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EMR Unit 8
vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Air medical transport | A type of transport to a medical facility or between medical facilities by helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft. |
| Audible warning devices | Devices in an emergency vehicle to warn oncoming and side traffic of the vehicle’s approach; includes both sirens and air horns. |
| Emergency medical dispatcher | A telecommunicator who has received special training for triaging a request for medical service and allocating appropriate resources to the scene of an incident |
| Jump kit | A bag or box containing equipment used by the emergency medical responder (EMR) when responding to a medical emergency; includes items such as resuscitation masks and airway adjuncts, gloves, blood pressure cuffs and bandages. |
| Landing zone | A term from military jargon used to describe any area where an aircraft, such as an air medical helicopter, can land safely. |
| Packaging | The process of getting a patient ready to be transferred safely from the scene to an ambulance or a helicopter. |
| Transferring | The responsibility of transporting a patient to an ambulance, as well as transferring information about the patient and incident to advanced medical personnel who take over care. |
| Trauma alert criteria | An assessment system used by EMS providers to rapidly identify those patients determined to have sustained severe injuries that warrant immediate evacuation for specialized medical treatment |
| Visual warning devices | Warning lights in an emergency vehicle that, used together with audible warning devices, alert other drivers of the vehicle’s approach. |
| Access | Reaching a patient who is trapped in a motor vehicle or a dangerous situation, for the purpose of extrication and providing medical care. |
| Complex access | In an extrication, the process of using specialized tools or equipment to gain access to the patient. |
| Cribbing | A system using wood or supports, arranged diagonally to a vehicle’s frame, to safely prop it up, creating a stable environment. |
| Extrication | The safe and appropriate removal of a patient trapped in a motor vehicle or a dangerous situation. |
| Rule of thumb | A guideline for positioning oneself far enough away from a scene involving hazardous material (HAZMAT) |
| Simple access | In an extrication, the process of getting to the patient without the use of equipment. |
| Vehicle stabilization | Steps taken to stabilize a motor vehicle in place so that it cannot move and cause further harm to patients or responders. |
| Cold zone | Also called the support zone, this area is the outer perimeter of the zones most directly affected by an emergency involving hazardous materials. |
| Emergency Response Guidebook | A resource available from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help identify hazardous materials and appropriate care for those exposed to them. |
| Flammability | The degree to which a substance may ignite. |
| Hazardous materials incident | Any situation that deals with the unplanned release of hazardous materials. |
| Hot zone | Also called the exclusion zone, this is the area in which the most danger exists from a HAZMAT incident. |
| Material Safety Data Sheet | A sheet (provided by the manufacturer) that identifies the substance, physical properties and any associated hazards for a given material (e.g., fire, explosion and health hazards), as well as emergency first aid. |
| Reactivity | The degree to which a substance may react when exposed to other substances. |
| Shipping papers | Documents drivers must carry by law when transporting hazardous materials; list the names, possible associated dangers and four-digit identification numbers of the substances. |
| Staging area | Location established where resources can be placed while awaiting tactical assignment. |
| Toxicity | The degree to which a substance is poisonous or toxic. |
| Warm zone | Also called the contamination reduction zone; the area immediately outside the hot zone. |
| Deceased | non-salvageable, A triage category of those involved in a multiple-(or mass-) casualty incident (MCI) who are obviously dead or who have suffered non-life-sustaining injuries. |
| Delayed care | A triage category of those involved in an MCI with an injury, but whose chances of survival will not be reduced by a delay. |
| Immediate care | A triage category of those involved in an MCI whose needs require urgent life-saving care. |
| Incident command system | A standardized, on-scene, all-hazards incident management approach that allows for the integration of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications operating within a common organizational structure |
| Multiple casualty incident | An incident that generates more patients than available resources can manage using routine procedures. |
| National Response Framework | The guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies— from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe. |
| Simple Triage and Rapid Transport | A method of triage that allows quick assessment and prioritization of injured people. |
| Triage | A method of sorting patients into categories based on the urgency of their need for care. |
| Triage tags | A system of identifying patients during an MCI; different colored tags signify different levels of urgency for care. |
| Walking wounded | A triage category of those involved in an MCI who are able to walk by themselves to a designated area to await care. |
| All-hazards approach | An approach to disaster readiness that involves the capability of responding to any type of disaster with a range of equipment and resources. |
| Asymptomatic | A situation in which a patient has no symptoms. |
| Atropine | An anticholinergic drug with multiple effects; used in antidotes to counteract the effects of nerve agents and to counter the effects of organophosphate poisoning. |
| Bioterrorism | The deliberate release of agents typically found in nature, such as viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, to cause illness or death in people, animals or plants. |
| Blast lung | Sometimes referred to as lung blast; the most common fatal primary blast injury, describing damage to the lungs caused by the over-pressurization wave from high-order explosives. |
| B NICE | An acronym for the five main types of terrorist weapons |
| CBRNE | The current acronym used by the Department of Homeland Security to describe the main types of weapons of mass destruction |
| DuoDote | A type of kit with pre-measured doses of antidote used to counteract the effects of nerve agents. |
| High-order explosives | Explosives such as TNT, nitroglycerin, etc., that produce a defining supersonic over-pressurization shockwave. |
| Incendiary weapons | Devices designed to burn at extremely high temperatures, such as napalm and white phosphorus; mostly designed to be used against equipment, though some (e.g. napalm) are designed to be used against people. |
| Low-order explosives | Explosives such as pipe bombs, gunpowder, etc., that create a subsonic explosion. |
| Mark I Kit | A type of kit with pre-measured doses of antidote to counteract the effects of nerve agents. |
| Morbidity | Illness; effects of a condition or disease. |
| Mortality | Death due to a certain condition or disease. |
| Nerve agents | Toxic chemical warfare agents that interrupt the chemical function of nerves. |
| Pralidoxime chloride | A drug contained in antidote kits used to counteract the effects of nerve agents, commonly called 2-PAM chloride. |
| Primary effects | In referring to explosive and incendiary devices, the effects of the impact of the over-pressurization wave from HE on body surfaces. |
| Secondary effects | In referring to explosive and incendiary devices, the impact of flying debris and bomb fragments against any body part. |
| Tertiary effects | The results of individuals being thrown by the blast wind caused by explosive and incendiary devices; can involve any body part. |
| WMD | Weapons of mass destruction. |
| Confined space | Any space with limited access that is not intended for continuous human occupancy; has limited or restricted means of entry or exit. |
| Distressed swimmer | A swimmer showing anxiety or panic; often identified as a swimmer who has gone beyond his or her swimming abilities. |
| Drowning | An event in which a victim experiences respiratory impairment due to submersion in water. Drowning may or may not result in death. |
| Active Drowning victim | Someone who is vertical in the water but has no supporting kick, is unable to move forward and cannot call out for help. |
| Passive Drowning victim | Someone who is not moving and is floating either face-up or face-down, on or near the surface of the water, or is submerged. |
| Litter | A portable stretcher used to carry a patient over rough terrain. |
| Non-swimming rescues and assists | Rescues and assists that can be performed from a pool deck, pier or shoreline by reaching, using an extremity or object, by throwing a floating object or by standing in the water to provide either of these assists |
| Rappelling | The act of descending (as from a cliff) by sliding down a rope passed under one thigh, across the body and over the opposite shoulder or through a special friction device. |
| Reaching assist | A method of rescuing someone in the water by using an object to extend the rescuer’s reach or by reaching with an arm or leg. |
| Throwing assist | A method of rescuing someone in the water by throwing the person a floating object, with or without a line attached. |
| Wading assist | A method of rescuing someone in the water by wading out to the person in distress. |
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