Chp 1 - 2 ( intro to health) Flashcards
E.M.S
Emergency, Medical systems
Corpsman
Soldier who knows first aid
Medical Director
the BOSS
Scope of practice
tells you what you can or cannot do
E.M.D
Emergency Medical Dispatcher
Enhanced 911 call
Can call you back
Specialty hospital
Provides certain special services
Protacals
written guidelines
standing order
medical director’s specific orders
E.M.T
Emergency Medical Technician
Online medical directions
directions online
Offline medical directions
directions offline
P.P.E
Personal Protective Equipment (goggles, hair protector, mask, ect.)
n95 mask
blocks out 95% of germs in the air
H.E.P.A
High Efficiency Particulant Airway
Scope of practice steps
1) something must be wrong
2) someone must call 911
3) dispatcher must be talked to and seeks info
4) firemen will arrive before acadian responders
5) transportation
6) hospital
What was the first ambulance?
wagon with horses
Who can put an ID in your arm?
E.M.T.
Are you ever supposed to do something you weren’t told to do?
NOOOOO
H.I.P.A.A.
Heath Insurance Portability Accountability Act
Victim
no offered help
Patient
offered help
What has changed in medicine today?
The way people are treated
good samaritan act
law that helps to protect someone and themselves
Battery
touching someone without their consent
of bones
206
of muscles
501
Always say yes ______ / _______ or no ______/______ when speaking to adults
ma’am / sir
Always keep good _______.
notes
Myo-
muscle
Standard of care
care you’re supposed to provide to your patients.
Ethics
behavior
Value
Something/ someone important to you
Consent
To get permission
Demensia
Disease that erases memory
Name three occupations under the E.M.S umbrella.
- police -nurse -doctors -air med -walk in clinic -E.M.D
- hospital -acadian responder -doctors -fire dep -(ect.)
Weakest link of survival chain
- not enough people want to help
- # of trained
Scene safety
first in ALL cases
D.N.R.
Do not resuscitate (does not mean do not care)
advance directive
ex: dnr and living will
crime scene
were a crime had been committed
Organ donor
Someone who gives their organ to someone else
competence
you don’t mind asking questions
Do all paramedics have to tell authorities about negligence and child abuse?
YEEESS
Stages of death and grief are…
1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
What is denial?
When someone refuses to recognize reality.
Do we all go through each stage of death and grief?
No
Do we go through the stages of grief in order?
No
Who cannot drive a minor to a hospital?
Minor, drugged person, drunk person, unconscious person
Conscious
To know what’s going on
