EMS Systems
What are the 4 levels of training?
EMR, EMT, AEMT, and Paramedic
Written guidelines or instructions describing assessment and care.
Infections are caused by organisms such as:
bacteria and viruses
The name for when the body is standing erect, facing the observer, arms down at sides, and palms of hands forward.
Anatomical Position
Which structures carry blood to the heart and which structures carry blood away from the heart?
Veins - to the heart
Arteries - away from the heart
An emergency communications center that automatically records a caller's phone number and location.
Enhanced 9-1-1 system
Do Not Resuscitate orders
A condition that occurs in response to adverse external influences such as MCI's, pediatric patients, violence, and abuse and neglect.
Stress
The organ that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
Diaphragm
EMS systems are moderated by which entity?
National Highway Traffic Safety Association - NHTSA
The individual who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical oversight of the patient care aspects of the EMS system
Medical Director
If a competent adult refuses your care, but you then provide care against his will what could you be charged with?
Battery
Practices to prevent exposure to disease during patient contact
Standard Precautions
The internal female reproductive organs are found in what cavity.
What are 2 of the 4 main diseases that EMS providers are concerned about contracting?
HIV, Hepatitis, Meningitis, and TB
What is an EMRs primary concern and top priority on scene?
scene safety
The law that protects the confidentiality of protected health information
HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
What is the program where the team of peer counselors and mental health professionals meet to discuss a high stress incident with health care providers
Critical Incident Stress Management - CISM
The upper airway consists of what structures?
Mouth, Nose, and larynx
What are the 4 routes of infection?
Injection, Inhalation, Ingestion, and Absorption
EMR care is usually authorized by who?
In an emergency where a patient is either injured or ill to a point where they cannot make an informed decision regarding treatment, you have the right to provide care based on what type of consent?
Implied
name 2 of the 5 stages of the grieving process
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
What type of muscle are blood vessels made of?
Smooth muscle
What male reproductive organ stores the baby gravy?
Testes