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| Emergency Medical Services system. |
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| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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EMR
(Emergency Medical Responder) |
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| EMS practitioner likely to e the first person on scene with emergency care training. |
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EMT
(Emergency Medical Technician) |
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| EMS practitioner who provides basic emergency medical care. |
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AEMT or EMT-I
(Advanced Emergency Medical Technician) |
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| EMT with some additional qualifications for advanced care. |
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| EMS practitioner who provides the highest level of prehospital care. |
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| Emergency medical treatment given to patients before they are transported to a hospital or other facility. |
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| For rapid surgical intervention and specialized treatment of injuries that generally exceeds hospital emergency department capabilities. |
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| For high-risk pregnancy patients. |
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ADA
(Americans with Disabilities Act) |
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| Federal law passed in 1990 that protects individuals with a documented disability for being denied initial or continued employment based on their disability. |
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| Physician who is legally responsible for the medical oversight of an EMS system. |
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| Policies, procedures, and practices available either off-line (as protocols or standing orders) or on-line (by phone or radio). |
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| System of internal and external reviews and audits of an EMS system to ensure a high quality of care. |
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| Practice based on evidence that procedures, medications, and equipment improve patient outcome. |
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| Performed a study to determine the five emotional stages of death and dying. |
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| Five Emotional Stages of Death and Dying |
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| Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. |
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| Condition resulting from chronic job stress, characterized by a state of irritability and fatigue that can markedly decrease effectiveness. |
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| Any situation that causes unusually strong emotions that interfere with the ability to function. |
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CISD
(Critical Incident Stress Debriefing) |
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| Session where counselors help emergency personnel process emotions from a critical incident. |
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| An opportunity to vent emotions and get information before the CISD. |
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| Microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses that cause disease. |
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| A method of preventing infection based on the concept that all blood and body fluids are infectious. |
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PPE
(Personel Protective Equipment) |
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| Equipment worn to protect against injury and against spreading infectious disease. |
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| Using a disinfectant such as alcohol or bleach to kill microorganisms. |
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| Subjecting an object to chemical or physical substances (typically, superheated steam in an autoclave) that kill all microorganisms. |
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| Actions and care an EMT is legally allowed to perform. |
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| Care expected from any trained EMT under similar circumstances. |
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| Obligation to care for a patient. |
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| Provides liability immunity for emergency scene acts done in good faith. |
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| Permission that must be obtained before care i rendered; types include informed, expressed, implied, minor, and involuntary. |
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| Must be obtained from every conscious, mentally competent adult before treatment is started. |
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| AKA Emergency Doctrine. Occurs when you assume that a patient who is unresponsive or who is not competent or who is unable to make a rational decision would consent to emergency care if he could. (disorientation, head injuries) |
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| Must be obtained from a parent, legal guardian, or other person who has been granted limited rights of decision making by the parent or guardian. |
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| Can be applied when you are dealing with mentally incompetent adult or with an individual who is in custody of law enforcement. |
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| Instructions written in advance of care. |
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DNR
(Do not resuscitate order) |
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| States which, if any, life-sustaining measures to take when vital functions cease. |
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| Delineates the signer's wishes about health care issues. |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| Empowers someone to make medical decisions for the signer. |
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POLST
(Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) |
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| Identify desired level of life-sustaining treatment in patients with terminal or life-threatening injuries. |
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| Wrongful act, injury, or damage; intentional tort when committed knowingly. |
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| Deviating from an accepted stander of care through carelessness, inattention, disregard, inadvertence, or oversight. |
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| Deviation from an accepted standard of care results in further injury to the patient. |
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| Discontinuing care without transferring care to a health care professional with equivalent or better training. |
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| False communication that injures another person's reputation. |
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| Defaming through spoken statements with malicious intent or reckless disregard. |
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| Defaming through writing or mass media with malicious intent or reckless disregard. |
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HIPPA
(Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) |
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| Protects the privacy of, and gives the patient control over, patient health care information. |
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COBRA
(Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation act)
EMTALA
(Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) |
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| Regulations that ensure public access to emergency health care regardless of ability to pay. Prevents "patient dumping". |
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| A child from birth to 1 month of age. |
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| A child from 1 month to 1 year of age. |
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| A child 1 to 3 years of age. |
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| A child 3 to 6 years of age. |
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| A child 6 to 12 years of age. |
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| A child 12 to 18 years of age. |
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| An instantaneous and involuntary movement resulting from a stimulus. |
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| Soft spots on a baby's skull that allow the head to pass through the birth canal during delivery and to expand during development. |
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| Involuntary bed-wetting at night. |
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| The period in which the sexual organs mature during adolescence. |
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| The permanent end of menstruation and fertility, which usually occurs in a women's late 40s and 50s. |
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| Theoretically the longest period of time for an organism to live. |
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| The average length of years of life remaining based on the year of birth. |
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