Preparatory
This is the federal legislation concerning patient confidentiality.
What is HIPAA
This is the most common cause of an airway obstruction.
What is the tongue
A heart rate of less than 60 bpm.
What is bradycardia
The letter A in SAMPLE.
What is allergies
Patient's privacy act.
What is HIPAA
The EMT's first priority is
What is personal safety
It is the physical act of moving air into and out of the lungs.
What is ventilation
What is muscle
The letter V in AVPU.
What is verbal
The type of consent given when the patient specifically acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care or transport.
What is Expressed Consent
Phone or radio contact with the medical director is a form of this.
What is online medical control
It is defined as over-breathing to the point that the level of arterial carbon dioxide falls below normal.
What is hyperventilation
Brady
What is slow
The letter E in SAMPLE.
What is events leading to
The law based on the common law principle that when you reasonably help another person, you should not be liable for errors and omissions that are made in giving good-faith emergency care.
What is the Good Samaritan Law
The amount of medication that is given to a patient.
What is dose
The definition of this term is: Noted obstruction of the trachea or larynx.
It is a high-pitched sound you make when you breathe through a narrow or partly blocked airway.
What is stridor
COPD
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
The letter P in OPQRST.
What is provoke or palliative
Prohibits employers from failing to provide full and equal employment to those who are disabled.
What is the ADA
This is the route of administration for the EpiPen auto-injector.
What is intramuscular
The wheezing sound is indicative of an upper airway or lower obstruction.
What is a lower airway obstruction
Pneumo
What is lung
The letter C in DCAP-BTLS.
What is contusions
A type of sexual harassment that requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
What is Quid Pro Quo