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Terminology Flashcards

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Emergency Medical Service

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The chain of human resources and services linked together to provide continuous emergency care at the scene and during transport to a medical facility.

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Medical Director

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A physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical oversight of the patient care aspects within the EMS system

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Scope of practice

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The care EMS personnel are allowed and supposed to provide according to local, state, or regional regulations.

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Specialty Hospital

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A hospital that is capable of providing specific services such as; trauma care, pediatric care, cardiac care, stroke care or burn care

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Protocols

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Written guidelines that direct the care EMS personnel provide for patients

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Off-line medical directions

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An EMS system’s written standing orders and protocols, which authorize personnel to perform particular skills in certain situations without actually speaking to the medical director or their designated agent.

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On-line medical direction

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Orders to perform a skill or administrative care from the duty physician given to the rescuer in person, by radio or by phone

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Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

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A continuous improvement in the quality of the product or service being delivered.

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Consent

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The legal term that means to give formal permission for something to happen

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Standard Precautions

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Steps to take to protect againts exposure to bodily fluids

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Body substance isolation (BSI)

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Practice of using specific personal protective equipment to minimize potential contact with a patients blood or bodily fluids

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Ingestion

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Substances taken into the body by swallowing

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Injection

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Substances delivered directly into the blood stream by somekind of puncture

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Absorption

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Substances are delivered directly into the blood stream through the skin and body tissues

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Inhalation

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Breathed in through the lungs

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Stress

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An emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition that occurs in response to adverse external influences. Stress is capable of affecting physical health. It can increase heart rate, raise blood pressure, cause muscular tension, irritability and depression

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Stressor

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Any emotional or physical demand that causes stress

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Anatomical position

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The standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy; the body is standing upright, facing the observer, arms are down at the sides and the palms of the hands are facing forward

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Anterior

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The front of the body or body part

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Posterior

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The back of the body or body part

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Midline

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An imaginary vertical line used to divide the body into right and left halves

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Medial

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Toward the midline of the body

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Lateral

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To the side, away from the midline of the body

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Superior

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Toward the head

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Inferior

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Toward the feet

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Proximal

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Closer to the torso

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Distal

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Farther away from the torso

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Supine

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Patient lying face up

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Prone

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Patient lying face down

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Lateral Recumbent

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Patient lying on their side

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Arteries

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Carries blood away from the heart

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Veins

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Carries blood back to the heart from the body

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Shock position

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Elevation of the feet of a supine patient 6-12 inches. Recommended for shock that is not caused by injury

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Ventilation

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The process of breathing in and out

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Respiratory Compromise

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Has many causes including medical conditions such as; asthma, bronchitis, heart attack and severe allergic reactions. Other factors include exposure to toxic substances or inhalation of superheated air as from a fire

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Patent airway

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An airway that is open and clear

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Cardiac arrest

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The absence of a heartbeat

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Agonal respirations

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An abnormal breathing pattern characterized by slow, shallow, gasping breaths that typically occur following cardiac arrest

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Positive Pressure Ventilations

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The process of using external pressure to force air into a patients lungs such as; mouth-to-mask or bag-mask ventilations

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Head-tilt chin lift

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A technique used to open the airway of a patient with no suspected neck ot spine injuries

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Jaw-thrust maneuver

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A Technique used to open the airway of a trauma patient with possible neck or spine injury

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Sign

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Something that can be observed or measured when assessing a patient

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Symptom

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Something the patient complains of or describes during the secondary assessment

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Chief complaint

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The main medical complaint as described by the patient

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Perfusion

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The adequate delivery of well oxygenated blood and nutrients to all parts of the body and the elimination of waste products

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Blood Pressure

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The measurement of the pressure inside the arteries both during and between contractions of the heart

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Interventions

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Actions taken to correct or stabilize a patients illness or injury

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Myocardial infarction (MI)

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Heart attack. (Death or necrosis of heart tissue)

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Arterial Bleeding

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Bright red blood spurting with each beat of the heart

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Venous Bleeding

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Steady flow of dark red blood

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Capillary Bleeding

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Slow oozing of bright red blood

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