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91 Cards in this Set
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3 Parts of Government
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Executive, Legislative, Judicial
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What branch of government does law enforcement fall under?
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Executive branch
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Who sets conditions of probation?
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The court system
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What state agency is responsible for institutional rehab?
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Department of Corrections
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Which component of the criminal justice system defines the law?
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Judicial
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What branch of government do judges belong to?
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Judicial branch
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Who has the responsibility in representing the State of Arizona in court?
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Prosecutor
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Which branch of government do peace officers exercise their authority through?
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Executive branch
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What is a responsibility of the law enforcement component of the criminal justice system?
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Investigate crime
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Who's duty is it to watch and supervise inmates daily?
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Corrections Officer
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Who is responsible for assisting a person who is a victim of crime for getting them legal or financial retribution for a crime against them?
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Victim Services Unit
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What is judicial review?
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The power of a court to review actions and decisions made by other agencies or branches of government
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What are the 3 components of the criminal justice system?
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Cops (law enforcement)
Courts (judicial) Corrections |
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What are the levels of Law Enforcement in the US?
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Federal, State, County, Local/City, Specialty (College, Park/Airport/Transit/Liquor Council)
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What is Parole?
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Conditional release from a prison prior to the expiration of their sentence.
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What is probation?
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Sentence handed down by a court. Either supervised or unsupervised.
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The judicial branch's responsibility:
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To interpret the laws as being constitutional/unconstitutional
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How can the courts affect an officers actions?
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By case law or judicial interpretation of statutory law
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What zone is defined as an arms reach plus 1 step? |
Attack Zone |
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What are the 3 aspects of survival |
Physical Mental Survival |
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The force matrix includes
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Balance and Accuracy
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If you spray OC on a suspect what will they experience?
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Intense burning of the skin
Involuntary closing of the eyes |
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What are the primary target areas for impact weapons? |
Common peroneal Tibial Femoral |
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A male is in the street staggering around. You tell him to stop but he does not cooperate. You attempt to take him into custody by grabbing his wrist, the male then turns around and attempts to punch you. What phase is it when he tried to punch you?
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Contact phase
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The force matrix includes
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Accuracy & balance
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An officer responds to a burglary call and makes contact with the suspected person. The contact officer should...
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Maintain contact with the suspect
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What chapter of Title 13 deals with the use of deadly force?
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Chapter 4
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Which is a psychological aspect of survival?
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Mental
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If a male officer arrests a female and needs to search her what technique would he use?
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Search the female with the knife edge and pull clothing tight to the females body
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What is a common problem with using standard handcuffs?
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Loose or faulty applicaiton
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If an officer is directing a suspect to sit, what level of control is the officer using?
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Verbal direction
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When using a use of force delivery technique you are attempting to disrupt what?
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Visual, respiratory, and bio-computer (all of the above)
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One of the 4 elements of force?
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Jeopardy
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An officer observes a subject staggering in the street. The suspect ignores the officer. When an officer has subdued a suspect what phase is that?
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Neutralization
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An officers use of force is both:
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Reactionary and changing. You can escalate and de-escalate
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What is a technique designed to protect the vital targets of the body with the ams by putting them in the path of an incoming attack and using a minimum motion to stop or deflect the attack?
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Shield
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You and your partner respond to a call and your partner makes contact with the subject. What is your responsibility?
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Cover officer - protect the contact officer from outside interference
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There is no statutory requirement for a police officer to render medical aid. What requires it?
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Department policy
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Duty to act
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Legal opinion
Statutory requirement |
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To avoid civil liability:
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Follow department policy, federal state and local laws
Document |
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ARS 32-1471 Good Samaritan Law requires
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Gratuitously (acting voluntarily)
In good faith (what anyone would do) Gross Negligence (not exceeding your level of training) |
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What bones are in you lower extremities?
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Femur, fibula, tibia
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What are the normal heart beats per minute (BPM)
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Adults (60-100)
Children (100-140) Infant (100-170) |
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What is the adequate range for an adult's respiratory system?
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12 - 20 respiration's per minute
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When would you move an injured person?
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Hazardous scenes
Re-position for care Prevent further injury |
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Initial assessment of a trauma victim:
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- A(irway) B(reathing) C(irculation)
- Evaluating injuries |
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Vena Cava
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Veins that carry blood to the heart
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When doing compressions during CPR where should your hands be?
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Lower half of the sternum
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When checking a persons pulse where should you check?
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The Cartoid artery in the neck
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A person has to prove what 4 things for negligence?
