EMS Systems
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Medical/Legal
The principle of consent may seem simple but often brings up complex issues in pt care. Name 3 kinds of consent and explain each.
*Expressed - given by adults/legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision regarding their health *Implied - presumed a pt or pt's parent would give *Consent - permission from patient to treat minors or incompetent patients *in loco parentis - in place of a parent, indicating a person who can give consent for a child (example: teacher)
Give this to a person after determining their Blood Sugar reading is quite low, who is able to swallow, with an altered mental status and hx of diabetes.
What is oral glucose
When flaps of skin & tissues are torn loose or pulled off completely. Examples: ear with a piece hanging, degloving, eye pulled from is socket. This is known as:
What is an avulsion?
An EMT giving care for a specific pt in a specific situation, the care would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training when caring for a pt in a similar situation is known as this.
Standard of Care
Another word for the position of a patient that is face down.
What is prone?
A PCR was just given to the ER. Another name for it?
There are 3 classifications of burns by depth. What are they?
Superficial - skin reddened
Partial thickness - blisters
Full thickness - charring affecting 4 layers
And obligation to provide care to the patient as an EMT/EMR concerning a 911 call or emergency.
What is lateral recumbent or recovery position?
The app we use to send an electronic notice to the hospital that we are bringing a patient in. Not all hospitals utilize this. Most common notification is a phone call to the hospital.
What is Pulsara?
Antidote for a suspected narcotic overdose
What is naloxone or Narcan?
To size an oropharyngeal airway for a child, measure from the corner of the mouth to where?
The tip of the earlobe
A federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the pt with control over how this information is used and distributed.
What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Your appendix is located in this quadrant.
What is Right Lower Quadrant?
A child's size is measured with this item that gives an accurate weight estimate, and to provide medical instructions, equipment sizes and drug dosages.
What is a Broselow tape
What are the 5 Rights before administering a drug to any patient, besides making sure it has not expired?
1. Right patient 2. Right time to administer 3. Right Medication 4. Right dose 5. Right route.
What is support the infant's head and continue to keep your hands gently on the baby's head as it comes out to prevent sudden uncontrolled expulsion?
Your patient has an injury to her maxillae. It is located here.
What are the fused bones of the upper jaw?
The 4 parameters included in the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale.
What is facial droop, arm drift, speech change and time this occurred?
(FAST) Face, Arm, Speech, Time
This drug will aid a person whose medical or traumatic condition causes him/her to be hypoxic or in danger of becoming hypoxic.
What is oxygen
What are the Pediatric Assessment Triangle Elements?
Appearance, Work of Breathing, Circulation to skin