EMS Systems
Legally obligates EMT to protect patient‘s privacy
What is HIPAA?
Created by pressure waves through arteries caused by cardiac contractions
What is pulse?
Used to open the airway of a patient with trauma
What is jaw-thrust maneuver?
Carries blood away from the heart.
What is the Aorta / Arteries?
First action taken with a critically bleeding patient
What is stop the bleeding?
Best method to prevent spread of infectious disease
What is hand washing?
Bluish, gray skin coloring resulting from hypoxia.
What is Cyanosis?
12 to 20
What is the respiratory rate for an adult?
Term used for slow heart rate (Below 60 bpm)
Bradycardia
The first 2 steps of every patient contact.
What is BSI and Scene safety?
Provides the highest level of care in the EMS prehospital setting
What is a Paramedic?
PERRLA
What is Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodating?
Carries air to and from the lungs
What is the trachea?
Strongest chamber of the heart
What is the left ventricle?
When ventilating a patient, this can be done to ensure adequate ventilations are reaching the lungs. It may require you to move.....
What is watch for adequate chest rise and fall?
This type of consent would allow the EMT to treat an unconscious patient.
What is Implied Consent?
AVPU
What is Alert, Verbal, Painful Stimuli and Unresponsive?
This lung has 2 lobes
What is the left lung?
Valve that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
What is the Tricuspid Valve?
Location of the spleen in the body
What is the LUQ?
What is the missing step to proving negligence? Duty to act, breach of duty, _____, proximate cause
damages
Measurement of oxygen saturation of red blood cells
What is SP02?
Sound caused by narrowing of the lower airways.
What is wheezing?
Returns blood to the heart from the head and arms.
What is the Superior Vena Cava?
Maximum dose of aspirin
What is 324mg?