Intro to EMS
What is a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations?
What is Standing orders?
A series of laws, varying in each state, designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administering emergency care
What is Good Samaritan laws?
An imaginary line drawn down the center of the body dividing it into right and left halves
What is Midline?
The process of moving oxygen and carbon dioxide between circulating blood and the cells
What is respiration?
What age range is preschool age?
What is 3-5 years old?
Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone
What is On-line Medical Direction?
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act, that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided and that harm was caused to the patient as a result
What is negligence?
What are the 4 abdominal quadrants?
What is RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ?
The ability of the heart to generate and conduct electrical impulses on its own
What is automaticity?
What stage of life is from 12-36 months?
What is Toddler phase?
What are the four national levels of EMS training and certification?
What is Emergency medical responder (EMR), Emergency medical technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), Paramedic
In place of a parent, indicating a person who may give consent for care of a child when the parents are not present or able to give consent
What is in loco parentis?
The hand is ______ to the elbow
What is distal?
The system composed of organs, tissues, and vessels that help to maintain the fluid balance of the body and contribute to the body's immune system
What is the lymphatic system?
What is the average pulse range for a school age child?
What is 70-110bpm?
What are the different 'special designations' of hospitals you may bring a patient? (5, bonus 1)
What is trauma centers, burn centers, pediatric centers, cardiac centers, stroke centers
bonus - poison control centers
What is the difference between assault and battery?
What is assault is placing someone in fear of harm and battery is causing bodily harm to a person.
What two prefixes mean "below normal/low"?
What is "brady-" and "hypo-"?
Name the five divisions of the spine from head to toe
What is the average respiratory rate for a toddler?
What is 20-30/minute?
What agency is responsible for establishing EMS system assessment programs?
What is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)?
What are the components required to prove negligence? (3)
What is a duty to act, EMT did not provide the standard of care, EMT caused harm to the patient.
What are the three root words that may be used to refer to the lungs?
What is Broncho, Pulmo, Pneumo?
List four (of the most common) places a peripheral pulse may be felt
What is radial artery, brachial artery, carotid artery, femoral artery?
What are the 3 stages of adulthood and the corresponding age ranges?
What is Early Adulthood 19-40 years old, Middle Adulthood 41-60 years old, and Late adulthood 61+ years old?