BLS Resucitation
The EMS System
Workforce Safety and Wellness
Medical Legal
Ops Flops
100

A combination of two movements to open the airway by tilting the forehead back and lifting the chin, not used in trauma.

Head tilt - Chin lift Maneuver

100

 A device that detects treatable life threating cardiac dysrhythmias such as V-Fib and V-Tach.

AED

100

Protective equipment that blocks exposure to a pathogen or hazardous material.

(PPE, BSI) Personnel Protective Equipment

100

The first step in bleeding control

Direct pressure

100

The standard for safety when operating an emergency vehicle

Due regard for the safety of others

200

A condition in which air fills the stomach, often as a result of high volume and pressure during artificial ventilation.

Gastric Distention

200

Federal legislation passed in 1996. It's main effort in EMS is in limiting availability of patient's health care information.

HIPPA

200

Procedures to reduce the transmission of infection or disease and to protect the EMT.

Infection Control.

200

The "S" in CSM

Sensation

200

A patient who is oriented with a broken leg and unable to walk is triage tagged

Yellow

300

Side lying position used to maintain a clear airway in unresponsive patients who are breathing adequately and do not have suspected injuries to the spine, hip or pelvis.

Recovery Position

300

Physican instructions given directly by radio, phone or indirectly by protocol as authorized by medical director.

Medical Control

300

Federal regulatory compliance agency that develops, publishes and enforces guidelines concerning safety in the workplace.

(OSHA) Occupational Health and Safety Administration 

300

When your guts are hanging out

Evisceration

300

How to transport the unresponsive patient from the 2nd floor.

Reeves or canvas/slatted stretcher

400

Noninvasive emergency lifesaving care that is used to treat medical conditions, including airway obstruction, respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest.

Basic Life Support

400

Oversight by the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical standards are met by the EMT on each call.

Quality Control

400

Exposure or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact.

Direct Contact

400

Expected pulse rate in intracranial pressure

Slow/Bradycardia

400

The "L" in SLUDGE-M is

Lacrimation

500

The return of a pulse and effective blood flow to the body in a patient who was previously in cardiac arrest.

Return of Spontaneous Circulation. (ROSC)

500

Document created by (NHTSA) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that outlines the skill performance by various EMS providers.

National Scope of Practice

500

Inflammation of the liver, usually caused by a viral infection that causes loss of appetite, jaundice, fatigue and altered liver functions.

Hepatitis

500

The dermatome at the nipple level

T-4

500

The term that means the EMT's actions caused harm

Proximate cause

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