Medical paramedic fisdap questions and
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petite mal seizures are also know as ✔✔absence seizures
present with little or no movement
What type of seizure pertains a limited portion of the brain? ✔✔partial seizure can be localized
to one side of the brain
What are the management of a seizure? ✔✔If trauma is noted c-spine precaution
Check blood sugar(treat it)
Provide ventilatory assistance(apnea)
Prepare to intubate, if difficult to bvm assistance
Benzodiazepine versed (midazalom)
A patient who is experiencing a seizure greater than 4-5 minutes or consecutive seizures without
return to consciousness is experiencing what kind of seizure ? ✔✔Staus epilepticus prepare to
give a benzodiazepines such as Midazolam, ask bystanders if patient had taken anti seizure meds.
, You respond to a home of a patient who is experiencing facial drooping to the left side of his
face with slurred speech patient is alert and oriented with equal grips and pushes, what type of
medical emergency is this patient experiencing? ✔✔Bells palsy Bell's palsy is a viral infection.
Bell's palsy is a condition in which the muscles on one side of the face become weak or
paralyzed, may present with Stoke like symptoms
Treating a patient with internal bleeding patient may present with cool clammy skins with a low
blood pressure ✔✔Treat for hypovolemic shock.
O2, blanket, rapid transport, IV fluids 12 lead monitor (VOMIT)
s/s of upper GI bleed ✔✔Melena - black tarry sticky odorous stool and blood blended together
into one substance; blood cannot be distinguished from stool
s/s of lower GI bleed ✔✔hematochezia (bright red blood)- stool and blood are incorporated
together into the same substance, yet are easily distiguished from each other
portal hypertension causes pg (1183) ✔✔esophageal varices
S/S of esophageal varices (pg, 1183-1184) ✔✔signs of liver disease
answers already passed
petite mal seizures are also know as ✔✔absence seizures
present with little or no movement
What type of seizure pertains a limited portion of the brain? ✔✔partial seizure can be localized
to one side of the brain
What are the management of a seizure? ✔✔If trauma is noted c-spine precaution
Check blood sugar(treat it)
Provide ventilatory assistance(apnea)
Prepare to intubate, if difficult to bvm assistance
Benzodiazepine versed (midazalom)
A patient who is experiencing a seizure greater than 4-5 minutes or consecutive seizures without
return to consciousness is experiencing what kind of seizure ? ✔✔Staus epilepticus prepare to
give a benzodiazepines such as Midazolam, ask bystanders if patient had taken anti seizure meds.
, You respond to a home of a patient who is experiencing facial drooping to the left side of his
face with slurred speech patient is alert and oriented with equal grips and pushes, what type of
medical emergency is this patient experiencing? ✔✔Bells palsy Bell's palsy is a viral infection.
Bell's palsy is a condition in which the muscles on one side of the face become weak or
paralyzed, may present with Stoke like symptoms
Treating a patient with internal bleeding patient may present with cool clammy skins with a low
blood pressure ✔✔Treat for hypovolemic shock.
O2, blanket, rapid transport, IV fluids 12 lead monitor (VOMIT)
s/s of upper GI bleed ✔✔Melena - black tarry sticky odorous stool and blood blended together
into one substance; blood cannot be distinguished from stool
s/s of lower GI bleed ✔✔hematochezia (bright red blood)- stool and blood are incorporated
together into the same substance, yet are easily distiguished from each other
portal hypertension causes pg (1183) ✔✔esophageal varices
S/S of esophageal varices (pg, 1183-1184) ✔✔signs of liver disease
