Scene Safety
The most important person on a scene to keep safe is this person.
What is me?
Noting MOI is important at a trauma call. MOI stands for this.
What is mechanism of injury?
A patient injured in a head-on collision would be most apt to have these two types of injuries.
What is head and neck (also accept chest)?
If a patient appears lifeless as you approach, instead of ABC, the EMT follows this acronym.
What is CAB?
This is the pneumonic we use for assessing pain.
What is OPQRST?
PPE stands for this.
What is personal protective equipment?
When something or someone is the EMT's safety, the EMT should do this.
What is retreat?
An injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissue is called this type of trauma.
What is penetrating trauma?
The two most important things to treat in any patient are these.
What are breathing and circulation?
If a patient has carbon monoxide poisoning, the pulse oximeter reading will be this.
These are 3 types of additional resources that may be needed on scene.
What are (list 3):
Fire department, law enforcement, additional EMS, power company, additional ambulances (more possibilities)
When a person has a medical emergency, we assess for NOI, which stands for this.
What is nature of illness?
An injury caused by a blow that strikes the body but does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues is referred to as this type of trauma.
What is blunt-force trauma?
Assessing the situation and what you first see as you approach a patient helps the EMT form this type of impression.
What is general impression?
Blood pressures are no typically obtained on children less than this many years old.
What is 3?
The only predictable thing about emergencies is they are often this.
What is unpredictable?
First responders are required to wear this piece of clothing when working along a roadway.
What is a reflective vest?
A stabbing would be this type of penetrating trauma.
What is low-velocity?
If the patient has inadequate breathing, with a rate of 6 per minute, the EMT should begin this treatment immediately.
What is BVM ventilations?
This is the largest body system.
What is the integumentary system?
Scene safety begins at this point in the call.
What is as we approach the scene?
When hazardous materials are involved, this book contains important information for responders.
What is the Emergency Response Guidebook?
Damage from a bullet can create internal damage due to pressure changes, also called this.
What is cavitation?
This is how an EMT acquires an apical pulse rate.
What is by ausculatation?
On average, the brain is not fully developed until this age.
What is 25?