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Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? -
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DOT
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Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. -
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National Registery
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Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in
the field. -
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Medical Control
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Recognition, patient assesment, continued assesment and stabilization in
hospital, definitive care. -
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Continuum of Care
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, Quiz____?
Types of stress include: -
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Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustruss, acute stress, and
chronic stress
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S/S of stress include: -
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Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P, vasodilation, dialted pupils,
tensed muscles, increased glucose levels, perspiration, deacreased blood
flow to gastrointestinal tract, irritability, inability to concentrate, difficult or
increased sleeping, anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite, decreased sexual
activity, loss of interest in work, alcholism, drug use.
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Management of stress includes: -
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Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of negative personalities,
change work hours, reduce overtime, change your attitude, don't obsess
over what you can't change, excercise, diet.
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Fight or Flight response: -
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During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous system is
activated and the body increases level of cotricol, adrenilen, and other
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,hormones that produce an increased heart rate, quick breathing, and
higher BP. Blood is shunted from extremities to the big muscles to "fight or
flight".
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Routes of transmission include: -
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Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate objects
Mechanical (vector born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the germs live or grow
Airborne - sneezes, coughs
Dust - may carry pores, may remain for long periods.
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Control and prevention of contamination include? -
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Hand washing, gloves, eye protection, gowns, masks, mask, respirators,
barrier devices, and immunizations.
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Duty to Act is? -
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An obligation to provide care.
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, Duties include: -
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Duty to:
-Respond
-Obey laws and regulations
-Operate an emergerncy vehicle reasonably and prudently
-Provide care and transportation to expected standard
-Provide care and transport consistent with the scope of practice and local
medicine protocol
-Continue and transport through to its appropriate conclusion
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The scope of practice is? -
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Descriptionof what assessment and treatment skills and EMT may legally
perform.
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Implied consent is? -
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Consent in which a patient is unable to give consent and is provided
treatment under the implication they would want treament.
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Informed consent is? -
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