This term is also referred to as the recovery position.
What is Lateral recumbent?
100
A type of shock where the body temporarily loses sympathetic tone.
What is psychogenic shock?
100
Abbreviated by the letters "PMH"
What is past medical history?
100
Type of serious bleeding characterized by bright red spurting blood under high pressure.
What is arterial bleeding?
100
This type of question allows the patient to answer openly.
What is an open ended question?
200
This is a term that best describes when you do not see a symptom in a patient that you would expect to see based on their chief complaint.
What is a pertinent negative?
200
This form of shock can be internal or external and results from a loss of blood volume.
What is hemorrhagic or hypovolemic shock?
200
The primary goal for using this assessment is to have a system that you do not deviate from.
What is the rapid trauma assessment?
200
These types of disorders may complicate hemorrhage control efforts.
What are clotting disorders?
200
This type of consent applies when you introduce yourself to a patient and ask permission to assess him and provide care.
What is Expressed Consent?
300
Term that describes and is also known as a nosebleed.
What is Epistaxis?
300
This form of shock occurs due to the heart's inability to pump effectively for adequate perfusion and is most commonly caused by left ventricular infarction.
What is Cardiogenic shock?
300
This is what the EMT must do to identify changes.
What is reassessment?
300
You should move to this intervention next after direct pressure fails to control serious bleeding.
What is apply a tourniquet?
300
A legal document that describes what and when something occurred during a call.
What is an EMS run report, ACR, PCR?
400
This term best describes any situation that overwhelms an EMS system.
What is multiple casualty incident?
400
This form of shock may cause profound hypoglycemia.
What is Neurogenic shock?
400
This assessment is done after the primary assessment for the purpose of quickly identifying life treats.
What is the rapid secondary assessment?
400
This should be your primary concern in a patient that is conscious and alert that reports serious bleeding from a dialysis shunt.
What is control the bleeding?
400
This describes what the EMT must do in order to transfer care and insure the medical professional receiving the patient understands.
What is provide a verbal report?
500
This term refers to how a part of the body functions with other parts of the body.
What is physiology?
500
This is the form of metabolism that cells are forced in to once compensatory mechanisms have failed during shock.
What is anaerobic metabolism?
500
You should perform this assessment if after initially assessing the patient you find yourself having a bad gut feeling.
What is a rapid trauma assessment?
500
This type of hemorrhage can't be seen but can be expected with signs such as a rigid abdomen or decreased blood pressure with unknown etiology.
What is internal hemorrhage?
500
This describes how you should correct a mistake on a written EMS run report.
What is draw a single line through it and initial it followed by the correction?