Chp 1 - 2 ( intro to health) Flashcards

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E.M.S

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Emergency, Medical systems

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2
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Corpsman

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Soldier who knows first aid

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3
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Medical Director

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the BOSS

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4
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Scope of practice

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tells you what you can or cannot do

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5
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E.M.D

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Emergency Medical Dispatcher

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6
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Enhanced 911 call

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Can call you back

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7
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Specialty hospital

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Provides certain special services

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8
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Protacals

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written guidelines

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9
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standing order

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medical director’s specific orders

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10
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E.M.T

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Emergency Medical Technician

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11
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Online medical directions

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directions online

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12
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Offline medical directions

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directions offline

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13
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P.P.E

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Personal Protective Equipment (goggles, hair protector, mask, ect.)

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14
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n95 mask

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blocks out 95% of germs in the air

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15
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H.E.P.A

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High Efficiency Particulant Airway

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16
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Scope of practice steps

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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

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17
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What was the first ambulance?

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wagon with horses

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18
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Who can put an ID in your arm?

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E.M.T.

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19
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Are you ever supposed to do something you weren’t told to do?

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NOOOOO

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20
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H.I.P.A.A.

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Heath Insurance Portability Accountability Act

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21
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Victim

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no offered help

22
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Patient

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offered help

23
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What has changed in medicine today?

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The way people are treated

24
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good samaritan act

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law that helps to protect someone and themselves

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Battery
touching someone without their consent
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of bones
206
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of muscles
501
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Always say yes ______ / _______ or no ______/______ when speaking to adults
ma'am / sir
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Always keep good _______.
notes
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Myo-
muscle
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Standard of care
care you're supposed to provide to your patients.
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Ethics
behavior
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Value
Something/ someone important to you
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Consent
To get permission
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Demensia
Disease that erases memory
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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.)
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Weakest link of survival chain
- not enough people want to help | - # of trained
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Scene safety
first in ALL cases
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D.N.R.
Do not resuscitate (does not mean do not care)
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advance directive
ex: dnr and living will
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crime scene
were a crime had been committed
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Organ donor
Someone who gives their organ to someone else
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competence
you don't mind asking questions
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Do all paramedics have to tell authorities about negligence and child abuse?
YEEESS
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Stages of death and grief are...
1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance
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What is denial?
When someone refuses to recognize reality.
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Do we all go through each stage of death and grief?
No
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Do we go through the stages of grief in order?
No
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Who cannot drive a minor to a hospital?
Minor, drugged person, drunk person, unconscious person
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Conscious
To know what's going on