Med-Legal
This is the type of consent given when a patient nods or says “yes” to treatment.
What is expressed consent?
The heart is part of this body system.
What is the cardiovascular system?
What is the cardiovascular system?
The legal document EMTs use to record all aspects of patient care.
What is a Patient Care Report
The normal adult pulse rate is between these two numbers.
What is 60–100 beats per minute?
EMTs should lift with this part of the body to prevent back injuries?
What are the legs?
The legal term for touching a patient without consent.
What is battery
This muscle is the primary muscle of breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
Fill in the blank- “If it isn’t written down,___________
It didn't happen.
This vital sign measures the force of blood against artery walls.
What is blood pressure?
This type of PPE must be worn during any contact with blood or body fluids.
What are gloves?
This law protects EMTs who provide care in good faith off duty.
What are Good Samaritan laws
The brain and spinal cord make up this system.
What is the central nervous system?
Medical abbreviations must be used carefully because of this potential issue.
What is misinterpretation or miscommunication.
The skin signs you check for during assessment. You must get 2 out of 3.
What are color, temperature, and condition?
The first step in scene safety is always this?
What is scene size-up?
The legal duty to provide care once you begin patient contact.
What is duty to act
Boyle’s Law explains how changes in this factor move air in and out of the lungs.
What is pressure.
The section of a PCR where vital signs and assessments are recorded.
What is the objective section?
The term for pupils that change size in response to light.
What is PERRL (pupils equal, round, reactive to light)?
This stress reaction develops over time after repeated exposure to difficult calls.
What is cumulative stress (burnout)?
Failing to provide care that a reasonably competent EMT would under similar circumstances.
What is negligence
The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas belong to this system that helps process nutrients.
What is the digestive system.
Altering a patient care report after submission is considered this serious offense. What is this called?
What is falsification.
This tool measures the oxygen saturation of a patient’s blood.
What is a pulse oximeter?
The type of isolation precautions used when treating all patients as potentially infectious.
What are standard precautions (or universal precautions)?