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23 Cards in this Set
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Ambulance Response |
Is fixed or mobile |
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Emergency Services Communicator May determine... |
Escalation of ambulance resources to an emergency during call or BY THE AMBULANCE CREW ON SCENE |
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First Response |
ERV May have one paramedic in the unit and will not normally transport a patient. The units are utilized to Respond to a scene to provide pre-hospital emergency care bc they are the closest unit to the scene or have a higher level of patient care |
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All Ambulance Communication Centres are governed by |
Ministry of Health & Long Term Care |
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Pre-Alert Questions |
Is/Can the Patient... Awake? Speak? Breathing? Breathing Normally? Bleeding? Profusely Bleeding? |
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Card #4 |
Animal Bites |
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ARIS |
Ambulance Response Information System |
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Dispatch Procedures- Priority Codes |
Dead - Code 5- Obviously Dead Other - Code 8 - Standby Call |
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Dx |
Diagnosis |
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Hx |
History |
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Tx |
Treatment |
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Fracture |
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Pt |
Patient |
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Ambulatory |
Walking or able to walk |
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Angina |
A spasmodic cramp like choking feeling or pain |
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Aspiration |
Inhalation of a substance into the lungs |
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Carbon Monoxide |
Tasteless colourless odourless gas - toxic if inhaled |
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Contusion |
Bruise |
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Hematoma |
Deep collection of blood in a muscle or tissue following a blow or contusion |
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Hypoxia |
Deficiency of oxygen in the organs and tissues of the body |
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Septicaemia |
Blood poisoning |
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Syncope |
Temporary state of unconsciousness or fainting |
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Triage |
Sorting of casualties according to initial examination and determination of required treatment |
