Keep weight close to your body when lifting a patient.
Use their legs when lifting a patient.
Position their feet properly when lifting a patient.
Not move a patient.
An ambulance stretcher
A Stokes basket
A stair chair
The firefighter's carry
Power lifting
Body mechanics
Power training
Body lifting
You may aggravate an already existing spinal injury.
You may trip and fall, possibly hurting yourself.
You may frighten the patient.
All the above.
The Cradle carry
The Pack Strap carry
The Firefighter's carry
The Piggy Back carry
Expressed care
Implied care
Standard of care
Scope of practice
The American Red Cross
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Food And Drug Administration (FDA)
Failure to act
Abandonment
Negligence
Malpractice
Battery and a civil rights violation.
Expressed Consent
Implied Consent
Negligence
Expressed consent
Implied consent
Informed consent
Involuntary consent
They provide emotional support for victims after an emergency.
They help prehospital care providers, in-hospital providers, and police agencies deal with stress from a difficult emergency.
They provide emergency equipment to prehospital care providers during emergency situations.
They provide government funding to victims of emergency situations, and other natural disasters.
Recognize the patient's needs.
Offer comfort.
Give the patient or family members false hope.
Be tolerant of the angry reactions from the patients or their family members.
Infectious disease prevention.
Body substance isolation.
Immunity.
Universal precautions.
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100
150
250
To learn as much medical terminology as possible, in order to effectively communicate with EMTs and Paramedics.
To know the major internal structures and the general locations of these structures.
To have a strong knowledge of the anatomical internal structure of the human body.
All the above
Standing, facing forward, with hands and palms facing forward.
Standing, facing forward, with hands and palms facing backward.
Lying supine, with hands and palms facing upward.
Lying prone, with hands and palms facing downward.
Posterior
Medial
Lateral
Anterior
Distal
Proximal
Superior
Inferior
Right upper quadrant
Left upper quadrant
Right lower quadrant
Left lower quadrant
Pre-hospital Care Chain (PCC)
Chain Of Life (COL)
Emergency Medical Services system (EMS)
Emergency Human Resource Chain (EHRC)
First Responder
EMT-Basic
EMT-Intermediate
EMT-Paramedic
Designated Agent
Medical Director
Medical Agent
Standing Orders Physician
On-line
Off-line
Remote
Standard
Standard of care.
Scope of care.
Scope of practice.
Standard of practice.
Endocrine system.
Immune system.
Nervous system.
Auto-immune system.