Vocabulary
The imaginary line that cuts the body from top to bottom down the center
What is the midline?
This term means to sort
What is Triage or Trier?
A patient who has a blood glucose level of less than 60, who can swallow is showing signs of altered mental status should be giventhis medication
What is Glucose paste?
The nerves that branch out from the spine make up this part of the nervous system
What is the peripheral nervous system?
A type of call where there are more patients than you ambulance can handle.
What is a MCI?
The term that refers to a hearty rate above 100 beats per minute
What Tachycardia?
The amount of weight an EMT should be able to lift
What is 125lbs?.
A patient who is having difficulty breathing with an SpO2 of 92% of less should be given this medication
What is Oxygen?
This artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
The national act that created our EMS system as we know it now.
What is The Highway Safety Act of 1966?
The anatomical term(s) for the back of the body
What is posterior or dorsal?
A patient must be both ______and ______ to refuse care
What is alert and oriented?
When you have a patient displaying signs/symptoms of shock you should give them high flow oxygen, elevate their feet, and ______.
What is keep them warm?
ATP is produced in the part of the cell
What is the Mitochondria?
Infants and children normally have a _______ respiratory rate and heart rate than adults.
What is faster?
The medical term for a nosebleed
What is Epistaxis?
9.41,9.45,22.09 are provisions of this law
What is The Mental Health and Hygiene Law?
Pulse,sensation,and motor function are assessed before and after _______
What is any splinting procedure?
Red bone marrow is responsible for producing this type of cell
What is Red blood cells?
The term PERRL refers to
What is Pupils are equal,round,and reactive to light?
The terms anterior or ventral indicate
What is the front of the body?
This should be stored in paper bags to prevent contamination or damage
What is Evidence of a crime
A trauma patient's vital signs should be reassessed at a minimum.
What is every 5 minutes?
The job of this cell is to fight infection
What is a white blood cell?
DCAP-BTLS stand for this
What is deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations, and swelling.