Paramedic Final Exam Prep – Study Guide – complete exam material

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WRMSD
work related musculoskeletal disorders




OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration




Abduction
moving away from the midline of the body




Adduction
moving toward the midline of the body




WRMSD risk factors include:
physical, psychosocial, individual, and ergonomic




7 occupational risk factor that lead to WRMSDs

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Repetative activities, forceful activities, static muscle load, bad body posture,
mechanical stress, vibration, and cold




Percentage of sonographers that scan in pain
90%




Area where most people experience pain and injury
shoulders




WRMSD symptoms start in sonographers.....
15% within 6 months from the start of employement
45% within 3 years
72% within 10 years




Percentage of shoulder injuries
84%




Percentage of neck injuries
83%

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Percentage of wrist injuries
61%




Percentage of back injuries
58%




Percentage of hand injuries
56%




When scanning, elbows should be at what degree?
90 degree angle and close to the body




Maximum degrees of your arm extending when scanning
30 degrees




MSI
muscular skeletal injury




RMI

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repetative motion injury




RSI
repetative strain injury




CTD
cumulative trauma disorder




supine
lying on the back




prone
lying on the stomach




decubitus
lying on the side




(RLD) right lateral decubitus
lying on the right side