EME 106 Final Study Guide Exam Rated A+
Abandonment - ANSWER Failure to transfer patient to another competent
professional of equal or higher training
Assault - ANSWER Willful threat to inflict harm on a patient
Battery - ANSWER The act of touching a patient without consent
Negligence - ANSWER Duty - duty to act
Breach - acting outside scope of practice
Damages
Cause
Good Samaritan Law - ANSWER Protects civilians performing acts in good faith
unless those constitute gross negligence
Duty to Act - ANSWER Legal obligation to provide service when on the clock and
employed by an agency
Scope of Practice - ANSWER The actions that EMTs are legally allowed to
perform by the state/county in which they are providing emergency care
Informed/Expressed Consent - ANSWER A conscious, rational patient (over 18)
must consent to assessment and treatment
Implied Consent - ANSWER Assumption that a(n)...
1. unresponsive patient
2. disoriented patient
3. minor without a parent/guardian present
...would accept care if he or she could
DNR - ANSWER A document governing resuscitation issues
must be signed by patient and physician
What type of patient may be placed under a 5150 - ANSWER 1. Danger to self
2. Danger to others
3. Gravely disabled
Compression to ventilation rations CPR - ANSWER 30:2
,15:2 for 2-rescuer infant/child CPR
Hand placement CPR - ANSWER Two hands, center of chest
- below sternal notch
- above xiphoid process
Child - one or two hands, center of chest
Infant
1 person - two fingers, 1 finger width
below nipple line
2 person - 2 hand, encircling thumb
technique
How to handle FBAO (complete and incomplete) - ANSWER Adult/child -
Heimlich maneuver/abdominal thrusts
Infant - 5 back blows, 5 chest thrusts
Continue treatment until
1. Obstruction is relieved
2. Patient becomes unresponsive
3. Other rescuers arrive
UC Adult/child - CPR (look in mouth before giving breaths)
UC infant - 5 back blows, 5 chest thrusts (look in mouth before breaths)
Partial Obstruction - encourage patient to stay calm and work to relieve
obstruction (NO abdominal thrusts)
Pulse checks - ANSWER Feel for at least 5 but no longer than 10 seconds
Continue to reassess during CPR
Defibrillation use - ANSWER 1. Use as soon as it arrives
2. Don't touch patient during analyzing phase (pull ambulance to side of road)
3. Clear victim before pressing SHOCK button
4. Remove clothing, medication patches (shave/dry off if needed)
Pathway of blood flow through heart - ANSWER 1. Superior/Inferior vena cava
2. Right atrium
3. Tricuspid valve
, 4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonic valve
6. Pulmonary artery
7. Lungs (alveoli)
8. Pulmonary vein
9. Left atrium
10. Bicuspid valve
11. Left ventricle
12. Aortic valve
13. Aorta
When do coronary arteries receive their blood supply - ANSWER Diastole
Systole - ANSWER Heart muscle contracts & blood is pumped into arteries
Diastole - ANSWER Heart relaxes & blood returns to the chambers of the heart
Scene Size Up - ANSWER 1. BSI/Scene Safety
2. Mechanism of Injury or Nature of Illness
3. Number of patients
4. Additional resources
5. Spinal precautions/ need for extrication
Primary Survey (Medical) - ANSWER I - General Impression
1. Age
2. Position
3. Skin color
4. Sex
L - Level of consciousness using AVPU
C - Chief Complaint
A - Airway
1. Open
2. Clear
3. Maintainable
4. Need for suction??
B - Breathing
1. Rate
2. Depth
3. Ease
C - Circulation
1. Major bleeding
2. Pulse
Abandonment - ANSWER Failure to transfer patient to another competent
professional of equal or higher training
Assault - ANSWER Willful threat to inflict harm on a patient
Battery - ANSWER The act of touching a patient without consent
Negligence - ANSWER Duty - duty to act
Breach - acting outside scope of practice
Damages
Cause
Good Samaritan Law - ANSWER Protects civilians performing acts in good faith
unless those constitute gross negligence
Duty to Act - ANSWER Legal obligation to provide service when on the clock and
employed by an agency
Scope of Practice - ANSWER The actions that EMTs are legally allowed to
perform by the state/county in which they are providing emergency care
Informed/Expressed Consent - ANSWER A conscious, rational patient (over 18)
must consent to assessment and treatment
Implied Consent - ANSWER Assumption that a(n)...
1. unresponsive patient
2. disoriented patient
3. minor without a parent/guardian present
...would accept care if he or she could
DNR - ANSWER A document governing resuscitation issues
must be signed by patient and physician
What type of patient may be placed under a 5150 - ANSWER 1. Danger to self
2. Danger to others
3. Gravely disabled
Compression to ventilation rations CPR - ANSWER 30:2
,15:2 for 2-rescuer infant/child CPR
Hand placement CPR - ANSWER Two hands, center of chest
- below sternal notch
- above xiphoid process
Child - one or two hands, center of chest
Infant
1 person - two fingers, 1 finger width
below nipple line
2 person - 2 hand, encircling thumb
technique
How to handle FBAO (complete and incomplete) - ANSWER Adult/child -
Heimlich maneuver/abdominal thrusts
Infant - 5 back blows, 5 chest thrusts
Continue treatment until
1. Obstruction is relieved
2. Patient becomes unresponsive
3. Other rescuers arrive
UC Adult/child - CPR (look in mouth before giving breaths)
UC infant - 5 back blows, 5 chest thrusts (look in mouth before breaths)
Partial Obstruction - encourage patient to stay calm and work to relieve
obstruction (NO abdominal thrusts)
Pulse checks - ANSWER Feel for at least 5 but no longer than 10 seconds
Continue to reassess during CPR
Defibrillation use - ANSWER 1. Use as soon as it arrives
2. Don't touch patient during analyzing phase (pull ambulance to side of road)
3. Clear victim before pressing SHOCK button
4. Remove clothing, medication patches (shave/dry off if needed)
Pathway of blood flow through heart - ANSWER 1. Superior/Inferior vena cava
2. Right atrium
3. Tricuspid valve
, 4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonic valve
6. Pulmonary artery
7. Lungs (alveoli)
8. Pulmonary vein
9. Left atrium
10. Bicuspid valve
11. Left ventricle
12. Aortic valve
13. Aorta
When do coronary arteries receive their blood supply - ANSWER Diastole
Systole - ANSWER Heart muscle contracts & blood is pumped into arteries
Diastole - ANSWER Heart relaxes & blood returns to the chambers of the heart
Scene Size Up - ANSWER 1. BSI/Scene Safety
2. Mechanism of Injury or Nature of Illness
3. Number of patients
4. Additional resources
5. Spinal precautions/ need for extrication
Primary Survey (Medical) - ANSWER I - General Impression
1. Age
2. Position
3. Skin color
4. Sex
L - Level of consciousness using AVPU
C - Chief Complaint
A - Airway
1. Open
2. Clear
3. Maintainable
4. Need for suction??
B - Breathing
1. Rate
2. Depth
3. Ease
C - Circulation
1. Major bleeding
2. Pulse
