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74 Cards in this Set

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List of differentials
Things that it could be
Associated S/S
Things expected pt to have and they do.
Pertinent Negative
Things expected but not showing
MOI
Mech of Injury - Trauma
NOI
Nature of Illness - Medical
Primary Survey
Correct Life Threats
Secondary Survey
More detailed exam + history
Ongoing
Revised field diagnosis
Subjective
Anything pt says to you / spoken
Objective
Actual S/S
Adventitious
Abnormal Breath Sounds
Cheyne - Stokes Breathing
Pattern of crashendo followed by apnea.
Kussmal
Diabetic, Ketoacidosis breathing
CNH
Central Neurogenic Hyperventilation - rapid deep ventilations
Vasodilation
Flush Skin
Petechia
Microhemrages
Purpera
Capillaries leaking under the skin
Erythema
Redness
Grey Turner Sign
Bruising of the flanks
1st set of vitals taken when?
After primary assessment
When to repeat vitals for critical? Medical?
Critical - every 5 min
Medical - every 15 min
Bronchovesicular Sounds
normal / regular breath sounds
What PPE should be worm on every call?
Gloves + Goggles
Mask Types
Surgical - No significant hazard
N95 - Hazardous
Face shield (uses)
airway management, spitting
On scene time allowance?
Trauma - less than 10 min
Isotonic
moving
Isometric
Static
Palpating Quadrants
Painful quadrant last
1st set of vitals taken when?
After primary assessment
When to repeat vitals for critical? Medical?
Critical - every 5 min
Medical - every 15 min
Bronchovesicular Sounds
normal / regular breath sounds
What PPE should be worm on every call?
Gloves + Goggles
Mask Types
Surgical - No significant hazard
N95 - Hazardous
Face shield (uses)
airway management, spitting
On scene time allowance?
Trauma - less than 10 min
Isotonic
moving
Isometric
Static
Palpating Quadrants
Painful quadrant last
Kortokoff sounds
BP sounds
Palliation
what makes it feel better
Provication
What causes the pain?
Reflection
echoing the pts. words back to them
Facilitation
"go on"
Confrontation
Focus the pt on something
Retrograde Amnesia
No memory before the event
"The White Paper" DOT
Creation of Paramedics
Certification
Met requirements
Licensure
Given permission to practice / engage in profession
Medical Direction
Online - on phone
Offline - following SOP's, not on phone
Physician Responsibility
Always, unless medic violates SOP's
Medic Responsibility
Hands on pt care
Registration
National reg just a list
Reciprocity
can go from state to state
EMD
Emergency Medical Dispatch - pre-arrival instructions
Ethics
Code of conduct in a profession (do no harm)
stress
reframing (change the way you look at things)
Civil
Wrong against individual, damage done
Criminal
wrong against society, the act itself
Slander
Spoken
Libel
Written
Assault
Iminant danger, does not have to be violent act
Battery
The actual act itself
False Imprisonment
Not kidnapping
Negligence
Must have violated:
-Duty (shall act)
-Breach (standard of care)
-Damages
Proximate Cause (cause of the injury is in close proximity)
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Common Law of Negligence
Good Samaritan Law
Primarily for the public
Consent
Expressed - they said it
Informed - tell what, why, everything
Implied - unconscious
CE's
should practice low frequency & high aquity
Ambulance Types
Type 1: Can't get through box to cab
Type 2: Van
Type 3: Can get through box to cab
KKK 1822
Construction requirements for ambulances
Borrowed Servant Doctoran
Medic that lets EMT help, medic is responsible for whatever happens to pt.
Pt Advocacy
Making suggestions advocating for the pt.
Primum Non Nocere
First do no harm