AAOS 11th Edition Medical Exam Flashcards

A vocabulary-focused study set based on the AAOS 11th Edition Medical Exam Study Guide covering chapters 1 through 23.

EMS Regulation

The State level of government is responsible for EMS regulation regarding EMT requirements and violations.

Medical Control Communication Routes

Communication from Medical Control is categorized into two routes: Online (direct) and Offline (indirect/standing orders).

Stages of the Grieving Process

The five stages typically include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

Advanced Directives

Written documents that specify medical treatment for a competent patient should they become unable to make decisions.

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)

A specific type of advance directive that gives permission to medical providers not to attempt resuscitation in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest.

Libel

Defamation that is communicated in writing.

Slander

Defamation that is communicated through spoken words.

Transfer of Care

The formal handover of a patient to a hospital professional with a certification level equal to or higher than the EMS provider.

Hypoxic Drive

A backup system to control respirations by monitoring oxygen levels, often used by the body when chronically high carbon dioxide levels are present.

Respiratory Distress

A clinical state characterized by increased effort in breathing while maintaining adequate gas exchange.

Respiratory Failure

The reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intake and carbon dioxide removal are not sufficient to support life.

Signs

Objective findings that can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, or measured.

Symptoms

Subjective findings that the patient feels and reports.

Battle’s signs

Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process that may indicate a skull fracture.

Raccoon eyes

Bruising under the eyes that may indicate a skull fracture.

Agonal respirations

Slow, shallow, gasping breaths that typically occur after the heart has stopped.

Cheynne Stokes

An irregular respiratory pattern characterized by a gradual increase and then decrease in the depth of breathing followed by a period of apnea.

Kussmal respirations

Deep, rapid breathing patterns, often associated with metabolic acidosis.

CPAP

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, a method of noninvasive ventilation used to treat respiratory distress.

Contraindication

A condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain medical treatment or medication due to the harm it would cause the patient.

Generic Name

The original chemical name of a medication, which is not capitalized.

Trade Name

The brand name that a manufacturer gives to a medication, which is capitalized as a proper noun.

Index of Suspicion

An awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries or illnesses may exist.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PCTA)

A procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries and restore blood flow to the heart muscle.

Referred Pain

Pain that is felt in a location of the body other than where the cause of the pain is actually located.

Organic Behavioral Disorder

A temporary or permanent dysfunction of the brain caused by a physical or physiological disturbance such as disease or drugs.

Functional Behavioral Disorder

A disorder in which the abnormal behavior cannot be traced to a physical cause, usually involving a psychological or psychiatric basis.