Intro to EMS | Wellbeing of the EMT | Lifting and Moving Patients | Medical Legal and Ethical Considerations | Med Term |
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What is the French
The group credited with the first recorded EMS System
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What is Eustress
A normal type of stress that allows us to carry out daily function
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What is Knowing your limitations
The primary consideration for any incident involving lifting and moving patients
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What is expressed consent
This refers to the permissions given for treatment of a mentally competent adult
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What is the anatomic position
Position in which a person is standing upright, facing forward with arms at their sides and palms facing forward
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What is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The organization who is responsible for creating National Standard for EMS
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What is a pathogen
An organism which carries disease and poses risk to an EMS provider at every call
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What is team lifting
This means of moving patients involves using two providers to load and unload patients from the ambulance with a partner
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What are Safe Haven Laws
This law identifies Police, Fire and EMS Stations as a place where abandoned children can be left and further care will be found for them
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What is the midaxillary line
This is the plane which dissects the body in half at the armpit
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What is an EMR
The lowest level EMS provider necessary to render care
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What are standard precautions
The necessary PPE for any type of call
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What is a scoop stretcher
This device is contraindicated for the movement of patients with suspected spinal injury
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What is Failure to Act
This occurs when a provider does not render care to a patient in distress whether physical, mental or emotional
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What are abdominal quadrants
These are divisions of the abdomen which allow us to pinpoint a location of pain or injury
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Who is the Medical Director
The individual who provides protocols or guidelines to an EMS Agency
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What is a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
An event to take place after any Critical call takes place to ensure the mental health and wellbeing of first responder providers
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What is the draw sheet method
A patient who has no suspected spinal injury may be moved from their bed using this method
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What is a Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
This is an order by a physician which States a patients wishes in reference to resuscitation attempts, artificial feeding, antibiotics and other life sustaining treatments when they are unable to state these wishes on their own
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What is the Semi Fowler Position
In this position, patients are seated with their legs in front of them and their head is leaned back at an angle
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What is Offline Medical Direction
The ability to act on your protocols without contacting Medical Direction
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Who is Dr. Hans Selye
The person credited with discovering GAS or the General Adaptation Syndrome, stages of stress
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What is an emergency move
This is the type of move involved when removing a patient from a scene that may become harmful or cause more harm to the patient or providers
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What is res ipsa loquitur
A concept used in tort law for negligence when there is no specific evidence of a negligent act
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What is the Left lateral Recumbent or Recovery position
This position lays the unconscious patient on their left side to avoid aspiration
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