Emr Prep Test Flashcards
Emr rolls and responsibility?
Provide immediate lifesaving intervention while awaiting additional ems resources to arrive
Who determines how ems education is developed?
Who sets the scope of practice for the emr
NHTSA
Medical board
(4) parts of ems
Emr
Emt
Aemt
Paramedic
How do firefighter get people of cars
Remove glass
Cut the seat belt
Pull off the door
What is the purpose of POLST
So people what treatments they want or don’t want like dnr
What is the purpose of medic director
There the leader in health care exaple you call them when giving medication
What type of situation do you have to report
1 child abuse or neglect
2 elder abuse or neglect
3 domestic violence
4 sexual assault
5 infectious disease
6 substance abuse
7 danger to self or others
Whay is a chief complaint
The primary concern for needing medical attention it’s basically the starting point examples my chest hurts I fell out of a building
How can u best prevent disease spreading
Gloves and mask
What’s the difference surgical vs hepa mask
What disease would u wear it?
Which are conerd blood and body fluid borne
Surgical mask: loose fitting,disposable mask. It used for infection transmitted via respiratory droplets. Examples influenza, covid 19, common cold virus
Hepa mask: tigh mask that filter very small partials including bacteria and virus from the air. You would use this for airborne disease. Like tuberculosis, measles, or certain respiratory viruses
Types of consent
1 expressed conset: verbally or non verbal give person to give care exaple yes you can help me. Can I help you today nodes if can’t speak
2 impiled consent: implied consent is when a patient is unable to give consent due to being unconscious or have an altered mental status
3 informed consent: you provide what happiness to them about there condition potential risk of benifets and risk from treatment. Ask them if they have any questions
4 parent or guardian consent: they need to consent for treatment for anyone under 18 as they can’t give consent because there minors. You have to game consent unless there is a life-threatening event and the guardian arnt around
Refusal of care: they could say no but you have to take about the risk if they don’t take the care and if there don’t have alerted mental statuse they can deny your help
All the bones in the arms and legs
Leg:
1-femur or thigh bone
2-patella or knee cap
3-tibia or shin bone
4- fibula or thinner bone on lower leg
Arm
1-humerus or long upper bone
2-adius or one of the two in lower arm on the thum side
3-ulna or the bone on the lower arm on the pinky side
What’s the difference axial and appendicular skeleton
Axial=center of the body holds skull vertebral column rubs sternum
Appendicular=extremity holding the arm and leg bones
Positions of the human body
Anterior: front of the body
Posterior: back of the body
Superior :upper half of the body
Inferior: lover half of the body
Medical:twords the midline of the body
Lateral: going outwards like exramidys
Proximal:top of a bone or organ
Distal: bottom of the bone or organ
Superficial: closer to the surface of the body
Deep:father away from the surface of the body
Describe the cavity in the body
Cranial cavity: contains the brain
Thoracic cavity: contains heart lungs espouses tracia
Abdominal cavity: stomach liver gallbladder pancreas spleen intestines small and large and kidneys
Pelvic cavity: utrius ovaries fallopian tubes in female and prostate in men urinary bladder,part of large intestin
Spinal cavity: contains spinal cord
