Mod 1 68w| 501 Questions | With Complete Solutions

Designated Agent correct answer: An EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care. The transfer of such authorization to a designated agent is an extension of the medical director's license to practice medicine. Evidence-based correct answer: description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy, rather than merely supposition and tradition. Contamination correct answer: the introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials critical incident stress management (CISM) correct answer: a comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately when it occurs. Decontamination correct answer: the removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials. Hazardous Material Incident correct answer: the release of harmful substance into the environment. Multiple-Casualty Incident correct answer: an emergency involving multiple patients Pathogens correct answer: the organisms that cause infection, such as viruses and bacteria Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) correct answer: equipment that protects the EMS worker from infection and/or exposure to the dangers of rescue operations. Standard Precautions correct answer: A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious Stress correct answer: a state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a stimulus. Abdominal Quadrants correct answer: four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of pain or injury: the right upper quadrant (RUQ), the left upper quadrant (LUQ), the right lower quadrant (RLQ), and the left lower quadrant (LLQ). Anatomic Position correct answer: the standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy. In this position, the body is standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward. anatomy correct answer: the study of body structure anterior correct answer: the front of the body or body parts bilateral correct answer: on both sides combining form correct answer: a word root with an added vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a new words; thermo - meter compound correct answer: a word formed from two or more whole words; smallpox distal correct answer: farther away from the torso. (opposite to proximal) dorsal correct answer: referring to the back of the body or