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0
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Raccoon eyes

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Brushing around the orbits of the eyes

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Empathy

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Identification with an understanding of another’s situation, feelings and motives

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Quality improvement

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Program designed to improve the level of care; commonly driven by quality assurance.

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Quality improvement unit

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Trained and certified quality specialist who have the knowledge and skill to measure dispatch performance against established standards accurately and consistently.

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Rattles (Rhonchi)

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Attributable to inflammation and mucous or fluid in the larger airway passages; descriptive of airway congestion heard on inspiration. Rhonchi are commonly associated with bronchitis or pneumonia.

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Reflection

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Echoing the pt message using your own words

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S1

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The sound of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves closing.

“Lubb”

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S2

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The sound of the closing on the pulmonary and aortic valves.

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Simplex

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A system that allows only one at a time communication.

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Singular command

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Command type involving one agency.

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Social distance

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4-12 feet

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Specific gravity

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The ratio of a liquid compared to water. < than water floats. > than water sinks.

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Stereotyping

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The attribution of some trait or characteristic one person on the basis of the interview’s preconceived notions about a general class of people of the same characteristic.

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Sympathy

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Sharing the pt feelings or emotional state in relation to an illness.

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Type 1 ambulance

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Truck cab and frame with a modulate ambulance box.
Benefit: truck chassis and ambulance box can be replaced individually.
Drawback: communication and view compromised with medic in back.

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Type 2 ambulance

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Van which are narrower and have less space to work in the back.
Benefits: better gas consumption than 1 and 3. Open passage to back compartment.
Drawback: not much space in the back.

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Type 3 ambulance

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Combination if 1-2. Van chassis with modified modular back.
Benefits: ample room and passage to the back.
Drawback: heavier and uses more fuel.

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Emergency vehicle fluid checks.

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Oil, transmission fluid, tire pressure and radiator fluid.

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18
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Guideline for ambulance are regulated under?

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Specification KKK-A-1822E prepared by General Service Administration.

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System status management (SSM)

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Is a more dynamic method of positioning ambulances.

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Unit hour utilization (UhU)

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Mathematic calculation used to determine the effectiveness of an ambulance one call per hour= 1 UhU

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Why is SSM used?

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More cost effective.

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Most servicing using system status management strive for a UhU of at least?

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0.4 to 0.5, be chile in service run 1 call per hour

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Due regard

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Principle used when driving a emergency vehicle of insuring that all other vehicle and citizens in the area see and grant the emergency vehicle the right if way.

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24
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Roster wing landing zone?

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100 x 100

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25
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Hot load

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Loading a pt when the rotors are turning.

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Ambulance operation radius?

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Within 130 miles from base facility.

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Plane transport radius?

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500 miles

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Health care power of attorney

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Documents that outline desired care and authorizes an individual to make healthcare decisions on behalf of the pt.

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Full power of attorney form

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Form which authorizes an individual to make other decisions, such as financial.

30
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Do Not Resuscitate

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Document completed by a physician directing healthcare professionals to withhold certain care.

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Bruits

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A bruits is a sound made in the carotid arteries. The sound is made when blood passes over built-up plaque.

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Induration

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Is the feeling if firmness in the SQ tissue and may occur after trauma associated with hemorrhage.

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Fluctuance

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A wavelike motion felt between to figure tips when palpating a fluid-filled structure.

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Systole

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System at high pressure

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Diastole

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Ventricles relaxed

36
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Pulse pressure

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Difference between systole and diastole.

37
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Battles signs

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Significant brushing around the mastoid process.

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Crackles (rales)

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High pitch crackling sounds that do not clear with coughing; caused by air passing through moisture.
CHF
pneumonia
COPD

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Wheezes

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high pitched whistling sound cause by air moving thru passages narrowed by mucous or bronchospasm.
Asthma
Chronic bronchitis
Anaphylaxis

40
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Rhonchi

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Loud, low, course sounds that resemble snoring and often clear with coughing; caused by buildup of mucus or fluid in the trachea or large bronchi.
Asthma
Upper respiratory tract infection

41
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Friction rub

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Scratchy, high pitched sound (sand paper rubbing together) caused by inflammation pleural surface rubbing against each other.
Pleurisy
Pneumonia

42
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Heart murmur

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Who’s sing heart sound that usually follows S2

43
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Ecchymosis

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Bruising

44
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Grey Turner’s sign

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Bruising of the flank

45
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Cullen’s sign

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Yellow-blue brushing of umbilical region.

46
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Borborygmus

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Hyperactivity of bowel sound.

47
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Premature v/s

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HR 140
RR 30-40
Systolic 40+- 10

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Newborn v/s

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HR 120-160
RR 30-50
Systolic 60+-10

49
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1-12 month v/s

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HR 80-140
RR 30-60
Systolic 85+-15

50
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Intimate space

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Less the 1.5 feet

51
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Personal space

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1.5 to 4 feet

52
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Facilitation

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Questions or phases to allow a pt to continue telling a story.

53
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Labeling

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The application of a derogatory term to a pt on the basis of an event, habit, or personality trait.

54
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Stereotyping

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The attribute of some traits or characteristics to a person on the basis of the interviewers preconceived notions about a general class of people with similar characteristics.

55
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Discrimination

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The act of treating someone differently because he or she is part of a specific group.

56
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Three main goals of a Medical History

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Establishing rapport, obtaining data, and education and motivating pt.

57
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Differential diagnosis

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The list of problems that could produce the pt chief complaint…

58
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Antegrade amnesia

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Brain swelling and increase IcP. Effects short term memory loss

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Retrograde amnesia

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Common after concussions, pt will forget long term events

60
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Anisocoria

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Different size pupils

61
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Multiplex communication

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Analog and data transmission

62
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Trunking

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One line, shared by many users.

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