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A policy or protocol issued by a medical director that authorizes EMT's and others to perform particular skills in certian situations.
What is Standing Orders?
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The 5 assessments conducted for a proper prehospital stroke evaluation include...

What is facial droop, arm drift, speech, visual fields, & cerebellar assessments

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leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is Abandonment.
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Name the five divisions of the spine.
What is servical thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
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The dominant pacemaker of the heart is...
What is SA Node.
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A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious.
What is Standard Precautions?
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Your pediatric patient had a witnessed BRUE (Brief Resolved Unexplained Event) and the parents are declining to treatment and transport, in order to complete the AMA, you first must...

What is make base physician consult.

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The consent it is presumed a patient or patients parent would give if they could such as for an unconscioius patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed.
What is implied consent.
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List the four chambers of the heart.
What is right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
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List the 3 types of moves.
What is emergancy moves, urgent moves, and non-urgent moves
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A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMT's job.
What is Scope of Practice?
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3 out of the 9 absolute contraindications for CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) are...

What is Age <8 years, Respiratory or cardiac arrest, Agonal respirations, Severely depressed LOC, S/Sx of pneumothorax, Inability to maintain airway patency, Major trauma (especially head trauma with signs of ICP or significant chest trauma), Facial anomalies or trauma, Vomiting.

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A finding of failure to act properly in a situation i which there was a duty to act and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.
What is Negligence.
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List the organs in the upper left quadrant
What is liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, left kidney, and colon.
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to prevent ingury when lifting a patient. two methods commonly used are...
What is power lift, and power grip.
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A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hand under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists, while another rescuer grasps the patients knees.
What is Extremity Lift?
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The max total IV/IO dose of Versed (Midazolam) per Kg for a given patient...

What is 0.05mg/kg.

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A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent, and lmits of the EMT's job
What is scope of practice.
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List the organs located in the right upper quadrant.
What is liver, right kidney, colon, pancreas, and gall bladder.
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The outer most part of the skin is called.....
What is epidermis.
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Form the structure of the cheeks.
What is Zygomatic Arches?
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The major physiological factors listed in the trauma triage tool include...

What is GCS ≤13, SBP <90mmHg, Respiratory rate <10 or >29 breaths per min, Respiratory distress or need for respiratory support

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A federal law protecting the privacy of the patients specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed
What is HIPPA.
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List in order the number of vertebrae in order of the spinal column.
What is cervical 7 thoracic 12 lumbar 5 sacral 5 coccyx 4
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The central nervous system is compposed of the...
What is brain and spinal cord.