Legal & Ethical Issues
The care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training when caring for a patient in a similar situation.
The study of body structure and body function.
What is anatomy and physiology?
The body system that includes the heart, arteries, and veins.
What is cardiovascular?
The cellular process in which oxygen is used to metabolize glucose.
What is aerobic?
A legal document stating that a patient with a terminal illness does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts.
What is a DNR?
An anatomical term referring to the front of the human body.
What is anterior?
This body system regulates metabolic and hormonal activities.
What is endocrine?
The medical term for sweating.
What is diaphoresis?
Laws providing immunity to individuals trying to help people in emergencies, as long as they act in good faith and within their level of training.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
The term for a person who is lying face down.
What is prone?
These microscopic sacs in the lungs are responsible for the gas exchange in the bloodstream.
What are alveoli?
_________ transport oxygen in the blood.
What are hemoglobin?
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is abandonment?
This term refers to an invisible line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle.
What is midaxillary?
This term refers to the inability of the body to circulate adequate blood throughout the body.
What is hypoperfusion?
Glucose, water, and _________ are required to fuel the body's basic functions in response to life-threatening challenges.
What is oxygen?
A situation where a child care provider or school authority acts in place of a parent when the parent is not physically present.
What is in loco parentis?
The term that would indicate a high heart rate in a patient.
What is tachycardia?
This is the process by which we move oxygen and carbon dioxide into and out of the body.
What is ventilation?
The stage of shock in which the body is able to correct imbalances and maintain homeostasis.
What is compensated shock?