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-Breach of Duty
-Damage to patient -Proximate cause -Duty to act |
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How do you open the airway?
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Head-tilt, chin lift
Jaw thrust |
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In addition to a scene survey what is the correct sequence of treatment priority for a victim?
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Control C-Spine, ABC
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CPR is needed if:
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The victim is not breathing or not breathing normally
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Where should your fist be when performing the heimlich maneuver?
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Midway between the belly button and xiphoid process
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How can you avoid civil liability?
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Document your actions
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Once you have started care you may not leave until you have turned care over to someone else at a similar or higher level of training. If you stop, what is this considered? |
Abandonment |
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Is tuberculosis airborne?
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Yes
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You are helping a victim say that you can help them and ask if they want help. They say yes what type of consent is this?
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Actual consent
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If a person is passed out what type of consent is that?
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Implied consent
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If you have an elderly man who is on the ground and bleeding profusely from the head. He tells you to get away and believes it to be 1963 and can't recall his name what do you do?
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Provide treatment because he is having mental issues
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If you attempt to provide care that exceeds your level of training what is that considered?
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Negligence
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What is the system that circulates the blood?
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Circulatory system
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How many liters of blood are in the average human body?
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6 liters
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If you go to a vehicle collision that involves a pesticide truck what is your number 1 priority?
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Officer safety
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What is the preferred way to do airway breathing ventilation?
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Mouth to mask
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Triage
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The act of sorting patients by the severity of their injuries
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What can provide the fastest transport for head on collisions, high speed collisions, gunshots and significant trauma?
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Helicopter
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Actual consent must be given by:
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A legal competent adult that is not mentally ill.
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What is MOI
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Mechanism of Injury (what caused the injury)
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A type of fracture with heavy blood loss:
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Pelvis
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Arterial bleeding:
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-Bright red
-Spurts with the beat of the heart -Most rapid blood loss -Death in 3-4 minutes |
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Venous bleeding
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- Dark red
-Can be serious bleed based on injury type and location |
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Capillary bleed is:
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A slow flow typically associated with minor scrapes
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If dressing becomes saturated in blood what should you do?
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Apply more dressing
Do not remove existing dressings |
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Types of shock:
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Hypovolemic - Blood/Fluid loss
Anaphylactic -Allergic reaction Septic - Severe bacterial infection Cardiogenic - Inadequate heart function due to disease/injury Pyschogenic - Fainting, anxiety, bad news, sight of blood Neurogenic - Spinal cord damage |
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What are signs and symptoms of shock?
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- Pale, cool, clammy skin
- Restless, anxious - Change in mental status - Rapid and weak pulse - Rapid and shallow respirations - Dilated pupils - Cyanosis (skin bluing) - Decreased blood pressure |
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When two or more ribs are broken in two or more places
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Flail chest
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What do you apply for a sucking chest wound?
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Apply an occlusive dressing
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When a decision is made to use an Epi-Pen
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Must call for meds.
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3 types of force
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Direct
Indirect Twisting |
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How are poisons introduced to the body?
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Ingestion, inhalation, injection, absorbtion
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Alcohol is a
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Depressant
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If during a pregnancy there is a prolapsed cord (Umbilical out first) you should?
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Elevate the mother's hips
Cover the exposed cord Insert a globed hand into the vaginal area to take pressure off the cord |
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Head injury/Concussion symptoms
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- One pupil larger than the other
- Drowsiness or cannot be awakened - Headache that does not go away - Slurred speech - Numbness, weakness, decreased coordination - Loss of consciouness - Unusual behavior |
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Spine is a column of 33 bones known as vertabrae
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7 neck
12 thorax 5 lumbar 5 pelvis 4 Coccyx |
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Symptoms and signs of spinal injuries
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Symptoms: Pain without movement, tenderness, paralysis of extremities
Signs: Deformity, Impaired breathing, Loss of bladder control |
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Treatment for heat stroke
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Apply ice packs to armpits, wrists, ankles, groin and neck
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Treatment for hypothermia
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Do not rub frozen areas or rewarm rapidly
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When analyzing a person what should you ask them to recall?
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PPTE
- Person (who are they) - Place (where are they) - Time (what time is it) - Event (what happened to you) |
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Diabetes symptoms
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Hyperglycemia - Slow onset, high blood sugar warm/dry skin
Hypoglycemia - Rapid onset, low blood sugar, pale/moist skin |
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Pregnancy gestation times
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Term is 37 -42 weeksPre-term is less that 37 weeksPost term is greater than 42 weeks
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