unit 1
Signs of an emergency?
unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, and unusual behaviors.
what age is considered an infant?
birth to 1 year
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is Abandonment.
The dominant pacemaker of the heart is...
What is SA Node.
The loss of measurable signs of life as the result of a blocked airway or loss of breathing?
What is Secondary Cardiac Arrest.
what does EMS stand for?
emergency medical services
To observe standard precautions means?
To follow a set of infection control practices used whether or not an infection is suspected.
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
List the four chambers of the heart.
What is right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
The recommended technique to open and maintain the airway of an unresponsive person. It pulls the jaw forward and lifts the tongue away from the back of the throat?
What is Head Tilt-Chin Lift
what is a fear that can cause someone to hesitate with helping in an emergency?
fear of getting sued, fear of catching a disease, afraid of doing the wrong thing, being uncertain that an emergency actually exists, assuming the situation is already under control. (any of these work as answers)
High - performance CPR includes?
High quality CPR skills and an efficient team approach.
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.
What is Negligence.
The passageway between the mouth and lungs that allows life-sustaining oxygen into the body?
What is the Airway.
Infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
What is Bloodborne Pathogens.
what are airborne pathogens?
they are pathogens expelled into the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or breathes.
Which of the following statments about DNR orders are false. A. A DNR order requires a signature from a physician.
B. You do not actually have to see the order, verbal comfirmation from a family member is sufficient.
C. Mentally competent patients may refuse care.
What is Answer B. You do not actually have to see the order, verbal comfirmation from a family member is sufficient.
A law enacted to legally protect trained providers who voluntarily stop to help, act prudently, do not provide care beyond training, and are not completely careless in delivering emergency care.
What is Good Samaritan law.
Heartbeat pulsations of the femoral arteries that can be felt just below the middle of the crease where the leg and torso meet.
What is femoral pulse.
A basic CPR skill that creates increased pressure in the chest cavity and direct compression of the heart. This forces blood to move from the chest to the lungs, brain, and rest of the body?
What is Chest Compressions.
what does PPE stand for?
personal protective equipment
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent, and limits of the EMT's job
What is Scope of Practice.
A federal law protecting the privacy of the patients specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed
What is HIPAA.
A life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
The abrupt loss of the heart's ability to contract and push blood forward through the circulatory system. Typically caused by a sudden disruption of the heart's electrical system?
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest.