Oxygen & Airway
Legal & Ethical Issues
Allergic Reactions
Obstetrics
Geriatrics
100
The muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity
What is the Diaphram
100
Leaving a patient before turning him or her over to someone of the same or higher level of care
What is abandonment
100
The red, itchy, possibly raised blotches on the skin
What is Hives
100
The term used to describe the process of birth
What is Labor
100
Fluid in the lungs
What is Pulmonary Edema
200
The Oxygen delivery device of choice for a COPD patient on home oxygen
What is a nasal cannula
200
Allows you to treat an unconscious patient
What is implied consent
200
Medication prescribed for a patient who is susceptible to severe allergic reactions
What is Epinephrine
200
The name given to a newborn infant
What is Neonate
200
Loss of bone minerals that result in bones becoming brittle
What is Osteoporosis
300
The patient medication that EMTs can assist with during severe asthma attack
What is albuterol inhaler
300
Actions and care that are legally allowed to be provided by an EMT
What is Scope of Practice
300
The body's defense mechanism to fight off foreign substances
What is the Immune System
300
This is when the infant's head appears at the opening of the birth canal
What is Crowning
300
A disease characterized by cerebral function loss that affects the brain
What is Alzheimer's Disease
400
The mask that delivers close to 100% oxygen
What is non-rebreather
400
Protects the emergency care provider from civil law suits
What is the Good Samaritan Law
400
A severe form of allergic reaction
What is Anaphylaxis Shock
400
Birth which the fetus, buttocks or lower extremities are the first to be delivered
What is Breech
400
A brief period of unresponsiveness due to a lack of blood flow to the brain; fainting
What is Syncope
500
May be used when an oropharyngeal airway causes a gag reflex
What is nasopharyngeal airway
500
Permission which must be obtained from every conscious, mentally competent adult before treatment is started
What is Expressed Consent
500
Epinephrine causes the blood vessels to do this
What is Constrict
500
Two clamps are placed on the umbilical cord this far apart
What is 3 inches
500
A cardiac disease in which the heart cannot pump blood sufficiently to meet the needs of the body
What is Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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