EMT Mod 1 Exam Terms

basic, initiate care and assist EMTs; police and firefighters

basic life support, AED, airway, responsibility for assessment, care and transport

ALS, IVs, meds, supergalotis airways

Intubation, pharmacology, cardiac monitoring; most advanced

Accidental Death & Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society”

1970s published the first EMT training curriculum; also regulates ambulances

national scope of practice, provides guideelines

laws regulates EMS operation

medical director provides oversight and support (more day to day)

authorizes EMTs to provide medical care in field

Drs in the hospital, the people we call when with patients on scene

standing orders and protocols; what you can do without a physicians approval

physicians directions given over phone or radio

A healthcare approach that brings medical services directly to patients' homes, focusing on proactive and preventive care; It aims to improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare costs

continuous quality improvement; reviews and performs audits of the EMS system to improve and enhance its functions

health insurance portability and accountability act

your truck (you and your partner)

everyone on the shift; healthcare providers assigned to specific roles and working in coordinated manner

Triage, Treatment, Transport

Common goal, image of themseelves as group/fam; sense of continuity; shared set of values; different roles within group

Probe, Alert, Challenge, Emergency

Prearrival; arrival; during call; after call

already thinking about whats going on before arrival

still thinking (how to get them out)

anything immediate, prioritizing what needs to happen

what ifs, learning from cases, following up with weird cases

Bias, anchoring, overconfidence

the first piece of information we receive influences our decision-making process, even if it's irrelevant or inaccurate

caused by organisms within the body

spreads from person to person one species to another

bloodborne, pathogens

needle stick (poke yourself)

sneezing, coughing

begin protecting yourself as soon as dispatched, protect self

Denial, Anger/hostility, bargaining, depression, acceptance

alarm response to stress, reaction and resistance, recovery

immediate, sudden onset, during stressful situation

manifest after stressful events

prolonged/excessive stress

patient acknowledges he/she want to provide care

permission for treatment given by competent patient after the potential risks, benefits and alternatives to treatment have been explained

forced to go; mentally incapacitated

patient who cannot make decision for themselves (alc included); legal assumption they would want treatment

decomposition of body and cells

blood settling, come to rest where the body is laying

outlines the care you can provide, defined by the state

type of care expected, manner in which you must act

individual responsibility to provide patient care

failure to provide same care that someone with similar training would provide

cause of injury is by EMT

conduct of person being sued is alleged

unilateral termination of care by EMT without patients consent; making provisions for continuing care

unlawfully placing person in fear of immediate bodily harm (restraints)

unlawful touching a person (care without consent)

unlawful confinement of a person

communication of false info that damages reputation of a person

conduct that cause willful or reckless disregard for a duty or standard of care

transmitter and receiver in a fixed place

installed in vehicle; used for talking to dispatch/medical command

on your person, handheld devices

strengthens signal, sends and receive messages and retransmits to strength signal

push to talk, release to listen

simultaneous talk-listen

utilizes two or more frequencies

Federal Communication Commission, regulates all radio operatiion in US

written documents that have been signed by EMS system’s medical director (outlines specific permissions, directions about patient care)

palms up underneath; hands 10 inches apart

most commonly used device to transport patients

long, flat board made of rigid rectangular material

rigid stretcher commonly used in technical and water rescues

carrying technique where one provider is located at head, one at food and two on the sides to support stretcher

lifting technique used for patients found lying supine with no suspected spine injury

the patient is dragged or pulled from a dangerous scene before assessment and care are provided; cannot properly assess patient where you are

used for patient who are supine/sitting with no suspected extremity or spinal injuries f

lifting technique where EMTs back is held upright with legs bent and patient is lifted when EMT straightens legs to raise upper body and arms

used to move a patient from sitting position in vehicle to backboard in less than 1 min if conditions dont allow for immobilizations

designed to be split into two or four sections that can be fitted around a patient who is lying on the ground or relatively flat surface

lightweight folding device used to carry a conscious person up and down stairs

used when both scene is safe and patient is table; plan the move