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Vocabulary
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Most commonly defined by state law, outlines the care you are able to provide for the patient.
What is Scope of Practice
100
deviation from the standard of care that may result in further injury
What is negligence
100
Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and reciever that is located in a fixed location
What is a base station
100
The process designed to identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed
What is teh Continuous quality improvement process (CQI)
100
This type of inhaler delivers the same amount of medication every time it is used
What is Metered-dose inhaler
200
A medicolegal term relating to certain personnel who wither by statue or by function have a responsibility to provide care.
What is Duty to Act
200
As an EMT, the performance of your duties will be compared to that of:
What is Another EMT?
200
You should do this after receiving online orders from medical control to perform a patient care intervention
What is repeat the order to medical control word for word
200
Activated Charcoal is an example of
Suspension
200
You should do this when a 62 year old male, has had a heart attack and has not yet taken his prescribed nitroglycerin and has already recieved 100% oxygen and contacted medical control
What is assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic BP is less than 100 mm Hg.
300
Blood settling to the lowest point of the body, causing discoloration of the skin
What is dependent lividity?
300
duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation
What are the components needed to prove negligence?
300
"General impression revealed that the patient was intoxicated" should not be included in what section of what document?
What is the narrative section of a PCR
300
This medication is NOT delivered via the inhalation route
What is Nitroglycerin spray?
300
The medication "Alupen" was found in the back of a patient's car who is passed out and having trouble breathing. This suggets that the patient has a history of this medical problem
What is asthma
400
Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide
What is Negligence?
400
An Emt advises a patient of the risks of recieving treatment
What is a scenario that depicts informed consent?
400
This is how nitroglycerin is usually given by the EMT-B
What is Sublingual
400
When a patient refuses to consent to get treatment and transport by EMTs and also refuses to sign the refusal form, you should do this to fix the issue
What is ask a family member, law enforcement officer, or bystander to sign the form verifying that the patient refused to sign
500
Unilateral termination of care without a patien's consent and without making provisions for transferring care to another medical provider with skills at the same level or higher
What is Abandonment?
500
This recieves messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency
What is a repeater?
500
The type of medical direction that standing orders and protocols describe
What is Offline
500
This is the most rapidly acting medication administration route.
What is Intravenous
500
This person of EMS communications should never discourage the caller from provided care until the EMS unit arrives
What is the dispatcher?