Medico-Legal
Scene Size-up
Potpourri
Professions
Stages of Grief
100
Based on individual and community conduct, standards imposed by force of law, and professional or institutional standards.
What is Standard of Care / Conduct?
100
What BSI stands for.
What is Body Substance Isolation?
100
The phase of breathing when the intercostal muscles and diaphragm contract.
What is Inspiration?
100
The minimum required training to transport a patient on the ambulance.
What is Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
100
Not Me.
What is Denial?
200
There was a duty to act, you acted above your standard of care, and the patient suffered further injury.
What is Gross Negligence?
200
Falls from ladders, bent steering wheels, a knife laying next to a patient.
What are Mechanisms of Injury?
200
A pressure wave of blood sent through the body by the heart.
What is a Pulse?
200
A doctor who specializes in the study of the brain.
What is a Neurologist?
200
Okay, I'm not afraid.
What is Acceptance
300
Leaving a patient before turning him or her over to someone of the same or higher level of care.
What is Abandonment?
300
The BLS crew needs ALS support, or there are more patients than providers.
What is Additional Resources?
300
A leaf-shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea.
What is the Epiglottis?
300
This provider has the most advanced level of training for prehospital care.
What is a Paramedic?
300
Why Me?
What is Anger?
400
Allows you to treat an unconscious patient.
What is Implied Consent?
400
What the crew should be looking for while en route and arriving at a scene.
What is Scene Safety?
400
A national organization active in EMS curriculum development and other issues affecting EMS today.
What is the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)?
400
A doctor who specializes in treating disorders related to hormones, such as diabetes.
What is an Endocrinologist?
400
OK, but I haven't...
What is Depression?
500
Protects civilians from civil law suits for giving a "best faith" effort.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
500
A danger zone.
What do you establish around a vehicle crash?
500
Injury prevention, public vaccination programs, and Disease surveillance are all examples of this.
What is EMS Role in Public Health?
500
9-1-1 dispatchers are typically trained at this level.
What is Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD)?
500
OK, but first let me...
What is Bargaining?
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