Medical Term.
Intro to EMS/Well being
Everything
Medical/Legal
A & P
100
Two or more whole words.
What is a compound word made of?
100
Your safety, the safety of your partner, then the pt and bystanders
Who has the safety priority on a call?
100

position of comfort for most non, trauma patients. Head of cot elevated

What is semi-fowler position

100
the permission from the patient for care or other action by the EMT.
What is consent
100

consist of the skull, spine, ribs, sternum, shoulders, upper extremities and pelvis and lower extremities.

What is the skeleton system

200
Anatomy
What is the study of the body structure
200

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

The adult dose of epinephrine

200
a legal document, signed by the patient and physician, that states pt does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts.
What is a DNR
200
a series of laws, varying in each state, that provides limited legal protection for citizens and some health care professionals when they are administering emergency care.
What is the Good Samaritan Laws
200
tissue that connects bone to bone
What is ligaments
300
The standard reference position for the body, facing forward, arms down, palms of the hands forward
What is anatomic position
300
The process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement
What is Quality Improvement (QI)
300
the system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement
What is the musculoskeletal system
300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Mr. Ward was a two-time state champ in this sport in High School

300
obtains oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the body
What is the respiratory system
400
The front of the body or body part
What is anterior
400
A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Who is Medical Director
400
includes the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder,and urethra. Its purpose is to filter waste products out of the blood and removes them from the body
What is the renal/ urinary system
400

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

400
there is inadequate circulation of blood through one or more organs or structures.
What is hypoperfusion
500
this quadrant holds the liver, kidney, colon, pancreas, gallbladder
What is the right upper quadrant (RUQ)
500
Patient outcomes (The long term survival of pt) Evidence-based ( description of the medical techniques or practice that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacly.
What are the two ways research impacts EMS?
500
The nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs
What are the structures of the airway
500

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,

What is HIPPA

500

lateral to the nose, medial to the ears

What are eyes

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