Hodge Podge
Represented by the top number of the blood pressure
What is ventricular contraction?
Most common result of poorly planned patient move
What is injury?
Refusals for care must take this form
What is informed?
Common sign of respiratory distress in pediatrics?
What are see saw respirations?
Chrondo
What is cartilage?
System that releases hormones
What is the endocrine system?
term used for when the EMT thoroughly cleans equipment
What is decontaminate?
transfer of care is official at this point
When the EMT gives the oral report?
A patient who can be properly assessed while still in the vehicle should not be removed by this method
What is rapid extrication?
Closer to the midline of the body
What is medial?
Waste product of aerobic metabolism
What are carbon dioxide and water?
Knowing this helps the EMT estimate the severity of injuries in a trauma patient
What is MOI?
Emt must do this when suspicious circumstances exist
What is document?
Should be done when unconscious patients are found and natural gas smell is discovered
What is rapidly remove the patients and the rescuers?
Bones of the forearm
What is ulna and radius?
term used to describe decomposition of body tissue
What is putrefaction?
When the EMT is on the phone or radio contact with the medical director
What is online medical control?
This is the reason that EMTs should not cut holes in clothing caused by weapons
What is preservation of evidence?
This portion of the infant’s head is larger than in the adult
What is occiput?
Inferior cartilaginous tip of the sternum
What is the xiphoid process?
Transmission of disease by animal or insect
What is vector borne?
in a MCI, treatment and transport should begin at this point
What is after all the patients are triaged?
Action that an EMT would need special permission to do
What is insert an IV?
Decline in cardiac function in late life is usually due to this
What is atheroscerosis?
Skull, face, thorax, vertebral column
What is the axial skeleton?