What's That Word?
Half, or one side.
What is hemi-?
The large opening at the base of the skull that serves as the passageway for the spinal cord to connect to the brain.
What is the foramen magnum?
A child age 3 to 6 years old.
What is a preschooler?
The minimum number of providers needed for a one handed carry of a patient on a backboard.
What is 4?
The PACE mnemonic stands for this.
What is Probe, Alert, Challenge, and Emergency?
brain, cerebrum
What is cerebr/o?
This is the upper chamber of the heart.
What is the atrium?
The average number of years a person can be expected to live.
What is life expectancy?
To pull or drag a patient to safety before assessment and care are provided due to dangers to you or the patient.
What is an emergency move?
When a provider settles on one possible cause of the patient's problems early and fails to consider other options.
What is anchoring?
Under or below normal
What is hypo?
When the electrical charges on the surface of the muscle cell change from positive to negative.
What is depolarization?
When responding to a sick or injured child, you may find this person on scene could be a secondary patient.
Who are the parents?
This device allows patients to be carried up or down steps while staying in the seated position.
What is a stair chair?
Willful noncompliance with established safety procedures.
Disregard of procedure
Suture of or repair of
What is -rrhaphy ?
These are the three structures of the pharynx.
What is the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx?
In infants, having a large head relative to body surface area along with this, contribute to a predisposition to hypothermia.
What is poor thermoregulation?
This specialized device is used to transport neonatal patients.
What is a neonatal isolette?
A set of procedures for use in environments where human error can have disastrous concequences.
What is crew resource management?
Pertaining to speech.
What is -phasia?
Portions of the nervous system that, when stimulated, can cause constriction of blood vessels.
What is alpha-adrenergic receptors?
The pulse rate for a child from ages 6 to 12.
What is 75 to 118 beats per minute?
This is the highest weight a bariatric stretcher is rated to.
What is 1,600 pounds?
This step in decision making comes after the patient has been transferred.
What is outcome evaluation?