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40 Cards in this Set
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The monitoring of all medical
components of an EMS system, including propocols, standing orders and educational programs |
Off-Line Medical control
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The medical direction given by a physician via radio or phone
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On-Line Medical control
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The practice of granting an individual from another state licensure or certification.
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Reciprocity
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Specific treatment protocols
that can be used in the absence of on-line medical control when delay in treatment would harm the patient. |
Standing orders
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Guidelines that define the scope of prehospital interventions.
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Protocols
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Your sleep pattern
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Circadian Rhythm
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Negative, debilitating or
harmful stress. |
Distress
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Performance-enhancing,
positive stress |
Eustress
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Termination of medical care without legal excuse or turning care over to someone of equal or higher training.
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Abandonment
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Creating fear or apprehension in another person
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Assault
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Physical contact with a person
without consent and without legal justification |
Battery
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Verbal or written consent to the treatment
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Expressed consent
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The presumption that an unconsious
or incompetent person would consent to lifesaving care |
Implied consent
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Consent obtained from a patient
after explaining all facts necessary for the patient to make a reasonable decision |
Informed consent
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Failure to use such care as a
reasonably prudent EMS provider would use in similar circumstances |
Negligence
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In which war was the first
ambulance used? |
Crimean War
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In what year did the National
Academy of Science and the National Research Council release a paper called "Accidental Death and Disability"? A.K.A.? |
1966
"The White Paper" |
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Monitoring and measuring the
quality of care being given by EMS providers |
Quality Assurance
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An evaluation of the EMS system performance including Skill review, preventative maintenance and continuing education.
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Quality Improvement
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The first line in the EMS System.
A person who receives information and then relays it to the appropriate resources |
Dispatcher
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The body's first "startle" response
to a stressor |
Alarm Reaction
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The first reaction in the alarm
reaction, in which you immediately stop whatever you are doing and focus on the source of the stimulus |
Alarm response
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A fear reaction in which a
person's judgment seems to disappear entirely |
Blind Panic
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The exhaustion of physical or
emotional strength |
Burnout
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A reaction in which a person subconsciously transforms his or her anxiety into a bodily dysfunction
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Conversion Hysteria
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An event that overwhelms the
ability to cope with the experience, either at the scene or later |
Critical Incident
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A type of stress that a person finds overwhelming and debilitating
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Distress
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A type of stress that motivates an individual to achieve
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Eustress
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The body's physiological
response to a profound stressor that helps one deal with the situation at hand |
Fight-or-Flight Syndrome
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Psycholigical ways to relieve
stress; they are usually automatic or subconscious. eg: Denial, Regression, Projection and Displacement. |
Defense Mechanisms
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A written document that
expresses the wants, needs and desires of a patient in reference to future medical care |
Advanced Directive
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An action instituted by a
private individual or corporation against another private individual or corporation |
Civil Suit
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An action instituted by the
government against a private individual for voilation of criminal law |
Criminal prosecution
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Compensation for injury awarded
by a court |
Damages
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Intentionally making a false
statement, through written or verbal communication, which injures a person's good name or reputation |
Defamation
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A person who is under the legal
age in a given state but, because of other circumstances, is legally considered an adult |
Emancipated Minor
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Negligence that is willful, wanton, intentional or reckless
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Gross Negligence
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Verbally making a false
statement that injures a person's good name |
Slander
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What a state permits a paramedic
practicing under its license or certification, to do |
Scope of practice
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Legal obligation of public and
certain other ambulance services to respond to a call in their jurisdiction |
Duty
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