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1
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What are the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic?

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Preparation
Response
Scene Size-up
Patient Assessment
Patient Management
Disposition and transfer
Documentation
Cleanup, maintenance, and review
2
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What is the scoped of a paramedic?

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1) Critical care transport-transporting PT from one hospital to another.
2) Primary care- providing care for PT’s in the field
3) Tactical EMS- Providing sophisticated, prolonged, definitive patient care.
4) Industrial Medicine- Paramedics used on construction sites, oil rigs, and other facilities where unique skill are required.
5) Sports medicine- Injury prevention, and returning player to play as quickly and safely as possible.

3
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Quality Assurance

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A program designed to maintain continuous monitoring and measurement of the quality of clinical care delivered to patients.

4
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Continuous Quality Improvement

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A program designed to refine and improve an EMS system, emphasizing customer satisfaction.

5
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What are the phases of the stress response?

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Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

6
Q

What items need to be on PT care report?

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Times
Communications
Pertinent Negatives
Oral Statements
Additional Resources
Completed promptly after patient contact
Thorough- Not just data, but support for diagnosis and treatment
Objective- Not emotional
Accurate- limit report to things I have seen and heard
Maintains Patients Confidentiality- Get patient release of information if possible.

7
Q

Percentage of Body’s Water

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Intracellular fluid- 75%
Extracellular fluid- 25%
Interstitial fluid—- 17.5%
Intravascular fluid- 7.5%

8
Q

Cranial Nerve III

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Oculomotor Nerve

  • Muscular sensibility
  • Ocular Movement
  • Pupil Contraction
9
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Cranial Nerve IV

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Trochlear Nerve

  • Muscular sensibility
  • Ocular movement
10
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Cranial Nerve V

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Trigeminal Nerve

  • General sensibility of face
  • Muscular Sensibility of head
  • Mastication
11
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Cranial Nerve VI

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Abducens Nerve

  • Muscular sensibility
  • Ocular movement
12
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Cranial Nerve VII

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Facial Nerve

  • Cutaneous sensibility
  • Facial Expression
  • Visceral sensibility
  • Taste
  • Glandular secretion
13
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Cranial Nerve VIII

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Acoustic Nerve

  • Hearing
  • Sense of Equilibrium
14
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Cranial Nerve IX

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Glossopharyngeal Nerve

  • Visceral sensibility
  • Taste
  • Swallowing
  • Glandular secretion
15
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Cranial Nerve X

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Vagus Nerve

  • Taste
  • Swallowing and speech
  • Cutaneous sensibility
  • Visceral sensibility
  • Involuntary muscle control
16
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Cranial Nerve XI

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Spinal Accessory Nerve

  • Swallowing and speech
  • Movement of head and shoulders
17
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Cranial Nerve XII

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Hypoglossal Nerve

-Movement of the tongue