EMS Intro/Well-being
Program for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of the EMS system?
Quality improvement
Where should you position the weight of the object being lifted
as close to the body as possible
Basic nutrient of the cell and the building block for energy is
glucose
What is the conversion of glucose and other nutrients into adenosine triphosphate called?
Metabolism
The state of inadequate tissue perfusion is called
SHOCK
NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) is responsible for
establishing EMS system assessment programs
When a stretcher with a patient secured is elevated, what occurs?
center of gravity is raised and this causes a tip hazard
tidal volume
What are the 3 functions of skin?
Protection, water balance, temperature regulation, excretion, and shock absorption
White blood cells are needed to form a
clot
Maintaining personal health and safety is
the primary responsibility of the EMT
During an emergency move, the following techniques should be used, whenever possible, to minimize possibility of further aggravating a possible spinal injury
move patient in direction of the long axis of the body
Hypoxia is
low oxygen within the body
Name the 5 divisions of the spine
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
Which types of blood vessels allow exchange substances directly between blood and cells of the body
capillaries
Application of oxygen to a patient who is short of breath without having to contact the physician in the emergency department because of existing protocols is an example of
standing orders
You have responded to a nursing home and find an elderly patient in their bed in cardiac arrest. Which type of move would you perform to get the patient to a hard surface so you can perform chest compressions?
Emergency move
What is the difference between the PRONE and SUPINE position?
Prone is laying on abdomen, supine is laying on back
Where are the 4 places a peripheral pulse may be palpatated?
radial artery, brachial artery, carotid artery, femoral artery
Diastolic pressure is
when the pressure against the walls of the blood vessels as blood is ejected from the heart and circulates through the body
You are dispatched to a patient with an altered mental status. Once inside the home, you find a female who appears to be beaten unconscious. A man, who smells of alcohol, says that she is his wide and he does not know what happened. "I just found her this way!" The husband is acting suspicious and erratically. The safest course of action would be to
leave house and call for law enforcement
You are treating an unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of a spinal injury and is breathing adequately. What is the BEST position for transporting patient?
recovery position/ left lateral recumbent position
Describe the anatomic location of mid-axillary line
Extends vertically from the armpit to the ankle
What organs would a gunshot wound to the chest impact in the 4 abdominal quadrants?
Mid-clavicular line and nipple would impact the heart and lungs, URQ would impact liver and kidney, and LUQ would impact liver, kidney, pancreas, and spleen
12 YOF is having an asthma attack after participating in strenuous activity during recess. She's taken several doses of her bronchodilator with little relief. Your partner immediately administers O2. Providing supplemental oxygen will increase the amount of oxygen molecules carried by the ________ in her blood.
Hemoglobin