38. Transport Operations Flashcards
What emblem identifies vehicles as ambulances?
Star of Life
What are the 9 phases of an ambulance call
Preparation
Dispatch
En route
Arrival at scene
Transfer of patient to ambulance
En route to receiving facility (transport)
At receiving facility (delivery)
En route to station
Postrun
What is the most common cause of AED malfunction?
Dead Battery
Basic supplies of an EMT include:
Disposable gloves
Sharps
Airway and ventilation equipment
Basic wound care supplies
Splinting supplies
Childbirth supplies
An AED
Patient transfer equipment
Medications
Communication equipment
Other regionally appropriate supplies
Airway management equipment carried on ambulances include:
Oropharyngeal airways for adults, children, and infants
Nasopharyngeal airways for adults and children
CPAP equipment
Equipment for advanced airway procedures
Basic supplies for dressing open wounds include:
A pair of trauma shears
Sterile sheets
Sterile burn sheets
Adhesive tape in several widths
Self-adhering, soft roller bandages
Sterile dressings
Gauze
Abdominal or laparotomy pads
Sterile universal trauma dressings
Sterile, occlusive, nonadherent dressings (aluminum foil sterilized in original package)
An assortment of adhesive bandages
Tourniquets
The ambulance should carry at least 2 oxygen supply units: one ____ and one ______
portable; installed on board
Basic Ambulance Design (Type 1)
Conventional, truck cab-chassis with a modular ambulance body that can be transferred to a newer chassis as needed.
Basic Ambulance Design (Type 2)
Standard van, forward-control integral cab-body ambulance.
Basic Ambulance Design (Type 3)
Specialty van cab with a modular ambulance body that is mounted on a cutaway van chassis.
True of False:
You should place items needed to care for life-threatening conditions at the side of the stretcher.
False:
You should place items needed to care for life-threatening conditions within easy reach, at the head of the primary stretcher. Place items for cardiac care, control of external bleeding, and monitoring blood pressure at the side of the stretcher.
True or False:
Portable suctioning units must be powerful enough to generate a vacuum of 300 mm Hg when the tube is clamped.
True
Cleaning (Definition)
is the process of removing dirt, dust, blood, or other visible contaminants from a surface or equipment.
Disinfection (definition)
is the killing of pathogenic agents by directly applying a chemical made for that purpose to a surface or equipment.
High-level Disinfection (definition)
is the killing of pathogenic agents by the use of potent means of disinfection.
Sterilization (definition)
is a process, such as the use of heat, that removes all microbial contamination.
What are the steps in the basic rule you should do after every call?
1.Immediately strip used linens from the stretcher after use, and place them in a plastic bag or in the designated receptacle in the ED.
2.Discard in an appropriate receptacle all disposable equipment used for care of the patient that meets your state’s definition of medical waste.
3.Discard disposable equipment that is bloody or contaminated by body fluids in an OSHA-approved biohazard container.
- Discard noncontaminated disposable equipment used for care of the patient following OSHA and local guidelines.
5.Wash contaminated areas with soap and water.
For disinfection to be effective, cleaning must be done first.
6.Disinfect all nondisposable equipment used in the care of the patient.
7.Clean the stretcher with an EPA-registered germicidal/virucidal solution or bleach and water at 1:100 dilution.
8.Clean up any spillage or other contamination that occurred in the ambulance, with the same germicidal/virucidal or bleach/water solution.
What are the 3 basic principles governing the use of warning lights and sirens on an ambulance:
The unit, to the best of your knowledge, must be on a true emergency call.
Audible and visual warning devices must be used simultaneously.
The unit must be operated with due regard for the safety of all others, on and off the roadway.
Today’s ambulance designs are based on what?
NFPA 1917, standard for automotive ambulances.
If other responders, such as firefighters or law enforcement officers, are on scene park the ambulance ____ feet past the scene.
100 feet (30 m)
