Airway
Trauma
Head Injuries
EMS Legal
Burns/Soft Tissue
100

The respiratory drive that kicks in when the CO2 drive is no longer effective

What is the Hypoxic Drive

100

A trauma center that can put a surgery team together in 20 minutes 24/7 but may not have all phases of definitive care

Level III

100

Latin for tough mother

What is the Dura Mata?

100

leaving a patient at the hospital without giving report or turning patient care over to a nurse or doctor

Abandonment 

100

Involves all layers of the tissue including fat

What is a full thickness burn (3rd degree)
200

The airway protection position of a patient laided on their left side with head down

What is the recovery position

200

The category that death of another person within the same patient compartment space would be under

MOI

200

Bleeding between the skull and the dura mata

What is an epidural hematoma?

200

A Child with paperwork in hand showing they legally live on their own

Emancipated Minor

200

A closed soft-tissue injury characterized by swelling and ecchymosis

What is a contusion?

300

The preferred route for injection of Epinephrine

Intramuscular 

300

failure of the nervous system causes widespread vasodilation.

Neurogenic  Shock

300

The GCS of a patient who's eyes open to voice, tells you they have a pet spider at home when you ask them what day it is, and withdraws from pain

9

300

Duty to Act

Breach of Duty

Damages

Causation 

What is needed to prove gross negligence

300

The most life threatening condition associated with an open neck injury

What is air emboli's?

400

A device that reverses atelectasis and decreases blood pressure

CPAP

400

Responsible for about 25% of the injuries to the Aorta

Lateral Impact

400

Arms curling away from the core of the body following blunt head trauma

decerebrate posturing

400

A status that does not give you preferential treatment or transport first in an MCI

What is donor status

400

Intestines that are outside of the skin

What is an evisceration? 

500

Bradycardia, Diminished Muscle Tone, Decreasing level of consciousness

Respiratory Failure

500

The injury most likely to occur from a high speed 3rd collision injury

Aortic Rupture

500

High Blood Pressure, Bradycardia, Irregular Respiration's

Cushings Triad

500

The legal term for decomposition of body tissues

What is Putrefaction

500

Because they have a greater surface to mass ratio

Why are burns more severe in children?

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