The person who is responsible for autorizing EMT's to preform medical in the feild is the __________.
What is MEDICAL DIRECTOR
100
The term Pharmacology is most accurately defined as?
What is The study of the drugs and there actions.
100
What is the definition of MCI ?
What is Any call the in volves 3 or more patients.
100
The goal of the primary assesment is to ________________.
What is, Identify and rapidly treat, Life threating conditions.
100
When preforming a secondary assement on a conscious patient with non- trumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs you should ___________________.
What is focus on chief complaint.
200
What type of concent is involved when a thirty-nine year old, mentally competent patient with a severe headache asks you to take them to the hospital.
What is Expressed
200
Aprin is beneficial to patients supected of having a heart attack because it ___________________.
What is Preduces the aggregation of platelets.
200
What 2 (two) medications do MARK 1 antidote kit contain?
What is Atropine and 2-PAM Chloride.
200
The normal respiratry rate for an adult should range from___________________?
What is 12 to 20 per minute.
200
At the on set of an acute asthma attack, patient commonly experience difficulty breathing _____________________.
What is Expiratory wheezing.
300
What section of HIPAA most affects EMS personal?
What is Protecting patient privacy.
300
What is the action of Nitroglycerin when given to patients with cardiac - related chest pain?
What is relaxes the walls of the coronary arteries.
300
Hypothermia occurs when the core body temp falls below _________?
What is 95. F or 35. C.
300
The chief complaint is defined as the_____________.
What is, Most serious thing the patient is concerned about.
300
Harsh, high pitched inspiratory sounds are characteristic of _______________________.
What is Stridor.
400
To minimize the risk for injuring yourself when lifting or moving a patient you should?
What is Keep the weight as close to your body as possible.
400
The medical term for an extremely Low blood Glucouse level is ____________.
What is: Hypoglycemia
400
Pre eclampsia most commonly occurs after the _______ week of gestation?
What is 30th Week
400
The pressure exerted against the walls of the artery when the left ventricle contracts is called the ____________________.
What is, Systolic pressure.
400
Insulin functions in the body by ________________.
What is enabling the glucouse to enter the cells.
500
You and your patner responed to the secene of a patient that appears to weigh in excess of 350 pounds. Your first action should be?
What is Request additional back up before attempting to move the patient.
500
The________________ of a medication usually dictates the route by which it will be administered.
What is Form
500
Each cell of the body combines nutrients and oxygen and produces and energy and waste product through a process called___________________.
What is Metabolism
500
What part of the patient assement process focuses on obtaining additional information about the patients chief complaint and any other medical problems they may have.