EMS scope of practice model
Theoretical foundation
Word roots
Main part/stem of a word
Cultural awareness
Look at cultural awareness as assets, make most of it, thus improving your ability to provide optimal patient care
Extremity Lift (Georgia Street)
Patients hand are crossed over chest(grasp wrists), stand between patients legs (facing same direction as patient), stand up
Oxygen cylinders
Stored on the ambulance, used to give patients oxygen. Compressed gas in a green tea, seamless, steel/aluminum cylinder
Prefix
Beginning of a word. Usually a location or intensity
Scene safety
Watching for scene hazards Such as hazardous materials, electricity, fire, and vehicle crashes
Farthest from the point of attachment
Distal
Phosgene
Produced for chemical warfare, smells like grass
Situational Awareness
Knowledge and understanding of one’s surroundings
Farthest from the surface of the skin
Deep
Post dramatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Delayed stress reaction to the prior incident
Communication equipment
Base station radiation, Mobile and portable radios, repeater based systems, digital equipment, cellular and satellite telephones
Acute stress reactions
Reactions during the situation
Zygomatic Arches
Structure of the cheek
Hostile work environment
Cultural differences, sexual charged behavior, comments, or communications
Recovery anatomical position
Lying on your side With your arm bent knee your knee bent
Chest to the head
Superior
Farthest from the midline
Lateral
EMT scope of practice
Training on basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjustment, and assisting patients with certain medications
Negligence
The failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide in that situation
Full fowler anatomical position
Lying on your back with your head raised
ICS managing of tactical operations
Operations
Closest to the surface of the skin
Superficial
Criteria to refuse treatment
Must be conscious, alert, and able to make decisions
Airborne transmission
Mechanisms such as dust or droplets
Rapid extrication technique
The patient can be moved from sitting in a vehicle to a supine, on a backboard(if needed) in a minute or less
(HIPAA)
Health insurance portability and accessibility act of 1996
A patients privacy
The lead stress reactions
Reactions after the situation
Closest to the feet
Inferior
Front of body
Anterior (ventral)
Search and rescue
EMT’s will carry essential equipment to provide essential & immediate care
EMT’s first responsibility at any scene
Personal Safety
Vesicant agents (blister agents)
Burn like blisters on skin and respiratory track
Supine anatomical position
Lying flat and face up
Food borne transmission
Contamination from food
Closest to the point of attachment
Proximal
Closest to the midline
Medial
Types of terrorist groups/attacks
Religious extremist groups/doomsday, extremist political groups, cyber terrorist, single issue groups
Nerve agents (Among most deadly)
Extremely toxic and rapidly fatal with any role of exposure. Designed to kill large numbers
Vector bone transmission
By animals or insects
Paramedic scope of practice
An individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advance assessment treatment skills
Jump kit (5 minute bag)
Anything you might need in the first five minutes with the patient
Back of body
Posterior (dorsal)
High Fowlers anatomical position
Semi reclining position. 90°
Semi Fowler anatomical position
45°
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) (Triple A)
One of the most rapidly fatal conditions. Tend to develop and people who have a history of hypertension and atherosclerosis
Indirect contact
Person to inanimate object to person
Quid Pro Quo
Harassment
Sexual advances in exchange for a benefit
Abandonment
Stopping care without making provisions for a continuing care
Trench Rescue
Park at least 500ft from the scene. Provide most medical care once they are extricated.
Suffix
End of a word. Usually a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech
Direct contact
Person to person
Removal of fluid from around the heart
Pericardiocentesis
Incident commander
The individual who has overall command of the scene in the field
When adults refuse care to their minor, you should…
Make it an effort to obtain consent
Prone anatomical position
Lying flat and face down
Phosgene
Smells like cut grass
AEMT scope of practice
An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life-support, such as intravenous therapy, and ministration
General adaptation syndrome
The body’s response to stress
Cumulative stress reactions
Prolonged/ excessive stress