Intro to EMS
This is referred to the lowest level of licensure capable of practicing any level of medicine in the prehospital environment
What is an Emergency Medical Responder or EMR
In the medical field, we stress the importance of certain things such as Handwashing, donning gloves, masks, gowns etc. All of these fall into what category?
What is Personal Protective Equipment or Body Substance Isolation
Standard of Care
What is the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training when caring for a patient in a similar situation
bruising found behind the ears, which is often indicative of a basilar skull injury
Battle Signs
This is a section of the spinal column which can lead to significant nervous system damage and can result in breathing problems and paralysis in an acute setting
What is the Cervical Spine
This isa set of standing orders that allows emergency medical personnel to operate without having to call medical direction in order to perform treatment
What is Off-Line Medical Direction
This Act mandates a procedure by which EMS personnel can seek out information to determine whether they have been exposed to potentially life-threatening illness while performing patient care
What is the Ryan White CARE Act
Implied Consent
What is the consent we could presume a patient or their parents would give if they could
Swelling of the face/facial structures
This is the structure which creates negative pressure in the thoracic cavity in order to facilitate the mechanical aspect of respiration, or ventilation
What is the diaphragm
This entity his responsible for creating the national standards for any personnel in the prehospital field
What is the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or NREMT
This type of move is used at a scene where a patient may be exposed to something that may cause them to decline, or if a treatment can only be performed after the patient has been moved
What is an Urgent Move
This is the act of placing a person in fear of potential bodily harm
What is assault
Levine's Sign
what is the act of a patient holding or clutching their chest in the event that chest pains are present
This structure allows nerves and vessels to pass through the pelvis and into the lower extremities
What is the Obturator foramen
The 911 system utilizes a system that allows them to identify a callers landline and can locate callers weather they are a landline or if they are using a wireless phone
What is Enhanced 911 or E911
This term refers to the appropriate use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving and to prevent injury
What are Body Mechanics
This is found in an incident where a failure to act occurred and resulted in subsequent harm to the patient
What is negligence
Hives
What is urticaria
A person standing straight up with arms down to the sides and palmas facing out is said to be standing in this position
What is the anatomical position
This is an individual who is accountable for activities within an EMS system to include QA/QI, development of protocols and training
Who is the Medical Director
Dr. Hans Selye Proposed that the body responds to stress in three stages, what is this overall condition referred to by psychologists?
What is General Adaptation Syndrome
This is the act of leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before care has been transferred to an individual with equal or greater medical training
What is abandonment
Raccoon Eyes
What is periorbital ecchymosis
This is the portion of the brain responsible for many of the involuntary functions which take place in the body, especially that of respiration
What is the medulla oblongata