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Chapter 1 Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, & Public Health
Provides both basic and limited a...,
Protects individuals with a docum...,
Similar to the first responder le...
18  cards
Chapter 2 Workforce Safety & Wellness of EMT's
A state of exhaustion and irritab...,
Washing an object with soap and w...,
Any event that causes an unusuall...
11  cards
Chapter 3 Medical, Legal, & Ethical Issues
Scope of practice,
Standard of care,
2 principles of standard of care
53  cards
Chapter 4 Documentation
What is the most common type of r...,
What is the function of a pcr,
What is continuity of care
33  cards
Chapter 5 Comunication
What is a ems base station,
What are mobile radios,
What are repeaters
23  cards
Chapter 6 Lifting & Moving Patients
Defined as the safest and most ef...,
Should be performed when there is...,
Another extreme of poor posture i...
8  cards
Chapter 7 Anatomy, Physiology, & Terinology
What is anatomy,
What is physiology,
What is the anatomical position o...
162  cards
Chapter 8 Pathophysiology
The breakdown of molecules such a...,
What process occurs in the fluid ...,
What are some other by products o...
74  cards
Chapter 9 Life Span Development
Refers to a child between 12 and ...,
Soft spot on a infants head,
Refers to a child from 1 month to...
13  cards
Chapter 10 Airway Management, Artifical Ventilation, & Oxygennation
1 what is the adams apple 2 what ...,
1 what is agonal respiration 2 is...,
What is alveolar ventilation
3  cards
Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter13 Patient Assessment
Identified by no chest wall movem...,
Breathing of fluids into the lungs,
What is the mnemonic for assessme...
71  cards
Chapter 20 Diabetic Emergency
Ia condition in which there is a ...,
What are the 3 major food sources...,
What is the primary energy source...
66  cards
Chapter 19 Seizures and Syncope
A sudden and temporary alteration...,
Jerky muscle contractions are kno...,
What is a common cause of seizures
31  cards
Chapter 18 Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and headache
A significant indication of injur...,
The range for altered mental stat...,
There are two functioning compone...
18  cards
Chapter 17 cardiac emergency
Has 3 major components the heart ...
1  cards
chapter 26 Behavior emergencies
A mental state and physiology res...,
Is the state of painful uneasines...,
A way a person acts or performs
15  cards
chapter 25 Submersion Incidents
Is an incident in which someone i...,
Refers to medical conditions resu...,
Is bloating of the stomach when a...
27  cards
chapter 24 Enviromnetal Emergencies
Active which employs a heat sourc...,
The mechanism of ________ causes ...,
Causes cold air molecules that ar...
20  cards
Chapther 23 Abodominal, Hematological, Gynecologic, Genitourinary and renal emergency
The largest artery in the abdomin...,
When the large blood vessel aorta...,
Largest hollow space of the body ...
52  cards
Chapter 22
Chemicals that contact the skin m...,
A substance that absorbs poisons ...,
A substance which can counteract ...
27  cards
Chapter 21 Anaphylactic reactions
A type of antigen that produces a...,
Life threatening allergic reaction,
Life threatening allergic reactio...
18  cards
Chapter 30 Musckuloskeletal Trauma and NonTraumatic Fractures
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Chapter 14
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chapter 15
A sudden severe allergic reaction...,
A dire form of cardiac arrest in ...,
A portable electronic device that...
28  cards
chapter 16
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chapter 27
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chapter 28
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chapter 29
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chapter 31 Head Trauma
A loss of the ability to create n...,
Also mastoid ecchymosis is an ind...,
The funnel shaped inferior part a...
27  cards
chapter 32
A type of incomplete spinal cord ...,
A loss of sensation and motor fun...,
Is an acute cervical spinal cord ...
17  cards
chapter 33 Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
The space in the eye that is behi...,
Is the thin transparent tissue th...,
Clear front portion of the eye wh...
12  cards
chapter 34
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chapter 35
Abdominal organs protrusion throu...,
Shoulder pain that is referred fr...,
The anterior abdominal cavity tha...
5  cards
chapter 36
The premature separation of the p...,
Trauma in which more than one maj...
2  cards
chapter 37
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chapter 38 Pediatrics
Causing deliberate harm to anothe...,
A child 12 18 years of age is kno...,
Increased respiratory effort caus...
17  cards
chapter 39
With rapid onset,
Stereotyping or discriminating ag...,
Disease characterized by cerebral...
28  cards
chapter 40
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chapter 41
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chapter 42
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chapter 43
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chapter 44
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chapter 45Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Manaement
A sudden catastrophic event that ...,
A systematic tool used for the co...,
Is the person responsible for all...
12  cards
chapter 46
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