EMS Legal
What is Expressed Consent
The Brain and Spinal Cord
What is the Central Nervous System
Getting someone into surgery in under 1 hour
What is the golden hour
The flap of cartilage that protects the airway from food and water
What is the Epiglottis
An antiplatelet that also has analgesic properties
What is Aspirin
Duty to Act
Breach of Duty
Damages
Causation
What are the 4 things need to prove gross negligence
Dilated Pupils, Increased Respiration, Tachycardia, Increased BP, Anxiety, Sweating, Dilated Airways
What is a Sympathetic (Fight or Flight) Response
A Facility that has a surgery team in the Emergency Room 24/7 with full definitive care and research capabilities
What is a level I Trauma Center
Paradoxical motion of the chest during exhalation
What is an example of a flail chest
A CNS depressant that leads to rapid respiratory failure
What is a narcotic
Administering Aspirin without contacting the hospital
What is a standing order
Valve between the Right Atrium and Right Ventricle
What is the Tricupsid Valve
A patient with a sucking chest wound
A patient with a pulse-less extremity
Examples of an Anatomical Criteria for Trauma Activation
Unilateral Breath Sounds, Hypotension, Tachycardia, JVD
What are the signs and symptoms of Tension Pnuemothorax
A smooth muscle reactor that is acts as a vasodilator
What is Nitroglycerin
Terminating Pt care without turning the patient over to someone of equal or higher level of certification
What is abandonment
Releases the Hormones for a fight or flight response
What is the function of the Adrenal Gland
a 32 year old male victim of a bar fight who has a laceration to the left external jugular vein. You have successfully controlled bleeding from the wound. Suddenly, he experiences an acute onset of labored breathing and cyanosis
The soft membrane surround by diamond shaped cartilage below the Adams apple
What is the cricothyroid membrane
Hormone released by the pancreas which can be administered artificially to the patient
What is Insulin
Documents signed by a patient that communicate his wishes regarding medical care
What is an advanced directive
The pacemaker of the heart
What is the SA Node
Bruising to the front and back of the brain from a deceleration injury
What is coup contrecoup
The preferred standard in airway management of a tube inserted into the vocal cards
What is endotracheal intubation
A class of drugs that blocks the vagus nerve that controls the vegetative functions of the body such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and digestion
What is a parasympathetic blocker