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Abandonment

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Failure to transfer patient to competent professional

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Assault

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Willful threat to inflict harm on patient

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Battery

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act of touching a patient unlawfully without consent

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Negligence

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EMT breaches their duty to act or deviated from standard of care

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Good Samaritan Laws

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Protects a person who is not being paid for their services for liability for acts performed in good faith unless those act constitute gross negligence

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Duty to Act

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legal obligation to provide service while on duty

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Scope Of Practice

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actions and care that EMT’s are legally allowed to perform

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Informed/ Expressed Consent

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Conscious, rational patient that consents to treatment

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Implied Consent

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patient that is unresponsive, disoriented, or and ill/injured minor would consent to care if conscious and rational

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Involuntary Consent

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cannot refuse care, mentally incompetent adult or person in custody

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DNR

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must be signed by patient and physician and presented

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Emancipated Minor

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married, pregnant/ parent, armed forces, financially independent, emancipated by court

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Against Medical Advise (AMA)

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patient that is competent to refuse care (ex: person, place, time, and event)

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5150

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Only physician and law enforcement can put a patient on hold. Person is danger to themselves/ others and or is gravely disabled

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Superior Inferior Vena Cava

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How blood from the body enters the heart

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Right atrium

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Upper section of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood

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Tricuspid Valve

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Blood from the right atrium passes through to reach the right ventricle

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Right venticle

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Lower half of the heart

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Pulmonic valve

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Opening to the pulmonary artery

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Pulmonary artery

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Pushes deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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Lungs (aveoli)

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Tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs

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Pulmonary vein

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Direct the newly oxygenated blood back to the heart from the lungs

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left artium

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Receives the oxygenated blood from the lungs

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bicuspid valve

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Connects the left atrium to the left ventricle, allows the blood to flow from atrium to ventricle

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left ventricle

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Strongest section of the heart. Pushes oxygenated blood to the whole body

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Aortic valve

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Opening to the aorta

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Aorta

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Main artery of the body

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Arteries

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Carries blood away from the heart

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arterioles

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Small kind of arteries, carry blood from arteries into the capillaries. Arteries get smaller further away from the heart

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capillaries

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Where the exchange of nutrients, gasses, and waste occurs. Connects arterioles to venules (small blood vessels)

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venules

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Smallest branch of veins, distal end of capillaries

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veins

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Carry blood back to the heart

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32
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coronary arteries

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Supply the heart with blood

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33
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diastole

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Heart muscles are relaxed, allowing for it to fill with blood

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34
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systole

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Heart muscles contracts/ pumps, forcing the blood out

35
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PENMANN

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Personal/ personnel safety
Environment
Number of patients
Mechanism of injury/ nature of Illness
Additional resources
Need for extrication
Need for c-spine

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SMNAS

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Scene size up
Mechanism of injury
Number of patients
Additional resources
Spinal precautions

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OPQRST

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Onset
Provocation
Quality
Radiation, Reoccurrence, region, relief

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SAMPLE

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Signs/ Symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Past medical history
Last oral intake
Events leading up

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BRIM

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Breathing
Response
Eyes
Motor

40
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When to use BRIM?

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Altered level of consciousness
Breathing
Response
Eyes
Movement

41
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PREBELS

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Pulse (rate: regular/ irregular, ; strength: strong/weak)
Respirations (full/ shallow; effective/ ?)
Blood pressure
Eyes
Lung sounds (rhonchi, crackles, clear, wheezing)
Skin signs (color, temp, moisture)

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Nose/ mouth

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Bring in air to the body

43
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nasopharynx

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Upper part of the pharynx, where air passes through

43
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oropharynx

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Part of the pharynx thats lies between the palate and hyoid bone

44
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hypopharynx

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Bottom part of pharynx. Starts behind the nose and ends at the trachea

45
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epigolttis

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Flexible cartilage that forms a flap that protects the glottic opening from food or liquids

46
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glottic opening

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space between the true vocal cords

47
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trachea

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Windpipe, made of smooth muscle and dense connective tissue and is reinforced with cartilage rings to maintain tube shape

48
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carina

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Mucus membrane in the trachea and larynx, triggers cough reflex to prevent chocking

49
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Bronchi

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Distal end of the trachea, branches into two main tubes

50
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Bronchioles

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Smaller branches of bronchi lined with smooth muscle to constrict and dilate

51
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alveoli

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At the end of bronchioles are tiny air sacs and capillaries

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Internal respiration

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Transfer of gas between blood and tissue

53
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External respiration

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Gas exchange between air and blood lungs alveoli

54
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How to prove negligence?

