The Human Body
This area of the brain coordinates critical life functions
Brainstem
Lungs, Heart, Great Vessels
Thoracic
Mechanical weight bearing base of spine and fused section of pelvic girdle
Sacrum
Breathing is often more difficult in older adults for what reason?
Elasticity of lungs decreases
Children act almost purely to avoid punishment and to get what they want is what type of reasoning?
Preconventional Reasoning
How do you minimize the risk of injury to yourself when lifting and moving a patient?
Keep the weight close to your body
You should avoid using this large piece of equipment to move patients up and down stairs.
Using the wheeled ambulance cot
Intestines, stomach, colon
Abdominal
Skull, face, thorax, and vertebral column
Axial Skeleton
Cardiac function in late adulthood declines because of?
Atherosclerosis
9 months
Keep your back in a straight vertical position
This carry method is used to move a patient from the bed to a cot using nothing but the patient
What is direct carry
This gland regulates the functions of all other Endocrine glands.
Pituitary
An unique challenge to immobilizing an elderly patient on a long back board could be what?
Abnormal spine curvature
An infant or small toddler would most likely gain trust in a person who?
Provides an organized routine environment
What is the safest, most powerful method of lifting a patient?
Power lift
This type of patient move is used when there is a scene hazard that the emt is unable to protect the patient from.
What is an Emergency patient move?
Which organ has five lobes
The lungs
Example of voluntary muscle
Skeletal muscles
What is something important to remember when communicating with older adults?
Age related changes can diminish the effectiveness of the eyes and ears
Pulse rate of a child from the ages of 6 to 12 years would be approximately?
70 to 120 beats per minute
Because the rib cage is less rigid and the ribs are more horizontal this fact makes infants what?
Belly Breathers
Decreased insulin production, increased weight gain, and decreased physical activity
Reasons why incidences of Diabetes Mellitus increases with age
One anatomical difference between children and adults is?
Infants tongue is proportionally larger than an adults
A basket stretcher is used most appropriately when?
Moving a patient across rough or uneven terrain
The most serious consequence of a poorly planned move is?
Injury to you or your patient