Lifting and Moving Patients, Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues, Medical Terminology Flashcards
What is an important principle regarding strength when lifting a patient?
Know your limits
What is the likely impact of power stretchers on EMS?
There will be a decrease in the number of injuries among EMTs.
What should you do when reaching for something?
Keep your back in a locked-in position, avoid twisting, avoid reaching more than 15-20 inches in front of your body.
Which direction do you roll the patient when performing a log-roll?
Roll the patient towards you.
What is set of regulations that defines the legal actions expected and limitations placed on the EMT?
Scope of practice
40-yr-old, diabetic, unconscious. What type of consent allows you to treat this patient?
Implied consent
If the EMT is in doubt as to whether a patient in cardiac arrest should be resuscitated, what is the best decision?
Begin resuscitative measures
What are pieces of info that may be important to law enforcement investigating a crime scene?
What route you took when responding to the scene, how you gained access to the scene, your opinion of what happened before you arrived on-scene.
The administration of oxygen and the application of spinal immobilization is part of what for the EMT?
Scope of practice
What might be hazards at the scene of a vehicle collision?
Electrocution, hazardous materials, other emergency vehicles
What does an unusual lack of activity at the scene indicate at the scene of an EMS call?
It may signal impending violence against the EMT.
What are some situations requiring action by the EMT during scene size-up?
A vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer that has a hazmat placard, the sound of a barking and growling dog upon of the door to a residence, a bystander smoking a cigarette at the scene of a vehicle collision.
What must an EMT be aware of regarding bullet damage when determine possible injuries suffered from a gunshot wound?
Bullets cause damage in more than one way.
When should the EMT evaluate the need for Standard Precautions?
An evaluation should be made throughout the call.
A keen awareness that there may be injuries based on your scene size-up is known as what?
Index of suspicion
