EMT Chapter 5 (emergency care & transportation of the sick and injured)

prefix describes?

location & intensity

suffix describes?

procedure

right/left from?

patient's perspective

inferior

near feet

medial

closer to midline

bilateral

both sides

proximal

closer to trunk

distal

farther from trunk/lower extremity

deep

farther inside body/tissue away from skin

ventral

belly side/anterior

dorsal

spinal side/posterior

palmar

front region of hand

plantar

bottom of foot

apex/apices

tip of structure

prone

back facing sky

supine

back facing floor

fowler

sitting upright with legs bent up (45 degree angle) or flat down (90 degree angle)

recovery

lying to side one arm across chest

shock

NOT APPLICABLE TO PREHOSPITAL laying down with legs elevated up

flexion

bending of a joint

extension

straightening of a joint

abduction

motion away from midline

adduction

motion towards midline

superior

near head or near reference point

lateral

farther from midline

superficial

closer to or on skin

anterior

front surface

posterior

back surface