Vocab
A policy or protocol issued by a medical director that authorizes EMT's and others to perform particular skills in certain situations
Standing Order
The patient that understands the risks associated with the provided care.
Informed Consent
Your first responsibility at any scene is the safety of...
Personal Safety
leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Abandonment
Name the 5 divisions of the spine with numbers.
Cervical 7, thoracic 12, lumbar 5, sacrum 5, coccyx 4.
A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious.
Standard Percautions
Performing a legal act in a way that is harmful
Misfeasance
There are four general levels of EMS training and certification. (list from lowest to highest)
FR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
The consent it is presumed a patient or patients’ parent would give if they could such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed.
Implied consent
Name the 4 chambers of the heart
RA, LA, RV, LV
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMT's job.
Scope of Practice
False or malicious writings that damage a person's character
Libel
Medical director issues a standing order that allows EMT's to give medication in certian circumstances without speaking directly to the medical director. This is known as..
Medical Direction
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation i which there was a duty to act, and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.
Negligence
Your shoulder is what to your elbow?
Proximal
A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hand under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists, while another rescuer grasps the patients knees.
Extremity Lift
Justifiable in instances when patients may need to be restrained for the safety of themselves or the responder.
Use of Force
What are the 5 stages of grief?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent, and limits of the EMT's job
Scope of practice
Name the organs in the upper left quadrant
Liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, left kidney and colon
Froms the structure of the cheeks
Zygomatic Arches
Define the 3 reasons that Good Samaritan can apply to the emergency responder.
Cannot be gross negligence, cannot be on-duty or charging fees, only give care appropriate to certification level
What consent is given for anyone under the age of 18 years old?
Implied consent
A federal law protecting the privacy of the patient’s specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed
HIPPA
The opening of the uterus from which the baby moves through is the