EMT Study Guide – Flashcards
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Tort
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A wrongful act, injury, or damage
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Negligence
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A tort in which there is no intent to do any harm to the patient but in which ha breach in the duty to act occurred
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Assault
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Willful threat to a patient
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Assault
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Willful threat to a patient
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Battery
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Touching a patient without their consent
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Libel
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Defamation in Writing
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White Paper (1996)
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Identified deficiencies in prehospital medical care
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Systems Act (1973)
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Provided funding for the EMS
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National EMS Scope of Practice Model (2006)
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Defined the four levels of EMS licensure
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An EMTs #1 Priority
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Your own safety
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Five Stages of Grief
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Denial (Not Me)
Anger (Why Me)
Bargaining (Okay, but first let me...)
Depression (Okay, but I havent...)
Acceptance (Okay, I Am Not Afraid)
Anger (Why Me)
Bargaining (Okay, but first let me...)
Depression (Okay, but I havent...)
Acceptance (Okay, I Am Not Afraid)
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The Most Important Measure for Preventing Disease Transmission
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Hand Washing
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Competent Patients
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Person, Place, Time of Day, Situation
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Types of Consent
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Informed Consent: the patient agrees to be treated after being provided information about what kind of treatment they are receiving
Expressed Consent: verbal or nonverbal
Implied consent: an unresponsive patient would give consent if they could
Consent to treat Minors
Involuntary Consent: mentally incompetent adults, individuals who want to kill themselves, or individuals in law enforcement custody (3rd party consent)
Expressed Consent: verbal or nonverbal
Implied consent: an unresponsive patient would give consent if they could
Consent to treat Minors
Involuntary Consent: mentally incompetent adults, individuals who want to kill themselves, or individuals in law enforcement custody (3rd party consent)
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Proximate Cause
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The patients injury was a direct result of the EMTs actions
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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Federal law protects the privacy of patient health care information
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
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You cannot leave the hospital until the patient has received a consult from the doctor
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Patient Care Report (PCR)
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Documentation of Care Provided
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Preload
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Volume of blood received in the heart
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Afterload
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Amount of pressure needed to eject the blood from the heart
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Central Chemoreceptors
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Located near the respiratory center in the medulla
More sensitive to Carbon Dioxide
More sensitive to Carbon Dioxide
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Peripheral Chemoreceptors
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Aortic Arch and Carotid Bodies
More sensitive to Oxygen
More sensitive to Oxygen
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Normal Breathing
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Hypercarbic drives stimulated by high levels of carbon dioxide
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Tendency to retain carbon dioxide
They are stimulated to breathe by low levels of oxygen
They are stimulated to breathe by low levels of oxygen
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Brady
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Pulse below 60
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Tachy
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Pulse above 100
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SBAR
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Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
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Assessment
Recommendation
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Trendlenburg Position
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The Shock Position
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Fowler Position
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Difficult Breathing Position
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Lateral Recumbent Position
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Allows draining of the mouth
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Kyphosis
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Slouch
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Lordosis
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Swayback
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Coronal Plane
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Frontal Plane
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Sagittal Plane
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Median Plane
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Transverse Plane
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Horizontal Plane
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Ligament
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Connects bone to bone
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Tendon
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Connects bone to muscle
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V/P
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Ventilation over perfusion
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Oncoctic pressure
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Albumin causes fluid to flow into the bloodstream
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What is the first step in assessing the patient?
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Assessing the airway
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Hypoxia
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Not enough oxygen in tissues
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Cyanosis
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Bluish color on many tissues in the body
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SAMPLE History
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Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Past medical history
Last oral intake and menstruation
Events leading up to the injury and/or illness
Allergies
Medications
Past medical history
Last oral intake and menstruation
Events leading up to the injury and/or illness
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OPQRST
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Onset of the Event
Provocation or Palliation
Quality of the Pain
Region and Radiation
Severity
Time (history)
Provocation or Palliation
Quality of the Pain
Region and Radiation
Severity
Time (history)
