EMS Standards
What is a PSAP?
Public Safety Answering Point
Most common place for ambulance crashes
Intersections
Dose/Route for ASA
162-324 mg PO
The means by which energy is transmitted to the body, producing the potential for trauma
Mechanism of Injury (MOI)
A systematic process of collecting relevant patient information in order to determine a patient's medical condition and establish priorities for treatment and transport
Patient Assessment
The type of consent utilized in an unresponsive pt
Implied Consent
Driving with the safety of others in mind is known as
Driving with Due Regard
Dose/Route for NTG
0.4mg, SL
The body's transition between normal function and death
Shock
The pulse that is palpated in the groin
Femoral
Stopping care without ensuring that another appropriately credentialed health care provider will take over care
Abandonment
When should you look for hazards on a call?
Throughout the entire call
The primary action of a Beta 2 Agonist
Bronchodilation
Where does the production of energy occur?
The mitochondria
Main function of the Primary Assessment
Find and treat immediate life threats
The highest need according to Maslow's hiearchy of needs
Self-actualization
Where should you approach a helicopter?
From the front
Dose/Route for Narcan
0.4-2mg IM/IN
What is responsible for second step of the clotting process
Platelets
Formula for finding pediatric systolic BP
90 + 2 x age
The marked the beginning of the modern history of EMS?
Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
A sign or symptom you expect to find, but don't.
Pertinent Negative
The branch of pharmacology concerned with the ways drugs are absorbed, distributed, and eliminated from the body
Pharmacokinetics
The term used when there is better ventilation than perfusion
VQ mismatch
The primary pacemaker of the heart