FDNY EMS FINAL 21-02

Certification - answer-An exam used to ensure that all the healthcare providers have atleast the same level of basic knowledge and skill Licensure - answer-The process in which states ensure applicant competency in an examination setting Medical Director - answer-a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system medical control - answer-Provider either offline or online as authorized by a medical director online - answer-Direction given over the phone or radio Offline - answer-Standing orders consent - answer-to give permission Decision making capacity - answer-Ability to understand and process information and make a choice regarding appropriate medical care. expressed consent - answer-consent given when the patient verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants to provide care or transport may also be nonverbal informed consent - answer-Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the potential risks, benefits and alternatives to treatment have been explained Implied concent( emergency doctrine) - answer-A patient who is on conscience or otherwise in capable to make a rational decision a serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless there is a threat to life or a limb (may result medicolegal situation) emancipated minor - answer-Person younger than 18 years of age who lives independently, is totally self-supporting, is married or divorced, is a parent even if not married, or is in the military and possesses decision-making rights. Definitive signs of death - answer-decapitation, dependent lividity, rigor mortis, putrefaction Noise - answer-Anything that makes it difficult to understand the question Routes of transmission - answer-Bloodborn, airborn, vector, foodborne, indirect contact Standard Precautions - answer-PPE and Hygiene grieving process - answer-denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance RMA - answer-Refused Medical Attention ( refusal of care ) closed-ended questions - answer-questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of responses open-ended questions - answer-questions that allow respondents to answer however they want word root - answer-foundation of the word Combining vowels - answer-vowels that join one or more word roots to other components of a term Ventral (anterior) - answer-toward or at the front of the body; in front of Dorsal (posterior) - answer-Toward or at the back of the body; behind Flexion - answer-bending a joint extension - answer-Straightening of a joint Adduction - answer-Movement toward the midline of the body Abduction - answer-Movement away from the midline of the body prone - answer-lying face down supine - answer-lying on the back Fowler's - answer-semi-sitting body position in which a person's head and shoulders are elevated 45 to 60 degrees Semi-Fowler's Position - answer-the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees recovery position - answer-A side-lying position used to maintain a clear airway in unconscious patients without injuries who are breathing adequately. Lateral - answer-away from the midline Medial - answer-toward the midline Proximal - answer-Closer to the point of attachment Distal - answer-away from the point of attachment Superfacial - answer-on or near the surface deep - answer-away from the surface apex - answer-the highest point How many bones in the skull - answer-22 skull bones (8 cranial) (14 face) Skelital Muscle - answer-Volintary(controlled), straited(striped), long cells with many nuclei and connects to bone smooth muscle - answer-Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body cardiac muscle - answer-Involuntary muscle tissue found only in the heart. voluntary muscle - answer-A muscle that is under conscious control involuntary muscle - answer-A muscle that is not under conscious control. upper airway - answer-(Nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx)FUNCTION:*Conducts air to lower air