Category: EMT
- Airway Assessment ()
When the patient is alert and talking to you, the airway is clear. When the patient is not alert and is not speaking to you, the airway must be assessed In a patient who is unresponsive or not alert, the cause of the altered mental status could be an airway obstruction of some sort, so […]
- Anatomy of The Lower Airway ()
The lower respiratory tract or lower airway consists of the trachea, bronchi (primary, secondary and tertiary), bronchioles (including terminal and respiratory), and lungs (including alveoli). It also sometimes includes the larynx. The lower respiratory tract is also called the respiratory tree or tracheobronchial tree, to describe the branching structure of airways supplying air to the […]
- Anatomy of Upper Airway ()
The pharynx is the mucous membrane-lined portion of the airway between the base of the skull and the esophagus and is subdivided as follows: Nasopharynx, also known as the rhino-pharynx, post-nasal space, is the muscular tube from the nares, including the posterior nasal cavity, divided from the oropharynx by the palate and lining the skull base […]
- Kinds of Medications Used In An Emergency ()
Medications come in various forms, namely liquids and solids. Examples of solid medications are pills, tablets, and powders. Liquids can be enteral (ingested) and parenteral (injected or inhaled). Some drugs are given as a gas or aerosol. Medications given by the enteral route include sublingual (under the tongue) nitroglycerin and oral glucose. Medications given by […]
- Principles of Pharmacology ()
The term allopathic medicine was coined in the 1800s to differentiate two types of medicine. Homeopathy was on one side and was based on the theory that “like cures like.” The thought with homeopathy is that very small doses of a substance that cause the symptoms of a disease could be used to alleviate that disease. In contrast, […]
- EMS Role In Public Health ()
In 1915 when Yale added the Department of Public Health to its medical school, such programs were rare. The University of Pennsylvania had one. Harvard and MIT had a joint School for Health Officers. Johns Hopkins was a year away from starting its School of Hygiene and Public Health. As suggested by these names, the […]
- Early Adulthood ()
Peak physical conditioning is attained by age 19 to 26 years old. During this time, the young adult is developing lifelong habits and routines. All body systems are working at optimal performance. If there is a chink in the armor it is the higher likelihood of death by accident than any other age group probably […]
- School Age Children & Adolescents ()
At this point the school age child (age 6 – 12) and the adolescent (13 to 18) brain is working on both hemispheres. This age group can be extremely creative and extremely logical (both at the same time). School age children are constantly dealing with losing their baby teeth and dealing with the pain that […]
- Getting Old Sucks ()
All is not lost on the middle aged person (age 41 – 60). Middle aged people tend to be more conservative in their approaches to life, often approaching life’s problems as challenges as opposed to threats. Middle aged people sometimes struggle with the passage of their own children into adulthood. This lack of familial interaction […]
- What The Infant Is Trying To Tell Us When They Cry ()
Situational Crisis – Personal Separation Reactions Researchers observed that when a child was separated from their primary caregiver (typically their mother) all children seemed to progress through three stages: The protest stage: The initial response of virtually all children to being separated from their caregiver is protest. Protest, for young children and infants, can show […]