EMS Systems
Legislation passed in 1966 to protect patient's health care information
What is HIPPA?
Consent that is given when the patient specifically acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care and or transport.
What is Expressed Consent?
Patient lying face down?
What is the prone position?
12 Vertebrae make up this part of the spine
What is the thoracic spine?
The amount of air that is moved in or out of the lungs during one breath. Generally 500ml
What is Tidal Volume?
Authorizes EMT's in the field to provide medical care in the field
What is a medical director?
Consent that falls under the assumption that the patient would consent to care and transport if they were able to do so
What is implied consent?
Patient in a semi reclining position
What is the fowlers position?
Large opening at the base of the skull
What is the Foramen Magnum
A rapid heartbeat more than 100 bpm
What is tachycardia?
Oversight by the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMT's on each call
What is quality control?
A person who is under the legal age of 18, but can be legally treated as an adult.
What is an emancipated minor?
RUQ RLQ LUQ LLQ
What are the four quadrants of the abdomen?
Where the upper and lower airway separate
What is the larynx?
Air sacs in the lungs
What are Alveoli?
A device that detects treatable life threatening cardiac dysrhythmias a delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
What is an AED
decision capability in place of a parent..ie: a teacher
What is In loco parentis
Excessive vomiting
What is hyperemesis?
The process of gas exchange within the alveoli
What is respiration?
The primary muscle of breathing
What is the diaphragm?
The branch of medicine that is focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with goal of preventing health problems
What is public health?
Stiffening of body muscles caused by chemical changes within the muscle tissue
What is Rigor Mortis?
DCAPBTLS
What is deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures and penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations and swelling?
The vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What is the superior and inferior Vena Cava?
The smallest branches of the arteries branching into the vast network of capillaries
What are Arterioles?