Connect bone to bone
Ligaments
Refers to a position closer to the midline
medial
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope or extent and limits, of the EMT's job.
Scope of practice
Who created a standard for bloodborne pathogens?
OSHA
Name one of the three key ways to react to danger.
Flee
Get rid of cumbersome equipment
Cover/Conceal
The movable portion of the jaw.
Mandible
closer to the torso
proximal
Consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being.
Expressed consent
When using alcohol-based hand cleaner it is important to make sure what occurs?
Rub until DRY!
This most commonly used to open the airway in an unconscious patient with suspected head, neck or spine injury or unknown MOI.
jaw-thrust maneuver
These branch off the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.
Coronary arteries
plantar
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.
in loco parentis
Incubation period of chicken pox
11-21 days
This device uses oxygen under pressure to deliver artificial ventilation through a mask placed over the patient's face.
FROPVD
Flow-restrict oxygen powered ventilation device
The tube that connects the bladder to excrete urine.
Urethra
45 degrees to 60 degrees
Fowler's position
a DNR order, instructions written in advance of an event.
Advanced directives
During this stage of stress your sympathetic nervous system increases it's activity in what we know as the fight-or-flight.
Alarm reaction
In regards for the NOI, information can be obtained from 3 main sources which are:
The patient
Family members or bystanders
The scene
Serves as a storage system for bile
Gallbladder
The exchange of 02 and C02 between cells and circulating blood.
Cellular respiration
In order for a patient to refuse care or transport four things must be met
1. Legally able to consent
2. Patient must be awake and oriented.
3. Patient must be informed.
4. Patient will be asked to sign a "release" form.
What are the 5 stages of grieving.
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
To find life threats and fix them.
Primary Assessment