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27 Cards in this Set
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What is meant by the term Nature of Illness?
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What is medically wrong with a patient.
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What is scene size up?
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Scene safety, BSI, note mechanism of injury/nature of illness, number of patients, additional resources.
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What is the term for the area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other incident within which special safety precautions should be taken?
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Danger zone
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What is a mechanism of injury?
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a force or forces that may have caused injury
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Define blunt force trauma
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injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues
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What is the term for an injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissues?
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A Penetrating Injury
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What is meant by the term index of suspicion?
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Awareness that there may be injuries.
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What are A, B, C's?
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an acronym for Airway, Breathing, Circulation
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What is AVPU?
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a memory aid for classifying a patient's levels of responsiveness, or mental status.
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What does the acronym AVPU stand for?
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Alert
Verbal Painful Stimuli Unresponsive |
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Define the term Chief Complaint
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the reason EMS was called, in the patients own words.
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What are interventions?
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actions taken to correct a patient's problem
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Define general impression
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impression of the patient's condition that is formed on first approaching the patient, based on the patients environment, chief complaint and appearance.
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What is an accepted range for a danger zone when there are no apparent hazards?
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50ft. in all directions from the wreckage
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What is an accepted range for a danger zone when a vehicle has caught fire or fuel has been spilled?
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100ft. in all directions away from all wreckage and fuel. Ambulance should be parked upwind. Use orange traffic cones to redirect traffic.
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What is an accepted range for a danger zone when wires are down?
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At least one full span of wires away from the poles to which the broken lines are attached.
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What is an accepted range for a danger zone when Hazardous Material is involved?
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Consult the ERG (Emergency Response Guidebook), or ask the Incident Commander to consult an agency such as CHEMTREC. When there is no evidence of a spill you may be allowed to park as close as 50 ft. In other instances you may be required to park as far as 2,000 ft. as in the case of high explosives being involved. In all cases park upwind and behind a barrier. If gases are involved park where the threat of rising gases is eliminated.
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What are some potential sources of significant danger at the scene of an emergency?
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1.) Large crowds, fighting and loud voices.
2.) Weapons (visible or in use) 3.) Signs of alcohol or other drug use. 4.) Unusual silence 5.) Knowledge of prior violence |
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How many collisions take place in an automobile accident?
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Three;
1.) vehicle collision, when a vehicle strikes an object. 2.) body collision, when the body strikes the vehicle's interior. 3.) organ collusion, when organs strikethe interior surfaces of the victim's body. |
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What types of collision are possible in a vehicle?
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1.) head-on
2.) rear-end 3.) side impact (broadside/ t-bone) 4.) rollover 5.) rotational (spin) |
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What determines whether a victim of a fall should be transported to the nearest trauma center?
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Falling from heights of 20ft. or more if the victim is an adult. Heights of greater than 10ft. or 2-3 times greater than their own height for a child.
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What are two ways in which bullets damage the body?
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Direct Damage and Cavitation
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During an initial assessment, what is the order of precedence for a patient showing signs of life?
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Airway, breathing and circulation
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During an initial assessment, what is the order of precedence for a patient with no pulse and showing no signs of life?
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Circulation, airway and breathing
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What is agonal breathing?
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Occasional, short and ineffective breathing
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What does the acronym OPQRSTI stand for?
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Onset
Provokes Quality Radiation Severity Time |
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What is a normal pulse rate for an adult?
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60-100 BPM, at rest
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