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Under the National Standard Curriculum, an EMT-B is allowed to administer or help patients self-administer six medications. They can administer Oyxgen, Activated Charcoal, and Oral Glucose, and they can help a patient self-administer Epinephrine, Metered-dose inhaler medications, and Nitroglycerin. This can be different depending on an EMTs local protocols.
Baby aspirin can also be given to a patient suffering from cardiac emergencies, upon medical control's approval.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoAn Emt May Administer Aspirin, Oral Glucose, Oxygen, Nitroglycerin, and Epinephrin.
Albuterol and Activated Charcoal can be assisted.
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An EMT who writes an untrue statement about a patient that damages that patient's reputation can be sued by the patient for?
Slander
Who is the person who assumes the ultimate responsibility for patient care rendered by the emt?
Once an EMT has begun care of a patient, the care can only be transferred to someone with higher medical authority than the EMT. This can be to someone with a higher level of skill, but still within the ranks of EMT (an EMT-Basic transferring care to an EMT-Paramedic), or from EMT to a hospital. As a doctor is the highest medical authority, the doctor is also the only one who can release a patient back into their own care. This is why EMTs must obtain a physician's consent prior to releasing a patient into their own care with an SOR.
What is the job of an EMT?
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) exists in many countries and is a health care provider trained to provide prehospital emergency medical care. EMTs are trained to assist higher level EMT's, paramedics, and other medical personnel (e.g. physicians and nurses). EMT's provide patient care in accordance with protocols and guidelines established by physician medical directors.
How is nitroglycerin given by EMT?
After checking a patient's blood pressure and obtaining a detailed medical history (focusing on medications that might interact with or contraindicate this type of intervention), a patient must contact medical control, ensure that the patient's nitroglycerin is not expired, that it belongs to the patient, and that the patient has not had too much already. If a patient meets all of these requirements, the EMT can assist the patient in taking a nitro tablet by having them place the pill on the underside of the tongue and allowing it to dissolve. Blood pressure must again be taken and the effectiveness of the medicine checked.
Why does the Emt takes a patients history?
EMT's need to be prepared for the unexpected. Small clues in a patient's history can make a huge difference in their care. A patient with a headache could be having a migraine, a stroke, an impending seizure, or a thousand other ailments. Knowing what problems the patient has encountered in the past helps the EMT to narrow down the possibilities of what is wrong. A patient regularly taking Excedrine (R) Migraine might be having another migraine. A patient who historically has high blood pressure but is out of their medication could be at a high risk for a fatal stroke. A typically healthy patient with extremely low blood pressure could be at risk of shock or cardiac arrest, whereas an elderly patient whose blood pressure is normally high but is currently "textbook normal" could be suffering from a multitude of issues. What is normal for one patient is deadly for another; the patient's history helps to figure this out.
Use CPR in a sentence?
The EMT performing CPR on the patient saved his life.
When immobilizing a patient with a kyphotic spine to a long backboard the EMT would most likely have to?
Place blankets behind the patient's head.
When an EMT basic turns his patient over to hospital personal its is called?
Transfer of care
What is the first responsibility of EMT BASIC?
The first responsibility of EMT Basic is to himself and to the crew that noone is put into danger. You do not need two people in need of pre-hospital care. The first responsibility to a patient is to make sure the patient has an open airway, then make sure the patient is breathing and then make sure that the patient has a pulse. If there is more than one patient, triage is important and control bleeding and shock.
What is it called when you request for a medication that's to be administered to a patient in a hospital?
Medication orders
What is the difference between administering medicine and assisting with medicine?
Administering medication means actually giving meds, especially by injection or other means than having the patient take the medication. Assisting with medication means assisting the patient administer their own medication, such as arranging them and having them ready for the patient to take, or reminding the patient to take their meds.
Can a off duty EMT be sued for being a good Samaritan?
Anyone can be sued for anything. The question is "Can an EMT be successfully sued under the Good Samaritan Law?" it is highly unlikely if 1) the EMT is voluntarily without remuneration or other considerations expected or 2) the EMT does not act in a manner injurious to the patient and 3) the EMT's actions do not require EMS Medical Supervision.
