ASHI final exam
EMS - ANS-emergency medical services
Highest level of EMS systems - ANS-paramedic
Best way to reach EMS - ANS-cellphone
The primary responsibility of an Emergency Responder - ANS-to ensure the scene is
safe for them and by standers
Advance directive - ANS-a legal document that outlines a persons wishes regarding his
or her own health care.
What type of patient would receive an advanced directive? - ANS-A patient that is ill or
dying.
Battery - ANS-attempting to restrain or force care onto someone
Implied consent - ANS-a form of consent used for unconscious people or people under
the legal age of consent
Standard precautions - ANS-the set id infection-prevention practices that health care
personnel use when caring for an ill or injured person
Body substance isolation (BSI) - ANS-precaustions taken to minimize exposure to blood
and other potentially infectious material
personal protective equipment (PPE) - ANS-equitment such as protective gloves and
eyewear that minimize exposure to plathogens.
Examples of PPE - ANS-gloves, masks and eye protection
Emotional responses to stress - ANS-denial, fear, guilt, grief, anxiety
Primary roles of the respiratory system - ANS-Responsible for the intake of fresh
oxygen and the removal of waste in the form of carbon dioxide
, Proper boy mechanics for lifting - ANS-Position your feet properly- positioned a
comfortable width apart. Lift with your legs. Avoid leaning to either side. Minimize
twisting during a lift. Keep the weight as close to your body as possible.
Recovery position - ANS-used for responsive or unresponsive people who are found
lying down with adequte breathing and circulation whom you do not suspect to have a
spinal injury.
Steps for recovery position - ANS-kneel beside the person on their left side raise their
left arm straight our above her head, cross the persons right arm over their chest
placing their right hand next to their left cheek, raise their right knee until its completly
flexed, and then flip them
Complete airway obstruction - ANS-the inability to breath, cough, or speak
If the person is choking - ANS-ask him if hes choking, perform the hymlic procedure.
Partial airway obstruction - ANS-person can still speak and is coughing in an effort to
remove the object from the airway
head tilt chin lift - ANS-kneel down besides persons head, place the palm of one hand
on the persons forehead and 2 fingers of the other hand under the bony part of her chin
with equal pressure on both hands gently lift her chin until her head backwards
jaw thrust maneuver - ANS-kneel down at the top of the person head place your sons
on her cheek bones while grasping the corners of her jaw with the first three fingers of
each hand with gentle pressure pull upward at the corners of her jaw causing it to move
forward.
respiratory difficulty - ANS-asthma, heart attack, chemical exposure, ling disease, and
allergic reation.
signs and symptoms of respiratory difficulties - ANS-increased breathing rate, increased
work of breathing, panicked look, obvious movement of chest and abdomen, use of
nevk muscles to breathe
rescue breaths - ANS-position the person flat on their back open the airway using the
most appropriate method confirm the patient is unresponsive but has a pulse and is not
breathing or has only gasping breaths using inappropriate barrier device provide a
rescue breaths at the appropriate rate one breath every 5 to 6 seconds for adults and
EMS - ANS-emergency medical services
Highest level of EMS systems - ANS-paramedic
Best way to reach EMS - ANS-cellphone
The primary responsibility of an Emergency Responder - ANS-to ensure the scene is
safe for them and by standers
Advance directive - ANS-a legal document that outlines a persons wishes regarding his
or her own health care.
What type of patient would receive an advanced directive? - ANS-A patient that is ill or
dying.
Battery - ANS-attempting to restrain or force care onto someone
Implied consent - ANS-a form of consent used for unconscious people or people under
the legal age of consent
Standard precautions - ANS-the set id infection-prevention practices that health care
personnel use when caring for an ill or injured person
Body substance isolation (BSI) - ANS-precaustions taken to minimize exposure to blood
and other potentially infectious material
personal protective equipment (PPE) - ANS-equitment such as protective gloves and
eyewear that minimize exposure to plathogens.
Examples of PPE - ANS-gloves, masks and eye protection
Emotional responses to stress - ANS-denial, fear, guilt, grief, anxiety
Primary roles of the respiratory system - ANS-Responsible for the intake of fresh
oxygen and the removal of waste in the form of carbon dioxide
, Proper boy mechanics for lifting - ANS-Position your feet properly- positioned a
comfortable width apart. Lift with your legs. Avoid leaning to either side. Minimize
twisting during a lift. Keep the weight as close to your body as possible.
Recovery position - ANS-used for responsive or unresponsive people who are found
lying down with adequte breathing and circulation whom you do not suspect to have a
spinal injury.
Steps for recovery position - ANS-kneel beside the person on their left side raise their
left arm straight our above her head, cross the persons right arm over their chest
placing their right hand next to their left cheek, raise their right knee until its completly
flexed, and then flip them
Complete airway obstruction - ANS-the inability to breath, cough, or speak
If the person is choking - ANS-ask him if hes choking, perform the hymlic procedure.
Partial airway obstruction - ANS-person can still speak and is coughing in an effort to
remove the object from the airway
head tilt chin lift - ANS-kneel down besides persons head, place the palm of one hand
on the persons forehead and 2 fingers of the other hand under the bony part of her chin
with equal pressure on both hands gently lift her chin until her head backwards
jaw thrust maneuver - ANS-kneel down at the top of the person head place your sons
on her cheek bones while grasping the corners of her jaw with the first three fingers of
each hand with gentle pressure pull upward at the corners of her jaw causing it to move
forward.
respiratory difficulty - ANS-asthma, heart attack, chemical exposure, ling disease, and
allergic reation.
signs and symptoms of respiratory difficulties - ANS-increased breathing rate, increased
work of breathing, panicked look, obvious movement of chest and abdomen, use of
nevk muscles to breathe
rescue breaths - ANS-position the person flat on their back open the airway using the
most appropriate method confirm the patient is unresponsive but has a pulse and is not
breathing or has only gasping breaths using inappropriate barrier device provide a
rescue breaths at the appropriate rate one breath every 5 to 6 seconds for adults and
