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Paramedic Prep - 2 Fill In The Blanks

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Question: Ovaries: surge/release of LH (Luteinizing ) & FHS (Follicle Stim Hormone) causes eggsto be released, known as?Answer: ovulation
Question: to menstruation ALWAYS takes how many days?Answer: 14
Question: Menstruation to ovulation takes how many days?Answer: 14-17 (when pregnancy can )
Question: What at the distal ends of the fallopian tubes "grab" the ovum & carry it down the ?Answer: Fimbrae
Question: What happens if an egg isn't ?Answer: menstruation (blood, mucous, debris d/c from endometrium)
Question: will fertilization usually occur?Answer: distal 3rd of tube
Question: Ovum a ?Answer:
Question: Blastocyst a ?Answer: developing (baby)
Question: What is a muscular-pear shaped organ, approx 3" long & held in place by ligaments?Answer:
Question: During pregnancy, how much blood does the carry?Answer: 5,000 ml (1/6 of TBV)
Question: What is at the opening, seperating the uterus from the vagina?Answer:
Question: What acs as a mucus plug that disease/bacteria, etc. from entering the mom?Answer: cervix
Question: What is a.k.a. the organ of pregnancy & is a blood filled that is attached to the uterine wall?Answer:
Question: What are 6 of the placenta?Answer: 1)transfers heat to baby 2)exchanges O2 for CO2 3)delivers , K, Sa, & Chloride 4)Removes wastes, urea, uric acid, & creatine 5)Secretes estrogen & progesterone 6)protective barrier against harmful substances
Question: Can , steroids, & antibiotics cross the placental membrane?Answer: yes
Question: What is the baby's lifeline that connects the baby and ?Answer: cord
Question: Umbilical cord contains how many arteries and ?Answer: - 2 arteries - 1
Question: The 2 in the umbilical cord do what?Answer: trans deoxygenated
Question: The vein in the cord does what?Answer: oxygenated blood
Question: What is the walled, bag of H2O & its main function is to protect the fetus?Answer: amniotic
Question: What is ?Answer: egg d/c from (need LH & FHS)
Question: What is ?Answer: in contact with egg
Question: What is ?Answer: in wall
Question: What is para?Answer: # of live
Question: What is ?Answer: # of
Question: How long is each ?Answer: 13 wks (for a of 37-40 wks for delivery of baby)
Question: What is a lunar ?Answer: 28
Question: How many lunar months are in a ?Answer:
Question: What is ?Answer: to birthing
Question: What is ?Answer: the baby is delivered
Question: What is the Tx for a pregnant pt?Answer: 1)full c-spine precautions 2)high flow O2 3)Tilt spine board 15 degrees to left (using pilow) 4)Fluid replacement wit IV 5)Monitor fetus (listen to fetal heart tones/is baby more or less?)
Question: Risk factors for gestational or diabetes?Answer: - obesity - >30 y/o - family hx - prior pregnancy with baby >9 lb or born
Question: Which is more common in pregnancy, or HTN?Answer: HTN
Question: HTN in commonly occurs in females with?Answer: 1)1st pregnancy, but decreases in future ones 2)previous PIH (hx of HTN preg) 3)diabetes or kidney disease 4) >40 y/o 5)carrying multiple fetuses
Question: HTN in preg usually during which trimester?Answer: 3rd
Question: If the preg pt has HTN due to , what is typical tx?Answer: placed on & meds (as last resort)
Question: What is the of pregnancy prior to viability?Answer:
Question: What is a.k.a. a abortion?Answer: miscarriage
Question: When does commonly occur?Answer: 1st
Question: What are s/s of ?Answer: -cramping -bleeding -passage of (product of conception)
Question: What is an ectopic ?Answer: When the fertilized ovum is implanted anywhere other than the (commonly in fallopian tube)
Question: Is an ectopic pregnancy life ?Answer: Yes
Question: What are s/s of pregnancy?Answer: -severe abd pain (in quadrants) -may not know they are preg -shocky -distended abd
Question: What is tx for ectopic ?Answer: -O2 -IV -Rapid trans to hosp with . surgical capibilites
Question: What is the premature separation of the from the uterine wall?Answer: placenta
Question: When does placenta occur?Answer: usually in 3rd trimester (CAUSED BY )
Question: S/S of placenta?Answer: - ONSET OF SHARP LOWER ABD. PAIN - may have lower back pain - mod to heavy bleeding that you usually can't see - a lot of fetal mvmt - rhythmic contractions
