Memory aids

Question 1

DCAP-BLTS

Patient assessment

Answer 1

Deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures or penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations, and swelling

Question 2

SAMPLE

Answer 2

Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last oral intake, events leading to injury or

Question 3

OPQRST

Answer 3

Onset, provocation/palliation/position, quality, region/radiation, severity, time.

Question 4

AEIOU-TIPPS

Causes for Altered mental status

Answer 4

Alcohol, abuse; epilepsy (seizures); insulin (diabetic emergency) overdose, (lack of) oxygen (hypoxia); uremia (Kidney failure); trauma (head injury), temperature (fever, heat or cold related emergency); infection; psychiatric conditions; poisoning (including drugs and alcohol); shock, stroke.

Question 5

AVPU scale

Mental status of patient.

Answer 5

Alert, verbal stimuli, painful stimuli, unresponsive.

A patient who is oriented to person, place, time, and event is said to be alert and oriented x four or A&Ox4

Question 6

CHART

Documentation acronym

Answer 6

Chief complaint, history, assessment, Rx (treatment), and transport

Question 7

DOTS

Patient assessment

Answer 7

Deformities, open injuries, tenderness, swelling

Question 8

EMD

Answer 8

Emergency medical dispatcher:

Certified person who receives 911 calls, verifies the address and emergency, assigns responders, provides pre-arrival instructions to the caller, communicates with the responders, and records incident times.

Question 9

EMRS

Answer 9

Emergency medical radio services

A group of frequencies designated by the FCC exclusively for use by EMS providers.

Question 10

EMS

Answer 10

Emergency medical services system

A network of resources that provides emergency care and transportation to victims of sudden illness or injury

Question 11

EMR

Answer 11

Emergency medical responder

A person who has the basic balance and skills to provide life saving emergency care while waiting for the arrival of additional EMS formally called first responder.

Question 12

EMT

Answer 12

Emergency medical technician

A member of the EMS team who responds to emergency calls, provide efficient emergency treatment to ill or injured patients, and transfer the patient to a medical facility

Question 13

ESRD

Answer 13

End-stage of renal disease

Condition when kidney failure is permanent.

Question 14

E911

Answer 14

Enhanced 911
A system that routes an emergency call to the 911 center closest to the caller and automatically displays the collar phone number and address.

Question 15

ECF

Answer 15

Extracellular fluid

Question 16

ECF

Answer 16

Extracellular fluid

Body fluids outside the walls of the billions of body cells.

Question 17

FCC

Answer 17

Federal Communications Commission

US government agency responsible for regulation of interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

Question 18

FBAO

Answer 18

Foreign body airway obstruction

A partial or complete blockage of the conducting airways due to foreign body, such as a piece of food, bleeding into the airway, or vomitus

Question 19

GSC

Answer 19

Glasgow Coma Scale

A Minineurologicalogical examination used to establish a baseline level of responsiveness and note any obvious problem with central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) function.