HISTORY OF EMS
This war led to major advancements in EMS and trauma care evacuation
What is the Vietnam War?
This type of stress builds over time from repeated exposure
What is cumulative stress
The term meaning "above the head"
What is superior
Sunken fontanelles are a sign of what in this age group?
Dehydration in infants
This airway adjunct is contraindicated in a conscious patient
What is an OPA
You are bagging a patient and the chest is not rising. Your FIRST correction
What is repositioning the airway (head tilt-chin lift or jaw thrust)
Difficulty sleeping, irritability, and emotional numbness may indicate
What is burnout or PTSD?
The term meaning "closer to the midline"
What is medial
Separation anxiety is most common in this age group
What are toddlers
Snoring respirations indicate this problem
What is partial airway obstruction (tongue)
Before EMS systems, most prehospital care was provided by this group
What are funeral homes/morticians
Talking to coworkers after a difficult call is an example of this
What is peer support/debriefing?
The "Six rights" of medication administration
right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, and right documentation
What is risk-taking behavior
The correct ventilation rate for an adult with a BVM
What is 10-12 breaths per minute
This federal agency helped standardize EMS education and created the EMT curriculum
What is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?
The main goal of early EMS systems was this type of transport
What is rapid transport (load and go) rather than treatment
An injury described as proximal to the knee but distal to the hip is located where?
What is the thigh
This age group may have difficulty hearing high-pitched sounds, making communication more challenging for EMTs
What are older adults
You attempt to insert an OPA and the patient begins gagging. Your immediate action is
Remove the OPA
The roots of EMS are widely credited to who?
The French
Five stages of grief in correct order
What are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
A patient has pain on the lateral side of the right leg. This means the pain is located
What is on the outer side of the leg
This age group is most at risk for airway obstruction due to proportionally larger tongue and smaller airway
What are infants
A patient has gurgling respirations and visible secretions. Before inserting any airway adjunct, you must
What is suction the airway