Spring 2011 - Miss. Fanning
TextBook: Emergency Care by Brady (11th Edition)
Homework 1 – Workbook p 237
Homework 2Workbook page 231, Matching Column
Homework 3Workbook page 232, Multiple Choice #1-13
HW #4- Read Textbook, p. 83-85
HW #5 - Read Chapter 28 p 694-698 and Chapter 29, p. 749-803
Answer the following questions:
? What are the bones of the axial skeleton?
? Describe the difference between a concussion and a contusion.
? What are the seven layers of the cranium?
HW#6 - Workbook p.238 Street Scenes
HW#7 - Answer the following questions:
? Explain the differences between subdural, epidural and intracerebral hematoma.
? List the signs and symptoms of cranial fractures.
HW#8- Workbook p.244 – Label the Diagram
HW#9 - Answer the following questions:
? Name several types of spinal injuries.
? Describe what is meant by mechanism of injury.
? What are the signs and injuries of spinal injuries?
HW#10 - Answer the following questions:
? What is the function of the cervical collar?
? What are the steps of total body immobilization?
? What are the steps of emergency spinal care?
HW#11- Answer the following questions:
? What does KED mean?
? What are the special considerations when applying a short board to the patient?
HW#12 – Handout – Structures of the Eye
HW 13
1. What are the parts of the human eye?
HW 14
1. What is pupil reaction?
2. what is considered to be "normal" pupil reaction? (hint: girls like diamonds, emt's like...)
HW 15
1. what are some common eye injuries?
2. what are the steps of emergency care for eye injuries?
HW 16
1. how do we treat puncture wounds and impaled objects to the eye?
2. how do we treat burns to the eye?
HW 17
READ – Module 4 in Text - MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
1. WHAT IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY?
2. DEFINE CHRONIC AND ACUTE.
3. WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON MEDICAL EMERGENCIES?
HW 18
1. WHAT IS POISON?
2. HOW CAN POISONS ENTER THE BODY?
3. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A POISON CONTROL CENTER?
HW 19
1. NAME SEVERAL TYPES OF INGESTED POISONS.
2. LIST AND EXPLAIN SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INGESTED POISONING.
3. WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY CARE FOR INGESTED POISONS?
HW 20
WKBK p 160 – Matching Column
HW 21
1. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON INHALED OR ABSORBED POISONS?
2. HOW DO WE IDENTIFY INHALED OR ABSORBED POISONING?
3. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR INHALED OR ABSORBED POISONING?
HW 22
WORKBOOK PAGE 163 #24-29
HW 23
1. WHAT ARE TYPES OF INJECTED TOXINS?
2. NAME AND EXPLAIN THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INJECTED TOXINS.
3. WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY CARE FOR INJECTED TOXINS?
HW 24
WORKBOOK P 161 MULTIPLE CHOICE #1-9
HW 25
WORKBOOK P 166 Label the Diagrams
HW 26
1. WHAT ARE SOME CAUSES OF HEART DISEASE?
2. DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN M.I. AND ANGINA PECTORIS.
HW 27
WORKBOOK P 129 Matching Column
HW 28
WorkBook p 130 – Part B 1-10
HW 29
1. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF M.I. AND ANGINA PECTORIS?
HW 30
WORKBOOK P 137 QUESTIONS 1-4
HW 31
1. HOW CAN WE TREAT ANGINA PECTORIS?
2. HOW CAN WE TREAT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION?
HOMEWORK 32
1. WHAT IS A STROKE?
2. NAME AND EXPLAIN 3 CAUSES OF A STROKE.
3. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A STROKE?
4. HOW DO WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE TO A STROKE PATIENT?
HOMEWORK 33
WORKBOOK P 148-149 QUESTIONS 35-42
HOMEWORK 34
1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYPERGLYCEMIA AND HYPOGLYCEMIA?
2. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INSULIN IN DIABETES?
3. DESCRIBE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIABETIC COMA.
4. HOW DO WE TREAT DIABETIC COMA AND INSULIN SHOCK?
HOMEWORK 35
Workbook p 145 Matching Column
HOMEWORK 36
1. WHAT IS DYSPNEA, APNEA AND HYPOXIA?
2. DEFINE COPD.3. NAME 3 TYPES OF ILLNESSES LISTED AS COPD.
HOMEWORK 37
1. WHAT IS EPILEPSY?
2. HOW DOES EPILEPSY OCCUR?
3. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A SEIZURE?
4. WHAT IS THE PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY?
HOMEWORK 38
WORKBOOK P 148 QUESTIONS 24-34
HW #39
1. What are the parts of the female reproductive system and their functions?
2. How does the egg become fertilized?
HW#40
1. After fertilization, how does the female body change?
2. What parts or structures begin to develop in the pregnant woman?
HW#41
1. How does the egg develop in the uterus?
2. How does the fetus change and develop until birth?
HOMEWORK 42
1. WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE PROBLEMS DURING PREGNANCY?
2. WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR THESE PROBLEMS?
3. HOW CAN WE TREAT THESE PROBLEMS OF PREGNANCY?
HOMEWORK 43
1. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF LABOR?
2. DESCRIBE THE 3 STAGES OF LABOR.
HOMEWORK 44
WORKBOOK P 186- 187 - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1-3
HOMEWORK 45
1. WHAT EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED TO DELIVER A BABY?
2. DESCRIBE THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO DELIVER A BABY?
3. WHAT ARE SOME COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDBIRTH?
4. EXPLAIN THE TREATMENT FOR CHILDBIRTH COMPLICATIONS.
HOMEWORK 46
Workbook 185-186 Matching Column 1-16
HOMEWORK 47
Workbook p 186 Part B – 1-10
HW#48
1. Name the different layers of human skin.
2. What is the function of each layer.
HOMEWORK 49
1. WHAT IS A THERMAL BURN AND HOW ARE THEY CLASSIFIED?
2. HOW CAN WE DETERMINE THE SEVERITY OF THERMAL BURNS?
HOMEWORK 50
1. HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE MORE SEVERE BURN CASES?
2. HOW DO WE USE THE MATERIALS IN A BURN KIT?
3. DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOIST AND DRY DRESSING.
HOMEWORK 47
1. NAME SEVERAL TYPES OF CHEMICALS ASSOCIATED WITH BURNS.
2. WHAT ARE THE STEPS FOR TREATING CHEMICAL BURNS?
3. NAME SOME “SPECIAL” CHEMICAL BURNS.
4. HOW DO WE TREAT CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE EYE?
HOMEWORK 48
1. NAME AND EXPLAIN SEVERAL WAYS AN ELECTRICAL BURN CAN OCCUR.
2. LIST THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRICAL BURNS.
HOMEWORK 49
1. DESCRIBE THE “SAFE ZONE”
2. HOW CAN WE EVALUATE ELECTRICAL BURNS?
HOMEWORK 50
1. WHAT IS MEANT BY RADIATION?
2. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF RADIATION AND HOW DO THEY EFFECT THE HUMAN BODY?