Legal
law designed to protect patient’s privacy
What is a HIPAA?
Pressure waves through the arteries caused by cardiac contractions
What is a palpable pulse?
peri-
What is around?
Best way to prevent spread of disease or contamination
What is Wash your hands?
Transmission of disease by animals or insects
What is vector borne?
Best way for an EMT to limit errors in the field
What is follow written protocols?
-pathy
What is disease?
Away from the heart
What is distal?
What is seesaw respirations?
Phone or radio contact with medical director
What is online medical control?
Source of the ability to administer ASA
What is a medical director?
Opening at the base of the skull
What is foramen magnum?
Study state or normal body function
What is honostasis?
Length of time for a primary assessment
What is 60-90 seconds?
Abnormal breath sound indicating upper airway obstruction
What is stridor?
Provides a national standard for EMS testing
What is NREMT?
Holds and concentrates bile
What is a gallbladder?
Controlled bleeding
What is a hemostasis?
Initial survey consists of
What is Airway, Breathing, and Circulation?
Chrondo
What is cartilage?
Required for negligence
What is duty to act, breach of duty, injury, and causation?
Organ found in lateral and posterior portion of the left upper quadrant of the abdomen
What is the spleen?
AAA
What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Decomposition of the body’s tissue
What is putrefaction?
Term for closer to the midline
What medial?