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Block 1 Test Flashcards

1
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EMS scope of practice model

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Theoretical foundation

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2
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Word roots

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Main part/stem of a word

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3
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Cultural awareness

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

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4
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Extremity Lift (Georgia Street)

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

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5
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Oxygen cylinders

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

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6
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Prefix

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Beginning of a word. Usually a location or intensity

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7
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Scene safety

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

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8
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Farthest from the point of attachment

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Distal

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9
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Phosgene

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Produced for chemical warfare, smells like grass

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10
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Situational Awareness

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Knowledge and understanding of one’s surroundings

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11
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Farthest from the surface of the skin

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Deep

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12
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Post dramatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Delayed stress reaction to the prior incident

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13
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Communication equipment

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

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14
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Acute stress reactions

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Reactions during the situation

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15
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Zygomatic Arches

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Structure of the cheek

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16
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Hostile work environment

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Cultural differences, sexual charged behavior, comments, or communications

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17
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Recovery anatomical position

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

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18
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Chest to the head

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Superior

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19
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Farthest from the midline

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Lateral

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20
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EMT scope of practice

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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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21
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Negligence

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

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22
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Full fowler anatomical position

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Lying on your back with your head raised

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23
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ICS managing of tactical operations

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Operations

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24
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Closest to the surface of the skin

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Superficial

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25
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Criteria to refuse treatment

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Must be conscious, alert, and able to make decisions

26
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Airborne transmission

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Mechanisms such as dust or droplets

27
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Rapid extrication technique

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

28
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(HIPAA)

Health insurance portability and accessibility act of 1996

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A patients privacy

29
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The lead stress reactions

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Reactions after the situation

30
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Closest to the feet

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Inferior

31
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Front of body

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Anterior (ventral)

32
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Search and rescue

A

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

33
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EMT’s first responsibility at any scene

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Personal Safety

34
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Vesicant agents (blister agents)

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Burn like blisters on skin and respiratory track

35
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Supine anatomical position

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Lying flat and face up

36
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Food borne transmission

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Contamination from food

37
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Closest to the point of attachment

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Proximal

38
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Closest to the midline

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Medial

39
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Types of terrorist groups/attacks

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

40
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Nerve agents (Among most deadly)

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

41
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Vector bone transmission

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By animals or insects

42
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Paramedic scope of practice

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

43
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Jump kit (5 minute bag)

A

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

44
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Back of body

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Posterior (dorsal)

45
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High Fowlers anatomical position

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Semi reclining position. 90°

46
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Semi Fowler anatomical position

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45°

47
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) (Triple A)

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

48
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Indirect contact

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Person to inanimate object to person

49
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Quid Pro Quo

Harassment

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Sexual advances in exchange for a benefit

50
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Abandonment

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Stopping care without making provisions for a continuing care

51
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Trench Rescue

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

52
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Suffix

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

53
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Direct contact

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Person to person

54
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Removal of fluid from around the heart

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Pericardiocentesis

55
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Incident commander

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

56
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When adults refuse care to their minor, you should…

A

Make it an effort to obtain consent

57
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Prone anatomical position

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Lying flat and face down

58
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Phosgene

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Smells like cut grass

59
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AEMT scope of practice

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

60
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General adaptation syndrome

A

The body’s response to stress

61
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Cumulative stress reactions

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Prolonged/ excessive stress

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