Lifting & Moving
This is the safest way to lift a patient by bending at the hips and knees while keeping your back straight.
What is proper body mechanics?
This person coordinates patient care on scene and gives directions to other team members.
Who is the team leader?
This is the first step of every patient encounter and focuses on scene safety and determining the number of patients.
What is scene size-up?
This is the organized system of personnel, equipment, and protocols used to provide emergency medical care.
What is the EMS system?
This piece of equipment is commonly used to move patients up or down stairs when a stretcher won’t fit.
What is a stair chair?
This communication method requires EMTs to repeat instructions back to confirm they were heard and understood.
What is closed-loop communication?
This part of the primary assessment determines whether the patient is alert, responds to verbal or painful stimuli, or is unresponsive.
What is level of consciousness or AVPU?
This safety practice requires EMTs to treat all blood and certain body fluids as potentially infectious.
What are standard precautions?
This device is used to move a patient with a suspected spinal injury from a seated position to a supine position.
What is a long spine board or KED?
This team member role focuses on maintaining airway patency, assisting ventilations, and monitoring oxygenation.
Who is the airway provider?
During the primary assessment, EMTs identify and manage this before moving on to secondary assessment.
What are life-threatening conditions?
This legal concept occurs when a patient gives permission for treatment either verbally or in writing.
What is expressed consent?
This type of carry uses four providers and is often used to move a patient from a bed to a stretcher.
What is a direct ground lift or four-person carry?
According to the textbook, effective teams use this principle to ensure tasks are clearly assigned, everyone knows their role, and patient care flows smoothly.
What is clear role designation or crew resource management?
This assessment includes obtaining SAMPLE history and OPQRST for patients with medical complaints.
What is the focused history and physical exam?
This assessment step includes determining scene safety, mechanism of injury or nature of illness, and the number of patients.
What is scene size-up?
This lifting principle emphasizes keeping weight close to your body, avoiding twisting, and moving smoothly to reduce the risk of injury.
What are safe lifting principles or proper lifting techniques?
This organized approach to teamwork emphasizes leadership, communication, situational awareness, and mutual support to improve patient outcomes during high-stress calls.
What is TeamSTEPPS or a structured team-based approach?
According to the textbook, this final phase of patient assessment involves repeating vital signs, reassessing interventions, and monitoring changes in patient condition.
What is reassessment?
This structured teamwork principle emphasizes leadership, communication, role clarity, and mutual support to improve patient outcomes on EMS calls.
What is crew resource management or TeamSTEPPS?