EMS systems/Medical/legal
Name the four general levels of EMS training
EMR, EMT-B, AEMT, Paramedic
Episodes of stroke-like symptoms that come and go.
What is TIAs
What is low Blood sugar
What is hypoglycemia
What is Code 3?
What is lights and sirens?
Where is the location of the femur?
What is thigh
What is the way that every EMT should act under any circumstance
Standard of Care
Prolonged seizure activity or multiple seizures without regaining consciousness.
What is Status Epilepticus
What is another name for difficulty breathing?
What is Dyspnea?
What is an EMT scope of practice?
What is stabilization of a pt, fundamental emergency care, and transportation
What is the aorta?
What is the main artery leaving the backside of the heart
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask?
Open ended
A gradual buildup of plaque in the arteries?
What is atherosclerosis?
What is excessive bleeding?
What is hemorrhage
What comes after scene size-up?
What is Pt assessment
What happens in the alveoli?
What is Gas-exchange
Policies or protocols issued by a medical director that authorize EMTs to perform particular skills in certain situations.
Scope of Practice
What is the minimum lpm do you put a non-rebreather on?
What is 10 lpm?
What is dysphagia?
What is difficulty swallowing
What is on-line medical direction?
What is real time direct communication with medical director?
What are the retroperitoneal organs?
Kidneys, pancreas
What is crime involving a duty to act, breach of duty, harm occurring, and proximate cause?
Negligence
A medical condition with signs or symptoms that may include unequal bilateral pulse pressures, severe chest, abdomen, or back pain, and a feeling of impending doom.
What is abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA)
What is closer to the point of attachment?
What is Proximal?
What is negligence?
What is failure to act with the level of care?
What organs are found in the mediastinum?
Esophagus, Trachea, right side of the heart