Typically a state, local, or federal governmental function, Public Health “promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work and play”

Quote from American Public Health Association. www.apha.org.

See Patient Refusal.

A position used to help an unconscious patient maintain an airway. The patient is rolled onto their left side preventing secretions in their mouth from blocking their airway.

Simple Triage And Rapid Transport; a common triage system used to facilitate triage, treatment, and transport in mass casualty events.

A rapid process in which the responder looks at the scene to find out if there are any dangers, how many patients there are, what the mechanism of injury is, and if more responders are needed.

The range of skills that a state authorizes a medical provider to use. This is defined by the State of Alaska in regulations and laws

Inadequate tissue perfusion. Most commonly, caused by blood loss, heart failure, severe allergic reaction, and massive infection of the blood.

The condition of maintaining continual alertness to changing conditions and evolving dangers. It is not possible to focus fully on one task (ventilating a patient or troubleshooting an equipment problem, for example) while maintaining a high level of situational awareness.  This is why it’s good to have one person step back to maintain situational awareness.