It's the system
Advanced life-saving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
What is Advanced Life Support
Toward or at the backside of the body
Laying face up
What is supine
Motion of a limb away from the midline
What is Abduction
Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent
What is in loco parentis
Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program
What is Medical Control
The heart is considered to be this to the arm
What is medial
The anterior surface of the body
What is Ventral
Motion of a limb toward the midline
What is Adduction
Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment
What is implied consent
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
What is an AED
The breastbone is what to the spine?
What is anterior
Closer to the trunk
What is proximal
THe straightening of a joint
What is extension
The seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away of a person by force, including transporting a competent adult for medical treatment without his or her consent.
What is Kidnapping
A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers
What is EMS Scope of Practive Model
Medial is to lateral just as Unilateral is to this.
What is Bilateral
The pointed extremity of a conical structure
What is the apex
The bending of a joint
What is flexion
Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide
What is negligence
An approach to medicine where decisions are based on well-conducted research, classifying recommendations based on the strength of the scientific evidence; also called science-based medicine
What is Evidenced Based Medicine
The ankle is considered to be __________ to the knee
What is distal
The sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas.
What is a quadrant
Turning your radial bone from medial to lateral
What is Lateral Rotation
Most commonly defined by state law; outlines the care that the EMT is able to provide for the patient
What is Scope of Practice