Protocols
Who authorizes an AEMT to practice medicine under state and local protocols?
Physician Medical Director
Most common EMS provider job related death
MVA, Ambulance accidents.
Define Gross Negligence
To act with reckless disregard for a patient's safety and welfare
Medical Term for Bleeding to death
Exsanguination
This organ helps with electrolyte balance and filter waste
Kidneys
The boundaries for care than an EMS provider must stay within.
Scope of Practice
Medical name for end-of-life Care
Palliative care
Obligation to provide care
Duty to Act
A broken leg is rotated "inward" what medical term better describes this to avoid confusion?
Medial
Inner layer of the Uterus
Endometrium
EMS uses ___________ research to determine state and local protocol.
Evidence based
Pulmonary Embolism
Ambulances must have _____ while driving emergent
Due regard for public safety
Prefix meaning within or inside?
Intra
What are two differences between Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism?
Aerobic produces more energy
Anaerobic produces more waste products
MOST important way to avoid communicable diseases?
Hand Washing
Category of Medication that increases urine output
Diuretic
This agency is responsible for all radio communications
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
inflammation of the vein
Phlebitis
Incomplete closure of the skull in babies
Fontanel
Assumption of any patient blood or fluids can be infectious, we use what two things?
Hint: Broad vs Narrow
Broad: Standard Precautions
Narrow: BSI - Body Substance Isolation
A hypothermic patient has what effect of medication administration?
The rate of absorption is decreased in the hypothermic patient
Why Can Dispatch say full legal names and medical history over non-encrypted radio, but EMS can be sued if they do?
HIPAA only applies to any agency, building, or facility that can BILL for medical services rendered. Integrated dispatch can be sued. Standalone dispatch (Like Chippewa county) cannot.
substance that lines the alveoli
surfactant
What conditions interferes with negative pressure in the Lungs?
Pneumothorax, tension pneumo, hemothorax