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1. Integration of health services
2. EMS reseach
3. Legislation and regulation
4. System finance
5. HR
6. Medical direction
7. Education systems
8. Public education
9. Prevention
10. Public access
11. Communication systems
12. Clinical care
13. Information systems
14. Education
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| emergency medical dispatcher |
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1. Early access (911)
2. Early cpr
3. Early defib
4. Early advanced care |
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| Responsibilities of an EMT |
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-record keeping
-patient advocacy
-extrication
-communications
-vehicle and equipment maintenance |
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| biggest area of EMS litigation |
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| denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance |
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| disbelief, guilt, grief, blame, anger, denial |
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| personal protection equipment |
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1. duty to act
2. breach of duty
3. damages (injury)
4. causal connection |
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| supine with legs raised 8-12 inches |
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| movement away from midline |
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7 cervical vertebrae
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 fused sacral
4 fused coccygeal |
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| thoracic cavity that contains heart |
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| thoracic cavity that contains lungs |
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part of the scapula (head)
glenohumural joint: shoulder |
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| prominent lateral portion of proximal femur |
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| accessory muscles of breathing (expiration) |
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| accessory muscle of breathing, in the neck: pull up upper ribs |
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| accessory muscle of breathing, pull up sternum |
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| pull up on cartilage portion of ribs adjacent to sternum |
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| pericardium, epicardium, myocardium, endocardium |
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| from femoral, branches into tibial arteries |
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| weakness, changes in skin color, rapid/weak pulse, clammy/cool skin, rapid & shallow breathing, restlessness and anxiety, altered mental state, low BP |
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| bumps in baby head (bc suture lines not formed) |
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| grating of bone on bone (can cause infection) |
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| maxillar fracture (facial impact) |
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| collects cerebrospinal fluid |
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| properties of cardiac muscle |
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1. autometicity (beats on its own)
2. contractivity
3. conductivity (sends signals)
4. excitability (responds to electrical signals) |
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| point where trachea breaks into bronchi |
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| tricupspid, pulmonary, mitril/bicuspid, aortic |
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| bp: take when child is...years old |
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| signs and symptoms, allergies, meds (prescription, recreational, and OTC), pertinent past med history, last oral intake, events |
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| chronic obstructive airway disease |
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| positive end expiration pressure: push fluid out of lungs |
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| low in the lungs--louder on inspiration |
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| snoring sounds: sometimes cleared by cough |
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