Vocabulary
Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (used in case someone is choking)
FBAO
When signs of spontaneous circulation are seen
When should a cardiac arrest victim be put into the recovery position?What is Personal Safety.
Termination of the paramedic-patient relationship without assurance that an equal or greater level of care will continue
Abandonment
Diaphoresis Excessive perspiration, may result in a wet, clammy feeling when the skin is touched
Diaphoresis
The degree of care, skill, and judgement that would be expected under like or similar circumstances by a similarly trained, reasonable paramedic in the same community
Standard of Care
A first-aid procedure for dislodging an obstruction from a person's windpipe in which a sudden strong pressure is applied on the abdomen, between the navel and the rib cage.
Heimlich Maneuver
Victim is holding their throat and gasping for breath.
Which of the following is NOT a sign of cardiac arrest?
Deviation from accepted standards of care recognized by law for the protection of others against the unreasonable risk of harm
Negligence
A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies. The medical term for this is myocardial infarction.
Myocardial infraction (heart attack)
An action or inaction that violates the standard of care expected from a paramedic
Breech of Duty
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure for manually preserving brain function until further measures to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
CPR
Cardiac arrest
Which of the following conditions poses the greatest threat to a person's life?
Intentional and unjustifiable detention of a person without his consent or other legal authority
False Imprisonment
Any disease marked by painful attacks of spasmodic choking, such as Vincent's angina and quinsy; chest pain due to ischemia of the heart muscle, due in general to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries.
Angina
Preauthorized treatment procedures; a type of treatment protocol
Standing Orders
A condition in which there is uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of the ventricles in the heart, making them quiver rather than contract properly. Ventricular fibrillation is the most commonly identified arrhythmia in cardiac arrest patients.
Vfib
When the heart stops effectively pumping blood
What is cardiac arrest?
legal responsibility
Liability
A valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to flow through it in only one direction.
One-way valve
Predetermined, written guidelines for patient care; the policies and procedures for all components of a EMS system
Protocols
A ringlike cartilage forming the lower and back part of the larynx.
Cricoid Cartilage
Basic life support
What does BLS stand for?
The period of human development during which physical growth and sexual maturation occurs.
Puberty
A wall or other obstacle that can restrain or block the passage of substances.
Barrier
The abrupt loss of the heart's ability to contract and push blood forward through the circulatory system. Typically caused by a sudden disruption of the heart's electrical system?
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest.