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EMS Vocab
EMCC Class of 2011 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definitive Care | Best care a patient is able to recieve |
| Protocols | SOP's, Treatment of patient |
| Off-line Medical Direction | Medical Director giving you the right to do protocols |
| On-line Medical Direction | Talking to the Medical Director directly by phone |
| Pathogen | Disease-causing microorganism |
| Body Substince Isolation(BSI) | Concept that treats all bodily fluids as potentially infectious |
| Synovial fluid | Fluid within a joint |
| Universal precautions | Procedures for infection control that assume vlood is potentially infectious |
| Virulent | Strong, resistant |
| Blood Titre | Blood test, check for antibodies |
| MCI | (Mass Casualty Incident) 3 or more patients, outnumber rescuers |
| Perseverate | Cannot let it go, stop it, stays on one topic |
| Insomnia | Unable to sleep |
| Dependent Lividity | Blood pooling due to staying in one spot for a long period of time |
| Rigor Motis | Stiffining of the body after death |
| Cyanotic | Turns blue from no or low oxygen |
| Syncopal Episode | Simple faint(Put the patient Trendelenburg position) |
| Supine | On their back |
| Trendelenburg position | Supine, Feet elevated 12" (Shock Position) |
| Prone | Lying face down |
| Lateral | Lying on their side |
| Good Samaritan Law | Acting when you did not have to then have been sued unsuccesfully **Render aid without being paid |
| Ethics | Guidelines of right and wrong of work behavior |
| Expressed Consent | The Patient lets you know, Verbally or nonverbally that he or she is willing to accept treatment |
| Consent | Approval or permission |
| Implied Consent | Recieve medical care because the patient is underage, badly injured, or unconsious |
| Battery | Unlawful touching or hitting |
| Competent | Able to make decisions about personal well-being |
| Abandonment | Failure of first responder to continue emergency treatment until someone with the same or higher level of training arrives |
| Duty to act | First responders legal responsobility to respond promptly to an emergency scene |
| Crepitus | End of a bone, Degrating of bone end |
| Assualt | Threat of danger |
| Emancipated Minors | Must go to court; absolve parents, have you gone to court? If no, then you treat, if yes, show me the papers, if no papers, you treat. |
| DNR | Do Not Resucitate(Doctors Signature and current) |
| Living Will | No extreme measures to be kept alive |
| Health Care Proxy | Signature for a one time hospital visit (DNR) |
| H-HealthI-InsuranceP-PortabilityA-AccountabilityA-Act | Cannot talk about calls To anybody Unless it is in CISD(Critical Incident Stress Debrief) |
| Erthrocytes | Red blood cells |
| Fissures | Suture lines |
| Skull | Protects brain |
| Orbita | Eye socket |
| Zygomatics | Cheek Bone |
| Maxilla | Upper Jaw Bone |
| Mandible | Lower Jaw bone |
| Clavical | Collar bone |
| Articulate | Connects to, joins with |
| Sternum | Breast bone |
| Xiphoid process | Arrowhead at base of sternum |
| 12 pairs of ribs | Thoracic chest cavity, ribs articulate with sternum and spine |
| Shoulder Girdle | Two Clavicals and Two Scapulas |
| Humerus | Upper Arm Bone |
| Radius | Lower arm thumb side bone |
| Ulna | Lower arm fingers side bone |
| Carpals | Wrist bone |
| Phalanges | Finger and Toe bones |
| Metacarpals | Hand Bone |
| Foreman magnum | (hole) in base of skull |
| Cervical Spine | 7 Vertebrae (33 Spine) |
| Thoracic Vertebrae | 12 Vertebrae, T1-T12 at nipple line |
| Lumbar spine | 5 Vertebrae L1-L5 |
| Sacrum | 5 Vertebrae S1-S5 |
| Coccyx | 4 Vertebrea, Tailbone |
| Pubis Symphysis | Cartilage in pelvis |
| Radial Pulse | Most accessible |
| Coratid Pulse | Most reliable |
| Femural Pulse | Hardest to find |
| Anterior | Front |
| Posterior | Back |
| Midline | Verticle lines seperate body into right and left halves |
| Medial | Closer to midline |
| Lateral | Away from midline |
| Proximal | Closer to trunk |
| Distal | Away from trunk |
| Superior | Closer to head |
| Inferior | Closer to feet |
| Nasopharangeal Airway | Nasal airpath |
