Types of medical emergency's
Terms and vocabulary
Types of PPE
common or serious communicable diseases
100

calls usually regarding chest pain and or myocardial infarction 

cardiovascular calls

100

non-invasive life saving care use to treat medical conditions 

BLS(basic life support)

100

Used to protect your hands 

Gloves 

200

these are often calls involving strokes, seizures, and bad falls

neurological calls

200
the higher up to advanced EMT

advanced life support

200

Face covering to protect your longs

Mask

200

primarily an animal respiratory disease that has mutated to now effect humans 

influenza (the flu)

300

calls usually associated with vaginal bleeding, and ectopic pregnacy

gynecologic calls

300

the method we use to physically try and figure out what's wrong with our patient

patient assessments

300

Used to protect your eyes from body fluids 

Goggles 

300

inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brains spinal cord

meningitis

400

these are often calls for substance abuse, but could also be accidental poisonings

toxicologic calls

400

signs, symptoms, and the chief complaint are referred to as the 

NOI (nature of illness)

400

used to protect your feet from injury  

tactical boots

400

a common virus strain carried by humans that can be transmitted through sexually activities 

herpes simplex

500

these are often calls regarding someone with a mental disability or mentally unwell

 behavioral 

500

involving illnesses or conditions that are cause by disease 

medical emergency's

500

Body covering to protect your arms, neck, torso

Gown 

500

attacks the immune system and eventually turns into aids

Hiv infections

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