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duty to act, duty to act was breached, patient suffered and injury, injury is related to breach of duty to act

55
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Skeletal muscle

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Striated muscle, voluntary, attached by tendons

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Smooth muscle

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Non- straited muscle, involuntary, found in organs (respiratory tract, blood vessels, intestinal walls)

57
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Cardiac muscle

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Specialized involuntary muscle only found in the heart, only muscle with automaticity (produce an impulse), has its own blood supply

58
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What are signs/ symptoms of inadequate breathing

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Tripod, accessory muscle use, retraction, nasal flaring, agitation, altered level of consciousness, cyanosis, tachypnea, apnea, dyspnea

59
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What is the function of the integumentary system?

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It is the largest body system. It protects the body, regulates temp

60
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How many layers to the skin?

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Three layers.
Epidermis: outer most layer
Dermis: much thicker layer it is rich in blood, contains hair follicles, sweat glands, oil glands, and sensory nerves
Subcutaneous layer: fatty tissue that varies in thickness

61
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What are the components of blood?

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Red blood cells (Carry nutrients/ dispose of waste)
White blood cells (Kill foreign organisms)
Platelets (Create blood clots)
Plasma (liquid part of blood)

62
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What is the Central Nervous system?

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Made of the brain and spinal cord. The control center of the nervous system

63
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What is the Peripheral Nervous system?

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Part of the nervous system that is outside of the brain and spinal cord. Carry sensory information to the brain and spinal cord

64
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What is the voluntary nervous system responsible for?

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Controls skeletal muscles/ movement, you think about these movements

65
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What is the autonomic nervous system responsible for?

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Influences the activities of the smooth muscles

66
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What is in the RUQ?

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Liver (S)
Part of pancreas (S)
Gallbladder (H)

67
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What is in the LUQ?

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Stomach (H)
Most of pancreas (S)
Spleen (S)
Part of the liver (S)

68
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What is in the RLQ?

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Appendix
Intestines

69
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What is in the LLQ?

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Intestines

70
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Auscultate

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To listen

71
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Palpate

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To feel

72
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What is the function of the skeletal system?

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Provides framework to the body and protects vital organs

73
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What are the components of the skeletal system?

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Frame work of the body. Consist of bones and connective tissues (cartilage, tendons, and ligaments)

74
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Signs/ symptoms that you are providing adequate ventilations?

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Improvement in skins, return of heart rate to normal range, ventilating at proper rate for patient

75
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Signs/ symptoms that you are providing inadequate ventilations?

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No improvement in skins and heart rate, abnormal movement, and irregular breath pattern

76
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Cerebellum

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“small brain” posterior and inferior parts of the cranium, coordinates muscle activity and balance through the eyes and ears

77
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Cerebrum

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Outer portion of the brain, takes up most of the cranium cavity. Controls sensation, thought, speech, and associative memory. Also controls the movements that are conscious control

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Perfusion

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Delivery of oxygen, glucose, and nutrients to tissue, and the elimination of waste

79
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Alpha 1

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Constricts blood vessels

80
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Alpha 2

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Regulates Alpha 1 effects

81
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Beta 1

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Increases heart rate, force, and automaticity

82
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Beta 2

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Dilates smooth muscle

83
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Spinal column

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Cervical (7)
Thoracic (12)
Lumbar (5)
Sacrum (5)
Coccyx (4)

84
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AED shockable rhythms

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Ventricular fibrillation (v-fib)
Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pulseless v-tach)

85
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Coronary arteries receive blood from?

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Diastole