Block 1 Test Flashcards by Cole Rounds

EMS scope of practice model

Theoretical foundation

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Word roots

Main part/stem of a word

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Cultural awareness

Look at cultural awareness as assets, make most of it, thus improving your ability to provide optimal patient care

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Extremity Lift (Georgia Street)

Patients hand are crossed over chest(grasp wrists), stand between patients legs (facing same direction as patient), stand up

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Oxygen cylinders

Stored on the ambulance, used to give patients oxygen. Compressed gas in a green tea, seamless, steel/aluminum cylinder

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Prefix

Beginning of a word. Usually a location or intensity

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Scene safety

Watching for scene hazards Such as hazardous materials, electricity, fire, and vehicle crashes

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Farthest from the point of attachment

Distal

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Phosgene

Produced for chemical warfare, smells like grass

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Situational Awareness

Knowledge and understanding of one’s surroundings

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Farthest from the surface of the skin

Deep

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Post dramatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Delayed stress reaction to the prior incident

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Communication equipment

Base station radiation, Mobile and portable radios, repeater based systems, digital equipment, cellular and satellite telephones

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Acute stress reactions

Reactions during the situation

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Zygomatic Arches

Structure of the cheek

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Hostile work environment

Cultural differences, sexual charged behavior, comments, or communications

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Recovery anatomical position

Lying on your side With your arm bent knee your knee bent

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Chest to the head

Superior

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Farthest from the midline

Lateral

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EMT scope of practice

Training on basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjustment, and assisting patients with certain medications

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Negligence

The failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide in that situation

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Full fowler anatomical position

Lying on your back with your head raised

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ICS managing of tactical operations

Operations

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Closest to the surface of the skin

Superficial

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Criteria to refuse treatment

Must be conscious, alert, and able to make decisions

Airborne transmission

Mechanisms such as dust or droplets

Rapid extrication technique

The patient can be moved from sitting in a vehicle to a supine, on a backboard(if needed) in a minute or less

(HIPAA) Health insurance portability and accessibility act of 1996

A patients privacy

The lead stress reactions

Reactions after the situation

Closest to the feet

Inferior

Front of body

Anterior (ventral)

Search and rescue

EMT’s will carry essential equipment to provide essential & immediate care

EMT’s first responsibility at any scene

Personal Safety

Vesicant agents (blister agents)

Burn like blisters on skin and respiratory track

Supine anatomical position

Lying flat and face up

Food borne transmission

Contamination from food

Closest to the point of attachment

Proximal

Closest to the midline

Medial

Types of terrorist groups/attacks

Religious extremist groups/doomsday, extremist political groups, cyber terrorist, single issue groups

Nerve agents (Among most deadly)

Extremely toxic and rapidly fatal with any role of exposure. Designed to kill large numbers

Vector bone transmission

By animals or insects

Paramedic scope of practice

An individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advance assessment treatment skills

Jump kit (5 minute bag)

Anything you might need in the first five minutes with the patient

Back of body

Posterior (dorsal)

High Fowlers anatomical position

Semi reclining position. 90°

Semi Fowler anatomical position

45°

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) (Triple A)

One of the most rapidly fatal conditions. Tend to develop and people who have a history of hypertension and atherosclerosis

Indirect contact

Person to inanimate object to person

Quid Pro Quo | Harassment

Sexual advances in exchange for a benefit

Abandonment

Stopping care without making provisions for a continuing care

Trench Rescue

Park at least 500ft from the scene. Provide most medical care once they are extricated.

Suffix

End of a word. Usually a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech

Direct contact

Person to person

Removal of fluid from around the heart

Pericardiocentesis

Incident commander

The individual who has overall command of the scene in the field

When adults refuse care to their minor, you should...

Make it an effort to obtain consent

Prone anatomical position

Lying flat and face down

Phosgene

Smells like cut grass

AEMT scope of practice

An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life-support, such as intravenous therapy, and ministration

General adaptation syndrome

The body’s response to stress

Cumulative stress reactions

Prolonged/ excessive stress