Term used to describe a broad spectrum of abnormal behavior resulting from a range of conditions including hypoxia and hypoglycemia.
What is Altered Mental Status?
100
Condition in which the bronchiole lining is inflamed and excess mucous is formed, and damaged or destroyed cilia make it difficult to clear the airway of mucous accumulations.
What is chronic bronchitis?
100
This medication reduces the blood's ability to clot and works to prevent the clot formation that causes damage to the heart.
What is Aspirin?
100
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the extent and limits of the EMTs job.
What is scope of practice?
100
The three techniques of physical examination.
What are inspection, palpation, and auscultation?
200
A blood glucose reading higher than 140 mg/dL.
What is hyperglycemia?
200
Symptoms of this acute condition often include wheezing, flushed skin, decreased blood pressure, watery eyes, itching, and altered mental status.
What is anaphylaxis?
200
Signs or circumstances under which it is not appropriate, and may be harmful, to administer a drug to a patient.
What are contraindications?
200
Consent that is presumed a patient(or patient's parent/guardian) would give if able, such as for an unconscious patient or parent who cannot be contacted during an emergency.
What is implied consent?
200
The grating sound or feeling of broken bones rubbing together.
What is crepitus?
300
A sudden change in sensation, behavior, or movement often accompanied by muscle contractions and mental status changes.
What is a seizure?
300
Irregular, gasping breaths that often precede apnea and death.
What is agonal breathing?
300
A route of medication administration that uses the gastrointestinal tract.
What is enteral?
300
A federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed.
What is HIPAA?
300
Movement of part of the chest in the opposite directions to the rest of the chest during respiration.
What is paradoxical motion?
400
Bleeding in the brain frequently caused by chronic hypertension or ruptured aneurysm causing death or injury of brain tissue.
What is hemorrhagic stroke?
400
Survival concept composed of these five elements: Immediate recognition and activation, early CPR, rapid defibrillation, effective advanced life support, and integrated post cardiac arrest care.
What is the Chain of Survival?
400
An effect of a medication in addition to it's desired effect that may be potentially harmful to the patient.
What is an untoward effect?
400
In order for this to occur, these conditions must be met by the patient: Mentally competent and oriented, legally able to consent, patient is fully informed of risks, patient is able to sign a release form.
What is Refusal of Care?
400
An extremity injury in which the skin has been broken or torn through from the inside by an injured bone or from the outside by something that has caused a penetrating wound with associated injury to the bone.
What is an open extremity injury?
500
A sensation experienced by a seizure patient right before the seizure, which may be a smell, sound, or general feeling.
What is an Aura?
500
A clot formed of blood and plaque attached to the inner wall of an artery or vein.
What is a thrombus?
500
The study of the effects of medications on the body.
What is pharmacodynamics?
500
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act, that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided, and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.
What is Negligence?
500
An intestine or other internal organ protruding through a wound in the abdomen.