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Stages of grief
Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
Stress reactions
Acute
Delayed (PTSD)
Cumulative
General adaptation syndrome
- Alarm stage
- Stage of resistance
- Exhaustion
Diseases of concern
HIV/AIDS, Hep B and C, and Tuberculosis
Preventing and dealing with stress
Critical incident stress management (CISM)
Glucose is made:
In the mitochondria (ATP)
Stretcher to use for obese patients
Bariatric
Stretcher to use for a patient with a broken hip
Scoop
Stretcher to use in rough terrain
Basket
A common urgent move is:
Rapid extraction procedure
Position for shock
Supine
What must be present in a negligence case?
- EMT had a duty to act
- Standard of care not provided (breach of duty)
- Harm/damages were direct result of action or inaction by EMT
Year DOT developed EMS standards
1966
NREMT founded
1970
National Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
1973
Established set of standards for EMS systems
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Involuntary transportation is only ok in what cases?
Patient is threat to himself or others
Court ordered
Physician orders including patient wishes for treatment for provide if they become unresponsive or unable to speak
Physician orders for life sustaining treatment
3 R’s of reacting to danger
Reatreat
Radio
Re-evaluate
Pathway of air
NOPELTBBA
Naso/oro pharynx>pharynx>epiglottis>larynx>trachea>bronchi>bronchioles>alveoli
Where has exchange takes place
Alveoli
Movement of gases to and from alveoli
Moves air in and out of body
Ventilation (more the actual MOVEMENT)
Moving gases between cells and blood
Moves O2 to cells and removes CO2
Respiration (at cellular level)
Intercostal muscles and diaphragm relax. Chest decreases and air flows out of lungs. Passive process. positive pressure pushes air out of the lungs
Exhalation
Intercostal muscles and diaphragm contract, chest cavity expands and air flows into lungs; negative pressure pulls air into lungs (active process )
Inhalation
Divides the chest from the abdominal cavity
Diaphragm
Involuntary muscle found only in heart
Cardiac
Muscles attached to bones that contact on command
Voluntary
Muscle that responds automatically to brain signals
Involuntary (smooth) muscle
Point where two bones meet
Joint
Tissue connecting bones to bones
Ligament
Tissue connecting bone to muscle
Tendon
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Artery (carries oxygenated blood)
Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart
Vein (carries deoxygenated blood)
Only veins that carry oxygenated blood
Pulmonary veins (lungs to heart)
Only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood
Pulmonary artery (heart to lungs)
Describe the path of blood flow through the heart
Deoxygenated blood comes from the body into the right atrium via the superior and inferior vena cava.
Contracts and pushes through tricuspid valve into right ventricle.
Passes through pulmonary valve into the pulmonary artery which sends it to the lungs to be oxygenated.
Re-enters through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium. Contracts and pushes into the left ventricle through the mitral (bicuspid) valve.
Exits through the aortic valve, into the aorta where it then goes first to the coronary arteries and then to the rest of the body (systemic)