07-01-2022 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Implied Consent
Any adult or child that needs help and unconscious.
Informed Consent
Inform them the risks of refusing treatment.
Involuntary Consent
If you don’t have the mental capacity or if you’re threatening suicide.
Expressed Consent
They give you consent to examine.
Critical Incident Debriefing
After a traumatic incident.
Send a psychologist.
They need to do it in 24 hours.
Conduction
Transfer of heat out of your body.
Old man with shirt off - how did he lose heat?
Restraining
Positional Asphyxiation
Putting someone in a position where they can’t breathe.
Soft Restraints
Leather or velcro.
Hard Restraints
Steel or shackles.
Spit Sack
Goes over someone’s head that’s spitting.
ERG (Emergency Response Guide)
Guide that shows you how to respond to an emergency.
UH Placard
Four sides of the truck.
Shows what type of hazardous material.
Explosive placard / corrosive placard.
Trains will have placards on 5 sides. (Also on top).
Chemical Exposure Attacks
Rapid Onset (Signs & Symptoms)
Biological Attack
Slow to incubate.
Geiger Meter
If it goes off, you need to go back until it shuts off.
DNR
Needs a doctor signature.
Needs a date.
Needs a POA.
POA (Power of Attorney)
Speaking for the patient / Overrides a DNR
Confined Space
50% of rescuers die trying to save the victim.
Amenorrhea
Missed period.
Dysmenorrhea
Painful period.