Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director. correct answers Medical Direction
lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system correct answers Protocols...
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Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director. correct answers
Medical Direction
lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations. Protocols
are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system correct answers Protocols
consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows EMTs to give certain
medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical director or another
physician. correct answers Offline Direction
consists of orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT-B in the field by radio or
telephone. correct answers Online Direction
A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMT-Bs and others to perform
particular skills in certain situations. correct answers Standing Orders
High Efficiency Particulate Air respirator; used for patients with suspected TB; worn by the
EMT provider to prevent airborne transmission correct answers HEPA Mask
infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that is transmitted
sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluid correct answers Hepatitis B
inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, transmitted by exposure to infected
blood (rarely contracted sexually) correct answers Hepatitis C
Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most commonly
affects the respiratory system and causes inflammation and calcification of the system. correct
answers Tuberculosis
short term ; fight or flight response ; effects disappear quickly after it is over correct answers
Acute Stress
What we are allowed to do or trained to do correct answers Scope of Practice
the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under the same or similar
circumstances correct answers Standard Care
an obligation to provide care to a patient correct answers Duty to Act
a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble correct answers Good
Samaritan
Permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally competent adult before
emergency treatment may be provided correct answers Expressed Consent
,The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or gaurdian would give if they could, such
as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed. correct
answers Implied Consent
Must be given by legal guardian correct answers Treatment of a Minor
Mentally incompetent person correct answers Involuntary
a legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide guidance to the health care
team if the individual should become unable to make decisions regarding his or her medical care;
may also be called a living will or durable power of attorney for health care correct answers
Advanced Directive
Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment. May include order for DO NOT RESUSCITATE
correct answers Polst
Prehospital care report correct answers PCR
a move made when there is an immediate danger to the patient. correct answers Emergency
Move
Move used if a scne factor causes a decline in patient's condition, or if the treatment of a patient
requires a move. correct answers Urgent Move
No immediate threat to life, are carried out in such a way as to prevent injury and to avoid
discomfort and pain. correct answers Non urgent move
Stretcher for obese patients correct answers bariatric stretcher
this cot splits in tow or four sections, so it can be used where larger stretchers cannot fit. correct
answers scoop stretcher
designed to surround and protect the patient, this stretcher is used to move a patient from one
level to another to over rough terrain. correct answers basket stretcher
made of canvas or rubberized or other flexible material, often with wooden slats sewn into
pockets and three carrying handles on each side. can be useful in restricted areas or narrow
hallways correct answers flexible stretcher
1. coronal (vertical cut into front and back halves) 2. transverse (horizontal cut into upper and
lower) 3. sagittal (vertical cut into left and right halves) correct answers anatomical planes
a bed sitting position with the head of the bed raised to 45 degrees correct answers fowler
position
, the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees and the knee
portion is raised 15 degrees correct answers semi fowler position
feet elevated 12 inches higher than head correct answers shock position
Toward the Front correct answers anterior
Toward the back correct answers posterior
toward the head or above point of reference correct answers superior
away from the head or below point of reference correct answers inferior
Toward the back/spine correct answers dorsal
Toward the front/ belly correct answers ventral
Toward center of body correct answers medial
Away from center of body correct answers lateral
Both sides correct answers bilateral
One side correct answers unilateral
Same side correct answers ipsilateral
opposite side correct answers contralateral
Near the point of reference correct answers proximal
Far from point of reference correct answers distal
the line through the center of the clavical correct answers mid clavicular
line drawn veritcally from the middle of the armpit to the ankle correct answers mid axillary
Sole of foot correct answers plantar
Palm of hand correct answers palmar
Describing where an abdominal organ or pain is located is made easier by dividing the abdomen
into four imaginary quadrants.
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