A system of health care professionals who are responsible to provide emergency care to the sick and injured in their community.
What is Emergency Medical Services?
The type of consent you will rely on to provide care to a seriously injured patient who is unresponsive.
What is implied consent?
This word root means "heart."
What is cardio?
It means farthest from the point of attachment.
What is distal?
This term is used to refer to individuals aged from 1 to 3 years.
What is toddler?
This organization provides cognitive and psychomotor testing to determine the competency of emergency medical services personnel.
What is the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's)?
P.P.E. for short.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
The part of the word that is before the root.
What is the prefix?
The imaginary line cutting the body in half at the middle.
What is midsagittal plane
Detection, Reporting, Response, On-scene Care, Care in Transit, and Transfer to Definitive Care.
What do the bars of the Star of Life represent?
Duty, Breach of Duty, Damages, and Causation.
What are the elements of negligence?
Adduction
The range of normal pulse rates found in infants.
What is 100 to 160 beats per minute?
The spread of infection by animals or insects.
What is vector-borne transmission?
Facial Expression, Body Language, and Eye Contact are all examples of this type of Communication.
What is Non-Verbal Communication?
mnemonic for S.A.M.P.L.E
What is signs/symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last oral intake, events leading up
This type of reflex is an infant reflex in which the infant starts sucking when his or her lips are stroked. (on the other hand the "rooting reflex" occurs when something touches an infant's cheek, and the infant instinctively turns his or her head toward the touch)
What is Suckling Reflex
The care you are legally able to provide for the patient.
What is scope of practice?
"Are you having chest pains?" is an example of this type of question.
What is a closed-ended question?
The joint is bending
What is flexion