EMS Systems and Legal
Written guidelines that direct the care EMS personnel provide for patients.
What are protocols?
An overview of the scene to identify any obvious or potential hazards.
What is a Scene Size-up?
The front part of the body.
What is Anterior?
The constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to the cells.
What is Perfusion?
The force or forces that may have caused an injury.
What is the Mechanism of Injury?
Specific signs or symptoms for which it is appropriate to give a medication.
What is an indication?
Integrating clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from systematic research.
What is Evidenced-Based Practice?
A component of standard precautions that involves the philosophy that all patients are considered infectious until proven otherwise.
What are Universal Precautions?
Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
What is Cyanosis?
Composed of the brain and spinal cord and responsible for the voluntary and involuntary control of all body functions.
What is the Central Nervous System?
Something that can be observed or measured.
What is a Sign?
Dialates the blood vessels and reduces the workload of the heart.
What is Nitroglycerin?
A physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical oversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system.
What is a Medical Director?
The use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving to minimize injury.
What are Body Mechanics?
A patient lying face up.
What is Supine?
A condition affecting the lungs characterized by narrowing of the air passages.
What is Asthma?
A memory aid for the classification of levels of responsiveness.
What is AVPU?
Binds to poisons to prevent absorbtion?
What is Activated Charcoal?
The legal obligation to provide care.
What is Duty?
Using your hands to physically hold a body part and keep it from moving.
What is Manual Stabilization?
An open wound of the abdomen characterized by protrusion of the abdominal contents.
What is Evisceration?
The cellular process by which oxygen is used to metabolize glucose and energy is produced.
What is Aerobic Metabolism?
Something that the patient complains of or describes.
What is a Symptom?
What is Albuterol?
The legal term that means to give formal permission for something to happen.
What is Consent?
An official government resource for the identification of hazardous materials.
What is the Emergency Response Guidebook?
What is the Midline?
Pain in the chest caused by a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen to the heart muscle.
What is Angina?
The pressure within the arteries when the heart beats.
What is Systolic Blood Pressure?
Binds to chemical receptors in the brain to block and reverse opioids.
What is Narcan?
Refers to the patient's mental ability to comprehend the situation and make rational decisions regarding their medical care.
What is Competence?
Any situation that causes a rescuer to experience unusually strong emotions that interfere with the ability to function either during or after the incident.
What is a Critical Incident?
Difficult or laboered breathing.
What is Dyspnea?
An abnormal breathing pattern characterized by slow, shallow, gasping breaths.
What are Agonal Respirations?
Excessively sweaty.
What is Diaphoretic?
Constricts blood vessels and dilates bronchioles.
What is Epinephrine?