EMT-Basic Final Exam Review
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1. EMR Scope of Prac- -basic airway, ventilation, and O2 therapy
tice -vitals
-stabilization of spine/extremities
-bleeding control
-emergency moves
-CPR/AED
-emergency childbirth
2. Personal Safe- -remove yourself from unsafe scenes
ty/Safety of Others -never enter volatile crowd until PD controls scene
3. Safe Lifting/Moving always use the easiest and safest recommended emergency, urgent, or nonur-
gent moves and equipment
4. Dying Patients -be honest
-do not confirm that pt is dying
-say "we are doing everything we can for you"
5. Pathogens -can spread in a number of ways, blood body fluids, air
-cause infectious diseases
6. Communicable Dis- -spreads from person to person
ease -can be spread from blood, contact with open wounds, contact with mucus
membranes, needles
7. Cumulative Stress -result of constant exposure to stressful situations that builds over time
Reaction -causes "burnout"
-irritability/anxiety, emotional exhaustion
8. Warning Signs of -irritability
Cumulative Stress -inability to concentrate
Reaction -difficulty sleeping
-anxiety
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-loss of appetite/sex drive
-isolation
9. Critical Incident -held within 24-72 hours after incident
Stress Debriefing -team of counselors and mental health professionals
(CISD) -intended to allow the participants to review the facts and share their feelings
-includes ANYONE involved in the incident (PD, fire, EMS, EMD)
10. Defusing -version of CISD
-held within 1-4 hours following an incident
-attended by those most involved in call
-opportunity to vent emotions and get info
11. Standard of Care care that is expected to be provided by an EMT (what peers of equal training
would expect you to provide)
*right assessment and emergency care for that pt?
12. Advanced Direc- -DNR, living will, health care power of attorney
tives -DNR is most common in EMS
13. Duty to Act legal obligation to provide service/care to the best of your ability while on duty
14. SOAP Subjective - info the pt must tell (symptoms)
Objective - info that you identify in the physical exam through inspection,
palpation, auscultation
Assessment - field assessment, general impression of pt's condition
Plan - plan for emergency care
15. Patient Narrative -brief and thorough picture of the pt and problem
-sign vs symptom
16. Broadcast Regula- FCC has jurisdiction over radio controls
tions - licenses individual base stations
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- assigns radio call signs
- establishes limitations for transmitter power output
17. Why should you -allows other units the chance to use the frequency for emergency transmis-
pause when giving sions
a lengthy report via -keep transmissions brief
radio comm?
18. What info should -Unit's ID and level of service (i.e. Medic 1 BLS)
the EMT provide -Pt's age/sex, chief complaint
the receiving facili- -brief hx of illness/MOI
ty? -mental status
-vitals
-findings and interventions
-current condition and pt's response to care
-ETA
19. What should your -pt's chief complaint
oral report include? -patient's vital signs
-treatment given and response of pt
-pertinent hx
20. Lordosis "swayback" - stomach is too interior and buttocks too posterior (causes stress
to L Spine)
21. Kyphosis "slouch" - shoulders rolled forward (hunchback)
22. What do you need -scene size up
to consider before -weight of pt and possible need for resources
moving a patient? -aware of physical ability/limitations
-appropriate equipment
23.
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1. EMR Scope of Prac- -basic airway, ventilation, and O2 therapy
tice -vitals
-stabilization of spine/extremities
-bleeding control
-emergency moves
-CPR/AED
-emergency childbirth
2. Personal Safe- -remove yourself from unsafe scenes
ty/Safety of Others -never enter volatile crowd until PD controls scene
3. Safe Lifting/Moving always use the easiest and safest recommended emergency, urgent, or nonur-
gent moves and equipment
4. Dying Patients -be honest
-do not confirm that pt is dying
-say "we are doing everything we can for you"
5. Pathogens -can spread in a number of ways, blood body fluids, air
-cause infectious diseases
6. Communicable Dis- -spreads from person to person
ease -can be spread from blood, contact with open wounds, contact with mucus
membranes, needles
7. Cumulative Stress -result of constant exposure to stressful situations that builds over time
Reaction -causes "burnout"
-irritability/anxiety, emotional exhaustion
8. Warning Signs of -irritability
Cumulative Stress -inability to concentrate
Reaction -difficulty sleeping
-anxiety
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-loss of appetite/sex drive
-isolation
9. Critical Incident -held within 24-72 hours after incident
Stress Debriefing -team of counselors and mental health professionals
(CISD) -intended to allow the participants to review the facts and share their feelings
-includes ANYONE involved in the incident (PD, fire, EMS, EMD)
10. Defusing -version of CISD
-held within 1-4 hours following an incident
-attended by those most involved in call
-opportunity to vent emotions and get info
11. Standard of Care care that is expected to be provided by an EMT (what peers of equal training
would expect you to provide)
*right assessment and emergency care for that pt?
12. Advanced Direc- -DNR, living will, health care power of attorney
tives -DNR is most common in EMS
13. Duty to Act legal obligation to provide service/care to the best of your ability while on duty
14. SOAP Subjective - info the pt must tell (symptoms)
Objective - info that you identify in the physical exam through inspection,
palpation, auscultation
Assessment - field assessment, general impression of pt's condition
Plan - plan for emergency care
15. Patient Narrative -brief and thorough picture of the pt and problem
-sign vs symptom
16. Broadcast Regula- FCC has jurisdiction over radio controls
tions - licenses individual base stations
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- assigns radio call signs
- establishes limitations for transmitter power output
17. Why should you -allows other units the chance to use the frequency for emergency transmis-
pause when giving sions
a lengthy report via -keep transmissions brief
radio comm?
18. What info should -Unit's ID and level of service (i.e. Medic 1 BLS)
the EMT provide -Pt's age/sex, chief complaint
the receiving facili- -brief hx of illness/MOI
ty? -mental status
-vitals
-findings and interventions
-current condition and pt's response to care
-ETA
19. What should your -pt's chief complaint
oral report include? -patient's vital signs
-treatment given and response of pt
-pertinent hx
20. Lordosis "swayback" - stomach is too interior and buttocks too posterior (causes stress
to L Spine)
21. Kyphosis "slouch" - shoulders rolled forward (hunchback)
22. What do you need -scene size up
to consider before -weight of pt and possible need for resources
moving a patient? -aware of physical ability/limitations
-appropriate equipment
23.
