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Luke's Review Flashcards

1
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This identified severe deficiencies in the delivery of prehospital care and made recommendations intended to change ambulance systems, and training.

A

“White Papers”

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What Act required each state to establish a highway safety program?

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Highway Act of 1966

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A physician who is legally responsible for the clinical and patient care aspects of EMS system.

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Medical Director

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4
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A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an emergency medical system.

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Quality Improvement

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5
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What are the 5 stages of death?

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Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance

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6
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What is identified within 24-72 hours following a critical incident?

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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

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A version of CISD held within 1-4 hours following a critical incident?

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Defusing

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Microorganisms that cause disease

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Pathogens

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Single celled organisms that can reproduce on its own within a host

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Bacteria

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Smaller than bacteria and cannot grow on their own but require a host cell to reproduce

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Viruses

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Process of washing a soiled object with soap and water

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Cleaning

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Includes cleaning and involves using hospital grade disinfectant/germicide

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Disinfecting

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Process of using chemical or physical substance to sterialize something

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Sterilization

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14
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Virus that affects the liver

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Hep B

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15
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Infection most common bloodborne infection in the US

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Hep C

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16
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Actions and care that an EMT is legally allowed to perform by the state

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Scope of Practice

17
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Care that is expected to be provided by an EMT

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Standard of Care

18
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Legal obligation to provide service, whether you think the person needs it or not

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Duty to Act

19
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If you are off Duty and not functioning in an EMS capacity are you required to act?

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No

20
Q

What protects a person who is not being paid for his services fro liability performed in good faith

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Good Samaritan Law, but it does not prevent you from being sued.

21
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Must be obtained from every concious mentally competent adult before treatment is started, must be of legal age, and understand all related risks.

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Expressed Consent

22
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Known as the Emergency Doctrine, occurs when a patient who is unresponsive would consent to care if they could.

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Implied Consent

23
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When dealing with mentally incompetent adult or person in custody of Law Enforcement

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Involuntary Consent

24
Q

Are used in patients with serious or terminal illness who are not expected to survive for longer than 1 year

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Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

POLST

25
Q

Instructions written in advance against resuscitation, signed by patient

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Advanced Directive

26
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a legal document governs resuscitation issues only

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DNR

27
Q

Will cover general health care issues and long term care

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Living Will

28
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“Health Care Proxy” designates a person who is legally empowered to make health care decisions for someone

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Durable Power of Attorney

29
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Wrongful act or injury or damage

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Tort

30
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4 Elements of negligence

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Duty to act
Breach of that duty
Injury
Proximate Cause as a result

31
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What is a method of organizing communnication into a standard format. SBAR

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Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation

32
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Safest and most efficient methods of using your body to gain mechanical advantage

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Body Mechanics

33
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Stomach is too anterior and buttocks too posterior also known as Swayback

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Lordosis

34
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Slouch, shoulders rolled forwardresults in fatigue

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Kyphosis

35
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What type of move is performed when a person is in “immediate danger to the patient or rescuer”

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Emergency

36
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What type of move is performed “immediate threat to life”

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Urgent

Ch 1-6 (23 decks)

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