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EMS and the law
Communications
Medications
Terminology
Anatomy
100
A type of consent in which a patient gives express authorization for provision of care or transport
What is expressed consent
100
equipment that recieves messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency.
What is repeater
100
Proventil is generic for this medication
What is Albuterol
100
A state when insulin is not available in the body
What is Diabetic Ketoacidosis
100
components of the axial skeleton
What is skull, face, thorax, and vertebral column.
200
This act of 1990 prohibits employers from failing to provide full and equal employment to the disabled.
What is Americans With Disabilities Act
200
The federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate, international, telephone, telegraph services and satelite communications.
What is Federal Communications Comission (FCC).
200
complex sugar that facilitates movement through the digestive system.
What is Activated Charcoal
200
Medical term for an extremely low blood glucose level.
What is hyoglycemia
300
Written documentation by a physician giving permission to medical personnel not to attempt resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest.
What is do not resuscitate order (DNR).
300
written document signed by a medical director.
What is standing orders
300
A medication that increases heart rate and blood pressure and indicated for allergic reactions.
What is Epinephrine
300
Basic airway adjuncts
What is OPA, NPA
300
primary function of the right atrium.
What is to receive blood from the vena cava.
400
The manner in which the EMT must act or behave when caring for a patient
What is standard of care.
400
a trusting relations that you build with your patient.
What is rapport
400
A simple sugar that is easily absorbed by the bloodstream and indicated for hypoglycemia.
What is Oral Glucose
400
this maneuver is used to open the airway of suspected cervical spinal injuries
400
Anterior to the knee is a specialized bone.
What is the patella
500
failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide.
What is negligence.
500
stages of the grieving process
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
500
The most commonly abused drug in the US
What is alcohol
500
Term used to describe the part of the body that is nearer to the feet.
What is inferior