EMR Q1

ALS (advnaced life support)

The use of specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, intravenous fluids, drug infusion, and endotracheal

basic life support (BLS)

Emergency lifesaving procedures
performed without advanced emergency procedures to stabilize the conditions of patients who have experienced sudden illness or injury.

defibrillation

Delivery of an electric current through a per-
son's chest wall and heart for the purpose of ending lethal
heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation.

emergency medical technician (EMT)

A person who is
trained and certified to provide basic life support and certain other noninvasive prehospital medical procedures.

abandonment

Failure of the emergency medical responder to
continue emergency medical treatment until relieved by someone with the same or higher level of training.

advance directive

A legal document that indicates what a
person wants done it they cannot make their own medical decisions. Advance directives include living wills and durable power of attorney for health care

comptent

able to make rational decisions about personal well being

DNR (do not resuscitate) order

a written request given permission to medical personnel not to attept resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest

duty to act

an emergency medical responder's legal responsibility to respond promptly to an emergency scene and provide medical care within limits of training and available equipment

expressed consent

Consent actually given by a person authorizing the emergency medical responder to provide care or transportation

implied consent

consent to recieve emergency care that is assumed because the individual is unconscious underage or so badly injured or ill that he or she cannot respond

good samaritan law

law that encourages individuals to voluntarily help an injured or suddenly ill person by minimizing the liability for any errors or omissions in rendering good faith emergency care

anger

the second stage of the greif process when the person is experience greif becomes upset or angery at the greif causing event or other situation

bargaining

the third stage of the greif reaction when person experiencing freif barters to change the freif causing event

CISD

A svstem Of psyhological
support designed to reduce stress on emergencv personnel atter a major stress-producing incident

denial

The first stage of a grief reaction, when the person experiencing grief rejects the grief-causing event.

depression

The fourth stage of the grief reaction
when the person expresses despair - an absence of cheerfulness and hope- asa result of the greif causing event

AVPU

Alert, Verbal, Pain stimuli, Unresponsive

BSI

body substance isolation

PENMAN

personal protection, enviornmental safety, number of patients, mechanism of injury, additional units, need for specialtiy equipment

FEMA

fed

DHS

la county

DOT

fed/ambulance driving and liscense

primary assessment

introduction of self/pt, A/0 x3: orientation

ABC's

airway, breathing, circulation

A/O x3

person, place, time