Test 21 Flashcards
How often to repeat atropine doses in cholinergic tox
Every 2-5 minutes
Quaternary blast injuries
Thermal injuries from blast and exacerbation of chronic medical conditions
Quinary blast injuries
Illnesses, injuries or diseases caused by a chemical, biological or radiological substance in a bomb
2 important components of a control chart
Centerline, which represents a process average and sample groups can be collected weekly, monthly, or quarterly
Second is two control lines a +/- 2 standard deviations from the mean
What does a Chi Square analysis test
Null hypothesis when there are at least 5 observations in categorical comparisons between groups
What is business logic
Concept in software for ensuring certain parametric values are appropriately documented by users
Student T test compares
Means between 2 groups
What group began the minimum stands of hospitals peer review process
The American College of surgeons
Facts on National Trauma Data Bank
Largest aggregation of trauma registry data
Mandatory for trauma centers to maintain registries
Has pediatric and adult data
Not open to the public without approval
Cost benefit analysis measures
Outcome, or effect of intervention, in dollars
Cost effective analysis measures
Common affect, such as lives saved, between two interventions and reports results in terms of effect per unit cost
What analysis compares two equivalent treatments and determines what has the lowest cost
Cost-minimization analysis
Marginal cost
Cost of producing one additional unit of a particular service or product
Avoid what when giving press conference
Negative statements
Keep comments under 20 seconds
What is affective information
Understanding importance of a skill
What is cognitive information
In depth anatomy and general concepts regarding a skill
Designated non governmental organization for national accreditation of EMS training programs
CAAHEP and its CoAEMSP committe
Who completes an advanced directive? what is it
Completed by a patient with decision making capacity
Outlines future wishes for medical care and designates a surrogate
What qualifies for emancipated minor
Married
Has a child or is pregnant
Active military duty
Not living at home and is self supporting
What complicates assessing fetal HR during material CPR
Fetus may be experiencing a period of bradycardia during resuscitation
What needs to be seen to diagnosis BRUE
Episode of color change, apnea, change in muscle tone or choking/gagging
Must be frightening to the observer and transient in nature
Child must be well appearing on resolution
Children under 1 year of age
What should be placed on Lewisite burn
Water based gel dressing and nonadhesive (like other burns)
Lewisite antidote
Dimercaprol (chelating agent)
What can lewisite cause
Distributive shock
In sexual assault cases, evidence collect from patient becomes part of what?
Which is what
Chain of custody
Method of obtaining, transporting, and storing evidence that demonstrates proof that evidence collected at crime scene is the same as evidence presented in court
