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65 Cards in this Set
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The leading cause of death from unintentional injuries in the United States is?
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Motor Vehicle Collisions
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What is a key indicator of ptoentially poor health in newborns?
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Low birth Weight
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Social, religious, or personal standars of right and wrong are called?
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Morals
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Programs that focus on injury prevention are _______ prevention activitities.
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Primary (prevention activities)
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To practice, Paramedics must be approved not only by a state or provincial agency but also by the ????
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EMS system medical director.
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Paramedics carry out their tasks in the prehospital setting as designated agents of the ?
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EMS systems medical director
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A major advance in the development of EMS as a true health-care profession was the?
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1998 EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curriculum
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The collection, ananlysis, and interpretation of injury data for planning, implementing, and evaluating public-health practice is known as an?
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Injury Surveillance Program
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What is the goal for ALS response times in an effective EMS system?
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Nine minutes or less, 80% of the time...
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When alalyzing an ethical problem, the method in which you ask yourself whether you can vindicate your actions to others is know as the ?
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Interpersonal Justifiability Test.
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The degree of care, skill, and judgement that would be expected of Paramedics is known as?
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Standard of Care
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A method of sorting pts by the severity of their injuries
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TRIAGE
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When a qualified physician gives direct orders to a prehospital care provider by either radio or telephone it is known as?
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On-line Medical Direction
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The medical policies, procedures, and practices that medical direction has set up in advance of a call
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Off-line Medical direction
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Preauthorized treatment procedures: a type of treatment protocol
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STANDING ORDERS
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The process by which an agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met it qualifications
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CERTIFICATION
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The process by which a governmental agency grants permission to engage in a given occupation to an applicant who has attained the degree of competency required to ensure the publics health
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LICENSURE
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Refers to the existence of a specialized body of knowledge or skills
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PROFESSION
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Conventional cab and chassis on which a module ambulance body is mounted, with no passageway between the driver's and pt compartments
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Type I
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A standard van, body, and cab form oan integral unit. Most have a raised roof.
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Type II
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The degree of care, skill, and judgement that would be expected of Paramedics is known as?
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Standard of Care
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A method of sorting pts by the severity of their injuries
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TRIAGE
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When a qualified physician gives direct orders to a prehospital care provider by either radio or telephone it is known as?
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On-line Medical Direction
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The medical policies, procedures, and practices that medical direction has set up in advance of a call
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Off-line Medical direction
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Preauthorized treatment procedures: a type of treatment protocol
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STANDING ORDERS
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The process by which an agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met it qualifications
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CERTIFICATION
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The process by which a governmental agency grants permission to engage in a given occupation to an applicant who has attained the degree of competency required to ensure the publics health
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LICENSURE
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Refers to the existence of a specialized body of knowledge or skills
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PROFESSION
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Conventional cab and chassis on which a module ambulance body is mounted, with no passageway between the driver's and pt compartments
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Type I
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A standard van, body, and cab form oan integral unit. Most have a raised roof.
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Type II
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A specialty van with forward cab, integral body, and a passageway from the drivers compartment to the pts compartment
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Type III Ambulance
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Provides the highest level of trauma care a facility is capable of
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Level I
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This facility may not have a specialty pediatrics or a neurosurgeon on site
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Level II
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This facility generally does not have immediate surgical facilities available
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Level III
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The study of how disease affects normal body processes.
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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Active exercise during which muscles are worked through their range of motion
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Isotonic Exercise
ex.dumbell press and bench press. |
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Core elements of physical fitness are
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Cardiovascular Endurance
muscular strength and flexibility |
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Active exercise performed against stable resistance, where muscles are exercised in a motionless manner
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Isometric Exercises
ex:pushups, squats, leg extentions |
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Any disease caused by the growth of pathogenic microorganisms which may be spread from person to person
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Infectious Disease
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Microorganisms capable of producing disease, such as bacteria and viruses
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Pathogens
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A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious
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Standard Precautions
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The time between contact with a disease organism and the appearance of the first syptoms
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Incubation period
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Given enough time, a person experiencing a significant loss usually works through THESE five stages of loss
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Denial (not me)
Anger (why me) Bargaining (okay, but first let me) Depression (okay but i havent) Acceptance (okay, Im not afraid) |
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When giving the news of a death, remember a person experiences a paralyzing surge of grief for at least
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5-15 minutes
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A stimulus that causes stress
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Stressor
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a hardship or strain; a physical or emotional response to a stimulus
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Stress
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3 stages of a stress response
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1.alarm
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Epinephrine and norepinephrine from the adrenal glands increase heart rate, blood pressure,dilate pupils, increase blood sugar, slow digestion and relas the bronchial tree in this phase of Stress response
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ALARM
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The "fight or flight" phenomenon occurs when the body physically and rapidly prepares to defend itself against a perceived threat in this phase of Stress response
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ALARM
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When the individual begins to cope with stress the pulse and blood pressure may return to normal in this phase of Stress Response
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RESISTANCE
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Prolonged exposure to the same stressors leads to exhaustion of an individuals ability to resist and adapt in this Stage of stress response
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EXHAUSTION
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The study of factors that influence the frequency, distribution, and causes of injury, disease, and other health-related events in a population
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
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A situation that puts people in danger of injury
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INJURY RISK
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These types of injury makes up about one third of all injury related deaths and include, rape, assault, and domestic, elder, and child abuse
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INTENTIONAL INJURY
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Ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of injury data importan to public health practice
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INJURY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
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The time shortly after an injury when pts and observers may be more receptive to teaching about how similar injuries may be prevented in the future
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TEACHABLE MOMENT
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Keeping and injury or illness from ever occurring
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PRIMARY PREVENTION
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Medical care after and injury or illness that helps to prevent further problems from occurring
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SECONDARY PREVENTION
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Rehabilitation after an injury or illness that helps to prevent further problems from occurring
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TERTIARY PREVENTION
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Established to U.S. Department of Transportation, a cabinet0level department that provided matching grants to states for emergency medical services and forced them to develope effective EMS systems or risks losing federal highway construction funds
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1966 National Highway Safety Act
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The principle of doing good for the patient
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BENEFICENCE
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The obligation not to harm the patient
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NONMALEFICENCE
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Ethics as applied to the human body
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BIOETHICS
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Social, religious, or personal standards of right and wrong
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MORALS
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The rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession
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ETHICS
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