Foundations of EMT
A person who speaks up on behalf of the patient and supports his/her cause
What is an advocate?
The airway adjunct that may be tolerated by many patients with a gag reflex
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
The keen awareness that there may be injuries based on the scene size-up
What is the index of suspicion?
Shallow, slow, irregular gasping breaths
What are agonal respirations?
Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What are pulmonary arteries?
Term defining directions given to the EMT by a physician over the telephone or radio
What is on-line medical direction
Maximum amount of time to actively suction an airway
What is 10 seconds?
What is the chief complaint?
The condition in which there is an insufficient amount of sugar in the blood
What is hypoglycemia?
The spinal regions, in order, from top to bottom
What is cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx?
The best position for transporting aan unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of spinal injury and who is breathing adequately
What is Recovery Position
Percentage of oxygen provided by connecting a high flow of oxygen to the inlet found on a pocket mask
What is 50 percent
The normal capillary refill time in a pediatric patient
What is 2 seconds?
Amount of time an epinephrine auto-injector should be held in place after activation
What is 10 seconds?
The inferior-most portion of the sternum
What is the xyphoid process?
The EMTs obligation to provide care to a patient either as a formal or ethical responsibility
What is duty to act?
Term to describe: blue or gray skin; and deterioration of a patient's mental status (like confusion or restlessness)
The method of taking a blood pressure by using a stethoscope to listen to the characteristic sounds produced
What is auscultation?
Term for the collective signs of (1) pinpoint pupils, (2) coma, and (3) respiratory depression
What is the Opiate Triad?
Body system that produces hormones
What is endocrine?
A term used by EMS practitioners to indicate that the patient has a secured and opened airway necessary for life
What is a patent airway?
Maximum flow rate of oxygen via a nasal cannula
What is 6 liters?
Vital signs should be reassessed this often on a stable patient
What is every 15 minutes?
A patient with renal disease who is currently on dialysis and missed an appointment may present with dangerously high levels of this electrolyte
Pulse palpated on the top of the foot
What is the dorsalis pedis?