen, rigidity of the abdomen
✔✔Bandage - ✔✔use Gauze, compression, triangular, or tube by each case, figure 8
bandaging most popular
✔✔Hip Dislocation Posterior knee with be facing inwards, anterior knee will be facing
outwards - ✔✔
✔✔Fractures that result in serious hemorrhage - ✔✔(long bones) Femur fractures,
pelvic fractures
✔✔Triage tagging - ✔✔Black tag, patient is dead or cannot be saved, green tag walking
wounded, yellow tag cannot walk but not critical, red tag is critical cases that are load
and go/trauma alert
✔✔Cardiac Arrest Causes - ✔✔Cocaine overdose, hemorrhagic shock, tension
pneumothorax, pericardial tamponade, myocardial contusion, AMI
✔✔Chemical Burns Treatment - ✔✔safely remove them from the source, cool skin,
clean water or saline for 1-2 minutes, clean, dry sheets or dressings, maintain body
temperature, prevent hypothermia
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Nasal Cannula - ✔✔can be used for patients who have a low SpO2 however high
enough to be stable, low flow oxygen normally given around 2-4 L of oxygen
✔✔How to open an airway - ✔✔If the patient cannot move air in and out of their lungs
they do not have an airway, if not use a Head tilt-chin lift, jaw thrust maneuver, clear any
possible obstructions
✔✔How to use Suction - ✔✔Do not use it for more than 15 seconds, after a patient
vomits, needs their airway cleared or has a blockage in their mouth. Do not used a
finger swoop
✔✔AVPU - ✔✔Alert, patient tracks you with their eyes, is awake and actively speaking,
Voice, patient responds to your voice, Pain, patient responds with a pain stimulus such
as a sternal rub with eye opening or sounds, Unconscious, patient has no response to
either voice or pain
✔✔GCS - ✔✔15 point scale with eye opening, speech (alert, confused, sounds, ect.),
and following commands/response to pain stimulus
✔✔Trauma Assessment - ✔✔Scene Safety, BSI, AVPU, ABC's, Primary Assessment,
Trauma Alert?, Vitals, Secondary Assessment, SAMPLE?, OPPQRST?
✔✔Golden Hour - ✔✔the time following a traumatic injury when prompt medical
treatment had the highest likelihood to prevent death
✔✔When to stop a primary assessment - ✔✔patient goes into cardiac arrest, or their
airway become obstructed, the scene becomes unsafe, or there is life-threatening
bleeding
✔✔DCAP-BLS-TIC - ✔✔deformities, contusions, abrasions, penetrating wounds, burns,
lacerations, swelling, tenderness, crepitus, Instability
✔✔Hemorrhages - ✔✔Arterial: spurting blood, pulsating flow, bright red color Veins:
steady slow flow, dark red color Capillary: slow, even flow
✔✔Deadly Dozen signs, symptoms, and treatments - ✔✔S/S: SOB, chest pain,
hemoptysis, cyanosis, neck veins distended, tracheal deviation, chest wall contusion,
open wounds, subcutaneous emphysema, shock, tenderness, instability, crepitation,
breath sounds abnormal. Treatment: administer oxygen, depending on the illness treat
as necessary, transport immediately
, ✔✔SMR application - ✔✔Patient needs to maintain in-line spinal alignment, especially
when there is neurological problems, blunt trauma, unconscious
✔✔KED Application - ✔✔MY BABY LOOKS HOT TONIGHT (middle, bottom, legs,
head, top)
✔✔CPP (Cerebral Perfusion Pressure) Determination - ✔✔MAP minus ICP, when the
MAP decreases and the ICP increases, CPP is critical
✔✔Cerebral Herniation - ✔✔Direct or extremely hard hit to the head, cranial pressure
increases. S/S: changes in behavior, headache, Loss of consciousness, Decreased
pulse, increased blood pressure, widening pulse pressure, decreased LOC,
hypotension, irregular respirations. Treatment: maintain EtCO2 at 30-35 mmHg, slight
hyperventilation to reduce swelling high flow oxygen , spinal motion restriction, Keep
SBP >110
✔✔Pelvic Fracture - ✔✔Place a pelvis binder on the patients pelvis, call trauma alert,
and monitor for signs of shock
✔✔Abdominal Trauma - ✔✔Left posterior shoulder pain (Splenic injury; Kehr's sign),
right posterior shoulder pain (Liver injury), Severe hemorrhage: abdominal distention,
tenderness, guarding, pelvic tenderness or bony crepitation, Cullen's sign, Grey-
Turner's sign, seat belt sign, hot abdomen, rigidity of the abdomen
✔✔Bandage - ✔✔use Gauze, compression, triangular, or tube by each case, figure 8
bandaging most popular
✔✔Hip Dislocation Posterior knee with be facing inwards, anterior knee will be facing
outwards - ✔✔
✔✔Fractures that result in serious hemorrhage - ✔✔(long bones) Femur fractures,
pelvic fractures
✔✔Triage tagging - ✔✔Black tag, patient is dead or cannot be saved, green tag walking
wounded, yellow tag cannot walk but not critical, red tag is critical cases that are load
and go/trauma alert
✔✔Cardiac Arrest Causes - ✔✔Cocaine overdose, hemorrhagic shock, tension
pneumothorax, pericardial tamponade, myocardial contusion, AMI
✔✔Chemical Burns Treatment - ✔✔safely remove them from the source, cool skin,
clean water or saline for 1-2 minutes, clean, dry sheets or dressings, maintain body
temperature, prevent hypothermia
