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Oct 7 •
NREMT:👀
You are a paramedic dispatched to transport a patient diagnosed with Addison’s disease from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility. Before transport, the nurse informs you that the patient was given a medication to prevent adrenal crisis during the transfer. What medication is it?
2 likes • Oct 7
Is it a corticosteroid, like Hydrocortisone? @Jose Pacheco
2 likes • Oct 7
@Jose Pacheco sweet! I think it’s 100mg of Hydrocortisone if I’m not mistaken and 125mg of Solumedrol as an alternative
Oct 5 •
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What does hyperventilating a patient with a closed head injury and increased intracranial pressure accomplish?
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20 members have voted
1 like • Oct 5
@Raphael Estevez This is a concept I always mess up. Anyway you can provide an explanation?
2 likes • Oct 5
It did. I remember the idea now.
Oct 3 •
Abd trauma?
A 28‑year‑old male with blunt abdominal trauma is pale, tachycardic, and hypotensive. He has abdominal distention and guarding. What is the most likely cause?
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28 members have voted
0 likes • Oct 3
I know this was not an answer choice, but with blunt abdominal trauma, how could you differentiate a splenic rupture and a liver laceration? @Michael Boyhan
Sep 30 •
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An unkempt middle-aged patient is exhibiting facial grimacing, lip smacking, eye blinking, and rapid arm movement. They state, “I can’t go to the hospital because I have an appointment with Abraham Lincoln.” The paramedic should suspect that these movements are a result of:
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1 like • Sep 30
@Jose Pacheco not my expertise. Are those side effects of antipsychotic medications?
2 likes • Sep 18
@Jose Pacheco @Raphael Estevez So it’s peanut and soy allergies because older formulations of Atrovent inhalers used soy lecithin. Soy lecithin can contain trace amounts of soy protein, so in theory, this could trigger an allergic reaction in people with severe soy or peanut allergies. Here’s th catch though, modern Atrovent inhalers no longer use soy lecithin so from what I’ve seen the FDA and manufacturers have since removed the peanut/soy allergy contraindication.
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