Governing Definitions
Describes the 4 levels of EMS practice.
National Scope of Practice Model
The spread of an organism via droplets or dust.
Airborne transmission
The tactical use of an impenetrable object.
Cover
The type of consent given when the patient specifically acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care.
Expressed consent
Written document that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should he or she become unable to make decisions.
Advance directive
Process by which a person, an institution, or program is evaluated.
Certification
Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans.
Bloodborne pathogens
The contamination of water or food with an organism that can cause disease.
Foodborne transmission
The ability for the patient to understand the information you are providing.
Decision-making capacity
Blood settling to the lowest point of the body, causing discoloration of the skin.
Dependent lividity
Comprehensive legislation designed to protect people with disabilities.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
A disease that can spread from one person to another.
Communicable
The use of an animal to spread an organism from one person or place to another.
Vector-borne transmission
A person receiving care must give permission, or this for treatment.
Consent
Stiffening of body muscles caused by chemical changes within the muscle tissue. Occurs between 2-12 hours after death.
Rigor Mortis
System of internal & external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
Quality Assurance
Exposure or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact.
Direct contact
A negative stress response, also known as.
Distress
Also known as the emergency doctrine, this type of consent applies only when a serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless there is a threat to life or limb.
Implied consent
Cooling of the body until it matches the ambient temperature.
Algor mortis
Process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Licensure
The organism or individual that is attacked by the infecting agent.
Host
A positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.
Eustress
A minor is injured at school and the guardian is unavailable.
In Loco Parentis
The decomposition of body tissues which occurs sometime between 40 and 96 hours after death.
Putrefaction