Consent or Consequences
What is when a patient poses a significant threat to themself or others
Relation of the clavicle to the breast
What is superior
Traffic, weather, and bystanders are all example of this type of hazard
What are environmental hazards
Term defining directions given to the EMT by a physician over the telephone or radio
What is Online Medical Control
Name of the pulse palpated on the top of the foot
What is Dorsalis Pedis
The body system that produces hormones
What is the endocrine system
Shallow, slow, irregular gasping breaths
What are agonal respirations
The EMTs obligation to provide care to a patient either as a formal or ethical responsibility
What is the duty to act?
Closer to the point of attachment to the body
The part of the brain that is responsible for body's vital functions such as heart and respiratory rate. Consisting of the medulla, the pons and the midbrain.
What is the brain stem
The best position for transporting an unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of spinal injury and who is breathing adequately
What is the recovery position
This type of consent is assumed when a patient is unconscious or unable to make decisions and needs emergency care
What is implied consent
The body cavity that contains the heart and the lungs
What is the thoracic cavity
A virus is transmitted to an EMT several days after it got on the stretcher through blood.
What is Indirect contact
A patient is found lying face down, name this position
What is the prone position
The difference between slander and libel
Slander is spoken while libel is written defamation
Blood that leaves the right side of the heart travels through which vessel on the way to the lungs?
What is the pulmonary Artery
Fight or flight is also known as the __________ nervous system because it causes tachycardia, vasoconstriction, and decreased peristalsis.
What is the sympathetic nervous system