"Will the Defendant Please Rise"
Commonly defined by state law and outlines the care that an EMT-B may provide.
What is scope of practice?
The most important step in peventing the spread of diseases.
What is washing your hands?
The minimum amount chest compressions to be performed.
What is 100/min?
Does not require direct communication with medical control.
What are standing orders?
Serves as a means of identifying ambulances, emergency medical equipment, or apparel worn by EMS clinicians.
What is the "Star of Life"?
There was a duty to act, you acted above your standard of care, and the patient suffered further injury.
What is negligence?
3GM
What is personal protective equipment?
To keep timing during compressions you should do this.
What is sing _________?
Medical control gives an order for medication and the EMT repeats the order back before administering it.
What is closed-loop communications?
The person who is responsible for authorizing EMTs to perform emergency medical care in the field.
Who is the agency Medical Director?
Leaving a patient before turning them over to someone of the same or higher level of care
What is abandonment?
After a traumatic pediatric call, an EMT develops insomnia, intrusive memories, irritability, and difficulty concentrating for several weeks.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
The ratio for 1 rescuer CPR
What is 30:2?
Requires a detailed, explanatory response that draws on the person's own knowledge, feelings, or thoughts
What is an open-ended question?
1966 "White Paper" publication.
What is "Accidental Death and Disability"?
Allows you to treat an unconscious patient.
What is implied or expressed consent?
An EMT repeatedly feels emotionally exhausted, detached from patients, and less empathetic after months of difficult calls.
What is burnout or compassion fatigue?
DAILY DOUBLE
Early recognition, early CPR, early defibrillation, and early ALS are all part of this.
Goal-directed, patient-centered verbal and nonverbal exchange used by healthcare professionals to support a patient's emotional, mental, and physical well-being
What is therapeutic communication?
Outlines the knowledge and competencies at each EMS clinical level.
What are the "National EMS Education Standards"?
Protects the civilian emergency care provider from civil law suits
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
A microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.
What is a pathogen?
This reads electrical current and may help someone in cardiac arrest.
What is an AED?
Refusal to accept diagnosis of care, unrealistic demands for miracles, or persistent failure to understand why there is no improvement.
What is denial?
The agency that governs the standards for prehospital emergency care
What is the State Office of EMS?