EMS Operations
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Medical / Legal
Med Term
More Med Term
100
EMT's first responsibility at any scene
Personal Safety
100
Number of practical scenarios you will be tested on at the end of the year (NREMT)
3
100
Federal law protecting the privacy of patients' specific healthcare information and giving the patient the control over how this information is used and distributed
HIPAA
100
This pt positioning:
Prone
100
Bi-
Two
200
Type of medical direction which occurs when the dr is contacted via phone or radio for orders
Online (Direct)
200
Infection control practices that are based on the assumption that all blood and other bodily fluids are infectious.
Standard Precautions
200
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training
Abandonment
200
Root meaning heart
cardi
200
Opposite
Contra-
300
Who grants medical license
State
300
Number of questions on NREMT test
70-120
300
Type of consent which assumes a patient or patient's guardian would consent if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent whom cannot be contacted when care is needed
Implied Consent
300
Suffix meaning "inflammation"
-itis
300
Movement meaning towards the body
Adduction
400
Policies or protocols issued by medical director that authorize EMTs to perform particular skills in certain situations
Standing Orders
400
Communication method which allows EKG to be sent from ambulance to hospital
Telemetry
400
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act and that caused harm to the patient as a result
Negligence
400
Root meaning kidney
nephr
400
One-sided
Hemi-
500
Organization which wrote EMT textbook
AAOS (American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
500
When one considers their own cultural values as more important when interacting with people of a different culture
Ethnocentrism
500
Set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the extent and limits of the EMT's job
Scope of Practice
500
Root meaning blood
hem
500
Same
Ipsi