| Oropharangeal Airway | Mouth to throat airway |
| Pharynx | Throat |
| Bifurcates | Splits off into a "Y" |
| Hypoxic | Low O2 |
| Vena Cava | Biggest vein in body |
| Larynx | Voice Box |
| Trachea | Windpipe |
| Bronchi | Branches in the lungs |
| Aveoli | Tiny air sacs |
| Blood Flow of heart | Vena Cava (Ascending and Decending) |
| Veins | Unoxygenated blood (blue) (low pressure) (blood oozes out) |
| Artery | Oxygenated blood (red) (high pressure) (spurting out) |
| Tricuspid Valve | One way valve in heart (trapped door) |
| Pulmonary Vein | Carries oxygenated blood (From lungs, into left ventricle) |
| Pulmonary Artery | Carries deoxygenated blood (into lungs, alveoli) (O2 and CO2 Transfer) |
| Aortic Arch | Artery to the body |
| Mitral Valve | Left valve |
| Skeletal Muscles | Provide movement, support |
| Smooth Muscles | Carry out automatic functions |
| Cardiac Muscle | Only in heart |
| Automaticity | Property of heart muscle |
| Perfusion | O2 to all cells |
| Jaundice | Liver Failure |
| Heat Stroke | Hot dry skin |
| Heat exhaustion | Moist, clamy, warm |
| Ashen | Color of death |
| Hemorrage | Uncontrolled Bleeding |
| Systolic | Top number of BP Scan |
| AMS | Altered Mental Status |
| OPQRSTI | Onset, Provoking, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time, Intervention |
| Impending Doom | "I just dont feel right" |
| Anascoria | Unequal pupils |
| Syncope | Simple faint |
| SOB | Shortness of Breath |
| n/v | Nausea or Vomiting |
| DiaphoresisDiaphoretic | Sweating perfusely |
| MI | Myocradial Infraction |
| AAA | Abdominal Aortic Anurism |
| Tachycardia | Rapid Pulse |
| Edema | Swelling |
| Pitting Edema | Fluid slowly goes back around swelling |
| Altered Mental Status | Sudden or Gradual decrease in 02 |
| CVA | Cerebral Vascular Accident |
| Grand mal Seizure | Generalized Seizure |
| Petite mal Seizure | Small Seizure, Staring absent into space |
| Hysterical Seizure | Fake Grand mal Seizure |
| Itis | Imflammation or infection |
| Ulcers | Infflammed tissue or organ, a hole |
| Ingestion | By the mouth |
| Inhalation | By the nose |
| Absorption | Through the skin or tissue |
| Injection | Entered into the blood stream |
| Perfusion | Circulation of blood through organ |
| Hypoperfusion | Inadequate circulation of blood through organ |
| Open wound | Injury where skin is interrupted or broken, exposing the tissue |
| Abrasion | Smooth |
| Laceration | Jagged |
| Incision | Clean and Smooth |
| Avulsion | Flap (Fingers and Toes) |
| Punctures | Enterance and Exit |
| Amputation | Severed, Off (Hands, Legs, Feet, Arm) |
| GSW | Gun Shot Wound |
| Evisceration | Bowels are exposed |
| Dressing | Covers wound, should be sterile |
| Bandage | Holds the dressing in place, Not sterile |
| Ovaries | Produce eggs |
| Uterus | Holds fertilized egg for development |
| Fallopian tubes | COnnects ovaries and uterus |
| Birth canal(vagina) | External opening |
| Ectopic Pregnancy | Eggs fertilizes in tubes |
| Fetus | Developing baby |
| Umbilical cord | Delivers nutrition and removes waste products from infant |
| Placenta | Draws nutrients from the uterus which are then transported t hrough the umbilical cord |
| Epidermis | Outer-most layer of skin |
| Dermis | Second layer of skin (Nerves and capillaries) |
| Subcutanious | Fatty layer (Glands and oil) |
| Rule of Nine | Method of determining burns on body |
| Palmar Method | use the patients hand to measure burns |
| Copius | Lots and lots and lots |
| PSDE | Painfull, Swollen, Deformety, Extremety |
| PORT | Position, Oxygen, Rebreather, Temperature |
| Ecchymosis | Black and blue, color of contusion |
| Meningies | Layer that surrounds the brain |
| Duramater | Covering layer of brain(outer) |
| Achracnoid | Layer outer of the duramater |
| Piamater | Covering layer of brain(inner) |
| Rye Syndrome | Caving in of chest for air |
| Stridor | Noisy upper airway obstruction "seal bark" "croup" |
| Hypovolemic | Low Volume |
| Febrile Seizures | High fever, may have no fever history |
| Poor skin turgor | Tenting, sign of dehydration (pinch and pull upper palm) |
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