Squad Goals
The organized network linking people, agencies, dispatch, responders, transport, and hospitals.
What is the EMS system?
The legal range of skills and actions an EMR is allowed to perform.
What is scope of practice?
The first priority before entering any emergency scene.
What is scene safety?
The communication device or system used to request additional EMS resources.
What is radio/dispatch communication?
The basic maneuver used to open the airway of a patient without suspected spine injury.
What is the head-tilt, chin-lift?
The emergency resource often contacted for toxic exposure guidance.
What is Poison Control?
The age group that may not be able to clearly describe symptoms.
Who are pediatric patients?
The physician responsible for EMS protocols and patient-care standards.
Who is the medical director?
Permission a conscious adult gives before care is provided.
What is consent?
Equipment used to reduce exposure to blood and body fluids.
What is PPE?
The written or electronic record of patient care.
What is documentation or a patient care report?
The airway obstruction sound often described as high-pitched noise during inhalation.
What is stridor?
The first priority when approaching a possible poisoning scene.
What is scene safety?
The patient group that may present atypically with illness or injury.
Who are older adults/geriatric patients?
The national agency associated with EMS system development and education standards.
What is NHTSA?
A failure to provide the standard of care that results in patient harm.
What is negligence?
A stress reaction that may occur after a difficult call.
What is critical incident stress?
The summary given when transferring care to a higher-level provider.
What is a handoff report?
The device used to deliver breaths to a patient who is not breathing adequately.
What is a bag-valve mask?
The route of poisoning that occurs when a substance is breathed in.
What is inhalation?
The pregnancy-related emergency involving delivery before arrival at the hospital.
What is childbirth or imminent delivery?
The EMS level usually considered the first trained responder level.
What is an EMR?
The ethical principle of keeping patient information private.
What is confidentiality?
The safe body-mechanics principle that protects the back during lifting.
What is lifting with the legs and keeping the back straight?
The technique of repeating key information to confirm it was heard correctly.
What is closed-loop communication?
The airway adjunct inserted through the nose when tolerated.
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
The care step for a chemical on the skin when protocol allows.
What is brushing/removing contamination and flushing with water as appropriate?
The patient group that may need caregiver input during assessment.
Who are patients with special health care needs?
The system that directs emergency resources and coordinates response from call to hospital care.
What is the emergency medical services system?
The legal concept that may protect trained rescuers who act in good faith.
What is a Good Samaritan law?
The process used before scene entry to identify hazards and needed resources.
What is scene size-up?
The radio communication rule that prevents interrupting urgent traffic.
What is waiting for clear air/avoiding interruption of emergency traffic?
The oxygen-delivery device that can provide a high concentration of oxygen to a breathing patient.
What is a nonrebreather mask?
The immediate action for a patient exposed to carbon monoxide in an unsafe area.
What is remove the patient from danger only if safe and request appropriate resources?
The assessment adjustment needed when caring for infants and children.
What is using age-appropriate assessment and equipment?