Question: What occurs when the placenta is implanted in uterine segment, & it partially or completely covers OS?Answer: previa
Question: S/S of previa?Answer: - YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF BLEEDING (bright red) - little or no pain
Question: Tx for placenta ?Answer: - O2 - IV - Rapid
Question: What are the risk for pre-eclampsia or eclampsia?Answer: - hx of HTN - disease - diabetes - 1st preg - mult. births
Question: What is the difference pre-eclampsia & eclampsia?Answer: seizures in eclampsia
Question: S/S of pre-eclampsia?Answer: - HTN, >140/90 - in hands, feet & face - sugar in urine - H/A & sensitivity to light
Question: Tx of pre-eclampsia or ?Answer: - O2 - IV - rapid trans (usually to trauma ctr b/c of ) - versed if still seizing
Question: What is caused by compression on the inferior vena cava, decreasing blood return to the heart?Answer: supine hypotension
Question: Is supine hypotension a self limiting issue?Answer:
Question: S/S of hypotension syndrome?Answer: - within 3-7 min - Mom may feel dizzy, or not feel good - Cold,
Question: Tx for supine hypotension ?Answer: - lay pt on L side, will resolve - if it 't: O2, IV for vol. replacement), trans
Question: What are like labor contractions but referred to as labor?Answer: braxton-hicks
Question: What is the most common of braxton-hicks contractions?Answer:
Question: S/S of hicks contractions?Answer: - last approx. 30-60 sec - painless - unpredictable - non-rhythmic - will ease up & then go
Question: 3 most qs to determine immenint delivery?Answer: 1) duration of contractions (how ) 2) length between contractions (how far apart) 3) need to bare down?
Question: Qs for labor:Answer: 1) duration of contractions (how often) 2) length between contractions (how far apart) 3) need to bare down? 4) How many babies? 5) Color of fluid? 6) due date? 7) Doctor care/prenatal care? 8) Expected ?
Question: How many of labor?Answer: 3; some say
Question: 1st stage of :Answer: -beginning of contractions to full cervical dilation -contractions will occur @ reg intervals -will be painful & getting worse -last approx. 30-60 sec & sooner -thinning of the cervix -crowning
Question: 2nd of labor:Answer: baby enters birth canal & is
Question: 3rd of labor:Answer: the delivery of the
Question: 4th of labor:Answer: -1st hr postpartum -500cc Ebl is norm -may upto 3-6 wks
Question: When is APGAR ?Answer: @ 1 min and then 5 min birth
Question: What does APGAR for?Answer: Appearance, , Grimace, Activity, Respirations
Question: What APGAR is considered good?Answer: >8
Question: What initial is considered NOT good & something we'll start "working on?"Answer: <7
Question: What do you want to in regards to cutting the cord?Answer: - Date - Time - How far you cut it - Who cut it - where it was cut? (location during route of trans, etc)
Question: Top line of newborn triangle:"Do What Probably Seems Stupid"Answer: Dry, Warm, Posistion, , Stimulate
Question: 2nd line from top of newborn resuscitation :Answer: O2
Question: 3rd line from top of resuscitation triangle:Answer: establish ventilation: -BVM -ET tube
Question: 4th line from top of resuscitation triangle:Answer: compresions
Question: bottom line of resuscitation triangle:Answer: meds
Question: What is the mmHg for suction?Answer: 90-110
Question: What do you do if 's pulse is <100?Answer: BVM for 30 sec., then re-evaluate
Question: What if infant's initial is <60?Answer: CPR immediately!
Question: What is birth?Answer: When other than head comes out first (usually butt or extremity)
Question: What is cord?Answer: When the cord comes out 1st
Question: Tx for breech or cord:Answer: - head down, butt up (knee chest position) - insert gloved hand & make "V" to keep baby's face away from vaginal wall - keep cord moist with wet sterile dressings - Rapid trans - O2 - IV - Do not pull or tug on !
Question: What happens if cord is around baby's neck dlivering?Answer: Slip over head with 2 fingers, if you can't, & cut cord
Question: What is dystocia?Answer: infant's shoulders are than it's head
Question: What is disproportion?Answer: infant's head is too big to pass pelvis
Question: What is staining?Answer: fetus feces in the amniotic sac
Question: Name 3 post emergencies:Answer: 1)PE 2)Uterine 3)Uterine inversion
 
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