Essentials Of Paramedic Care

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Paramedics may only function under the direction and license of the EMS system's:

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Medical Director

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Verbal orders about patient Management given by a physician to paramedic by radio or telephone are examples of:

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Direct Medical direction

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Medical direction can best be described as:

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Physician direction of the actions of his designated agents.

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The process by which an agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met its qualifications is called:

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cerfication

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During an emergency response, remember that ______ is your number number one priority.

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personal safety

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A_______ trauma center provides the highest level of trauma care.

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Level I

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Correct techniques are necessary to avoid on-the-job injury. Of all the movements you will make as a paramedic, the most common- and commonly associated with back injury- is:

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Lifting

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A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and body fluids are infectious is termed:

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Body Substance Isolation (BSI)

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For safety at a roadway incident it is appropriate to do all of the following except:

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Park on the opposite side of the street from the crashed vehicle.

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The study of the factors that influence the frequency, distribution, and causes of injury, disease, and other health-related events in a population is called:

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Epidemiology

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_____ means not doing harm.

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Nonfeasance

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Every state has laws requiring the reporting of certain health fats such as:
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Briths, deaths, nelect or abuse.

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______ ______ originated with the English legal system and is also called "case law" or "Judge-made law."

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Common law

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_____ _____ is enacted by an administrative or government agency at either the federal or state level.

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Administrative Law

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The ____ ____ ____ is the location of the cases in which a paramedic may become involved.

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state court system

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On-scene licensed physician who are professionally unrelated to the patient and who are attempting to assist with patient care are called:

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Intervener physicians

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Legislative statutes that generally protect the person who provides care at no charge at the scene of a medical emergency are called

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Good Samaritan laws

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In a negligence claim against a paramedic, the plaintiff must establish and prove four particular elements in order to prevail. Which of the following is not one of those element?

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Level of compensation

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The law provides penalties for the breach of confidentiality. The improper release of information may result in lawsuit against the paramedic for:

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Defamation, invasion of privacy, breach of confidentiality

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This court-ordered type of consent is most commonly encountered with patients who must be held for mental-health evaluation or as directed by law enforcement personnel who have the patient under arrest

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involuntary

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_____ is the termination of the paramedic-patient relationship without providing for the appropriate continuation of care while it is still needed and desired by the patient.

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abandonment

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A well-documented patient care report is:

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accurate, objective, thorough

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Strucutr that perform specific functions within a cell are called:

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Organelles

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______ is the most abundant substance in the human body.

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Water

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Diffusion is the movement of molecules through a membrane from an area of _____ to an area of _____.

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greater concentration; lesser concentration

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The lower the pH, the higher the concentration of_____ in the body.

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Hydrogen ions

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The outermost layer of skin is the:

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Dermis

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During child hood cartilage is generated at the:

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epiphyseal plate

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The _____ is the fluid that fills the major compartment of the eye

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vitreous humor

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The ______ are the pads that serve as shock absorbers between the vertebrae of the spine

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intervertebral disks

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The mediastinum of the thorax is filled principally by the

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Heart

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The fundamental unit of the nervous system is the nerve cell, which is also known as a

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Neuron

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The subdivision of the nervous system that prepares the body to handle stressful situations is the _____ nervous system

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sympathetic

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Which gland produces the hormone insulin?

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Pancreas

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The major function of perfusion are:

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oxygen transport and waste removal

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the average volume of gas inhaled or exhaled in one respiratory cycle is known as the:

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tidal volume

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The organ that filters blood and produces urine is the

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Kidney

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In female, eggs are produced for reproduction in the

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Ovaries

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In males, sperm cells are produced in the

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Vas deferens

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________is the physiology of disordered function.

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Pathophysiology

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______is an increase in the number of cells thought the cell division caused by an increased workload.

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Hyperplasia

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The mechanisms that most commonly result in accumulation of water in the interstitial space include:

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lymphatic obstruction, an increase in hydrostatic pressure, increased permeability of the capillary membrane

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_____are secreted by plasma cell in response to antigenic stimulation space include:

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antibodies

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Progressive impairment of two or more organ systems resulting from an uncontrolled infllammatory response to a sever illness or injury is called:

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MODS

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Advanced stages of shock when the body's compensatory mechanisms are no longer able to maintain normal perfusion are called:

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decompensated shock

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the most commonly used fluids in prehospital care are:

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D5W, normal saline, lactated Ringer's

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Every human somatic cell contains ______ chromosomes.

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46

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Obstructive shock is caused by an obstruction that interferes with the blood to the heart, such as:

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cardiac tamponade, pulmonary embolism, tension pneumothorax

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The energy that is produced during glucose breakdown is in the form of the chemical:

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ATP

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With a mortality rate of ___-___ percent, MODS is the major cause of death following sepsis, trauma, and burn injuries.

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60-90

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People with type ____ blood are known as universal donors, becase this type of blood has no antigens that will trigger an immune respone in any other group.

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O

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_____ cells are the chief activators of the inflammatory response.

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Histamine

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The acronym AIDS stands for

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Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome.

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The study of drugs and their interactions with the body is called:

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pharmacology

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A drug or other substance that blocks the action of the sympathic nervous system is called:

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Sympatholytic

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______is the perferred antihypertensive for management of pergnancy-induced hypetension.

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Apresoline