EMS Systems
Legally obligates EMT to protect patient‘s privacy
What is HIPAA?
Created by pressure waves through arteries caused by cardiac contractions
What is pulse?
Best method to prevent spread of infectious disease
What is Hand washing?
This Washington State DNR form is ____ in color
What is green?
The number of unconscious students during EMT 226
What is 2?
The year the EMS White Paper was published.
What is 1966?
First actions taken with a bleeding patient
What is direct pressure?
Term for giving care without legal permission from a conscious adult.
What is battery?
Consent for an injured child with no parents present
What is implied consent?
The year Josh started EMS
What is 2013?
The national organization that provides the EMT Scope of Practice.
What is the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)?
Used to open the airway of a patient with trauma
What is jaw-thrust maneuver?
Vehicle to be parked uphill and upwind from this type of scene
What is a Hazmat scene?
Allowed only when the patient is a threat to self or others
What is forcible restraint?
Number of students dropped in class previous to you
What is 7?
The first priority of an EMT at the scene of an emergency.
What is scene safety?
This condition presents with JVD, muffled heart tones, and hypotension.
What is Becks Triad?
Transmission of disease by animals or insects
What is a vector borne?
What must the EMT do when a DNR is in place per the caregiver but can’t be produced
What is treat?
The atomic weight of Platinum
What is 195.084?
Provides a national standard for EMS testing
What is NREMT?
Helps the EMT predict the severity of the patient’s traumatic injuries
What is the MOI?
Action taken by the EMT when TB is suspected with the patient
What is mask patient and apply N95 mask to self?
Requirements for negligence?
What are duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation?
Today marks the ___ month Josh has been nicotine free
What is 3rd month?