Final Study Guide for EMT-3. VERIFIED.

Final Study Guide for EMT May 30th, 2017 @ 800 to 1300 1. Automated external defibrillator (AED): A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electoral shock to the patient. a. Who can use an AED? i. Any lay person can use it. 2. If someone has been down for a while you will conduct CPR first, and then you will use the AED. a. Rate 100-120 b. Ratio 30:2 3. What are the 2 pules an AED detects? a. Ventricular Tachycardia b. Ventricular fibrillation 4. Blood Bourne pathogens: a. Pathogenic microorganisms that are present on human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus and HIV. b. Which one has a vaccination? i. Hepatitis b c. Hepatitis C has no vaccinations either does HIV 5. You should obtain a full set of vital signs every? a. 5 mins for unstable pt b. 15 mins for a stable pt 6. The 5 stages of grieving: a. Denial b. Anger c. Bargaining d. Depression e. Acceptance 7. What is the time limit for stress debriefing? a. 24 to 72 hours on major accidents. 8. Distil: a. structures that are farther from the trunk or free end of the extremity 9. Proximal: a. closer to the trunk 10. Distil and proximal Ex: a. Distal is going down, proximal is going up. For example, someone shot the middle of my upper arm. It is distal to my shoulder but proximal to my elbow. 11. All the consents. a. Expressed consent (or actual consent): the type of consent given when the patient verbally or otherwise acknowledges that he or she wants to provide care or transport. i. Ex: if you ask a patient if you can check his or her blood pressure and the patient extends an arm to you, the patient is expressing consent nonverbally. b. Implied Consent: When a person is unconscious or otherwise incapable of making a rational, informed decision about care, and unable to give consent to care the law assumes that the patient would give consent to care and transport to a medical facility if he or she were able to do so. c. Involuntary consent: Assisting patients who are mentally ill, developmentally delayed, or who are in behavioral (psychologic) crisis is complicated. i. Ex: An adult patient who is mentally incompetent is not able to give informed consent. Consent from a parent or guardian must be given in the case of a minor if they are not available you treat the minor. Prisoners fall under this consent as well. d. Minors and Consent: When a parent is cannot be reached to provide consent, health care providers are allowed to give emergency care to the child. Some minors can give consent based on the minors age, and maturity. Emancipated minors can be legally treated as adults based on certain circumstances. 12. Assault: a. Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm 13. Battery: a. Unlawfully touching a patient or providing emergency case without consent. 14. DNR a. Do Not resuscitate b. Living will c. Does not mean do not treat. d. Advance directive e. DNR does not mean “Do not treat” As an EMT you are expected to provide comfort measures. Such as providing supplemental oxygen. 15. Review anatomy again. a. If possible try to insert complete diagram here. 16. Blood vessels consist of? a. Arteries - arterioles – capillaries – venules - veins 17. The main airways in the lungs are? a. Bronchi - Bronchioles - Alveoli 18. What are the vertebrae? a. Cervical (7) b. Thoracic (12) c. Lumbar (5) d. Sacrum (5) e. Coccyx (4-5) 19. Forum magnum: a. Large hole on the bottom of the skull that the spinal cord runs through and connect to the brain 20. Cerebrum is composed of 4 lobes: a. Frontal b. Proximal