Anatomy
What is the Mid-Saggital Plane?
The plane that divides the body into right and left halves?
Standard of Care
What is when your actions are compared against another EMT in a similar situation?
Should be chewed or crushed.
How should Aspirin be administered to increase the rate of absorption?
What is a Tracheostomy?
A surgically created hole (stoma) in your windpipe (trachea) that provides an alternative airway for breathing.
What is a contraindication?
a specific situation in which a medicine, procedure, or surgery should not be used because it may be harmful to the person.
Which part of the spine has Seven (7) Vertebrae?
The Cervical Spine?
Informed Consent
What is it called when an EMT advises a patient of the risks of receiving treatment?
Is administered via the sublingual route.
What route is nitroglycerin administered?
Fontanelle
What is a "soft-spot" between cranial plates in an infant's head that will close fully by 18 months of age?
Base Station
What is any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed location?
What is the Myocardium?
What is the middle, muscular layer of the heart?
Four components needed to prove negligence.
Duty to act, breach of duty, injury/damages, and causation.
The five (5) rights of Medication Administration.
Right Dose, Right Person, Right Medication, Right Time, Right Route
What is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)?
Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction
What is the acronym CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) represent?
Where are the Radius and Ulna?
What are the two (2) bones of the forearm?
Offline Medical Control
What type of medical direction do standing orders and protocols describe?
0.15 and 0.3 mg
What are the dosages of Epinephrine 1:1,000 in a child and adult autoinjector?
Eclampsia
What is a seizure induced by pregnancy?
The Physiologic Parameters of START Triage
What are Respirations, Pulse, and Mental Status (RPM)?
What is Abduction?
What is movement away from the midline?
Empancipation
What is a legal ruling that grants a minor the autonomy of an adult?
Ipratropium bromide
What is the medication in DuoNeb that acts as a short-acting muscarinic antagonist (SAMA)?
The Five Stage of Death and Dying
What are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance?
Span of Control
The number of individuals one commander can successfully command (e.g. 3-7).