Intro to EMS
Gloves, masks, and gowns are all examples of this
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)/Body Substance Isolation (BSI)
This form of consent allows an EMT to legally treat an unconscious patient.
What is Implied Consent?
The principal organ of the Renal System
What are the Kidneys?
A decrease in blood flow to organs and tissues, resulting in inadequate delivery of oxygen and nutrients
What is Hypoperfusion?
In this position, the patient is lying faceup on their back
What is Supine?
A written medical protocol that allows an EMT to provide patient care WITHOUT contacting a physician
What is a Standing Order/Off-Line Medical Direction?
What is Scope of Practice?
This blood vessel is the largest artery in the body
What is the Aorta?
The pressure created in the arteries when blood is forced out of the heart
What is the Systolic Pressure?
This term refers to when an EMT fails to properly care for a patient despite having a Duty to Act.
What is Negligence?
In 1966, this United States department developed standards for Emergency Medical Services
What is the Department of Transportation?
This term can be defined as an EMT's obligation in certain situations to provide care to a patient
What is Duty to Act?
These blood vessels are where gases, nutrients, and waste products are exchanged between cells and the bloodstream
What are the capillaries?
The cellular process of converting glucose and other nutrients into ATP
What is Metabolism?
This structure is responsible for converting glucose and other nutrients into energy within a cell
What is the Mitochondria?
The term that refers to a position closer to the midline
What is Medial?
This legal term grants authority to a teacher to make treatment decisions for a child in the absence of a parent
What is "In Loco Parentis?"
This chamber of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood out of the heart for distribution to the rest of the body
What is the Left-Ventricle?
This condition is defined as an exaggerated response by the immune system to a particular substance
What is Hypersensitivity?
During this stage of development, self-esteem begins to develop
School Age Children
The year that the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) was founded
1970 (June 4th, 1970)
The principle that information about a patient's history, condition, or treatment must not be shared with unauthorized parties
What is Confidentiality?
These chemicals are produced by the Endocrine System
What are Hormones?
The amount of air that is moved in and out during one breathing cycle
What is Tidal Volume?
The movement of oxygen from the blood into the cells coupled with the removal of waste products is referred to as:
Perfusion