CH 1 Intro To Emergency Medical Care

Question 1

Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD)

Answer 1

For the patient, care begins with the __________.

Question 2

911 system

Answer 2

A system for telephone access to report emergencies.

Question 3

Enhanced 911

Answer 3

A system with the capability to automatically identify the callers phone number and location.

Question 4

1. EMR
2. EMT
3. AEMT
4. PARAMEDIC

Answer 4

What are the 4 general levels of EMS training and certification for prehospital care?

Question 5

1. Personal safety
2. Safety of crew, patients, and bystanders
3. Patient assessment
4. Patient care
5. Lifting and moving
6. Transport
7. Transfer of care
8. Patient advocacy

Answer 5

What are 8 specific roles and responsibilities of an EMT?

Question 6

1. Pleasant
2. Sincere
3. Cooperative
4. Resourceful
5. Self-starter
6. Emotionally stable
7. Able to lead
8. Neat and clean
9. Of good moral character
10. In control of personal habits
11. Controlled in conversation and able to communicate properly
12. Able to listen to others
13. Nonjudgemental and fair

Answer 6

What are 13 good personal traits that are essential to the EMT?

Question 7

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)

Answer 7

As part of its effort to establish and maintain national standards, who is responsible for registration for EMT’s, EMR’s, AEMT’s, and PARAMEDICS?

Question 8

Quality Improvement

Answer 8

A process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement.

Question 9

Medical Director

Answer 9

A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system.

Question 10

Medical Direction

Answer 10

Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director.

Question 11

Protocols

Answer 11

List of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations.

Question 12

Designated Agent

Answer 12

An EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care.

Question 13

Standing Orders

Answer 13

A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that allows EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical Director or another physician.

Question 14

Off-line Medical Direction

Answer 14

Standing orders issued by the Medical Director.

Question 15

On-line Medical Direction

Answer 15

Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.

Question 16

1. Injury prevention for geriatric patients.
2. Injury prevention for youth.
3. Public vaccination programs.
4. Disease surveillance.

Answer 16

What are 4 common roles the EMS plays in public safety issues?

Question 17

Patient outcomes, evidence-based

Answer 17

Two ways research impacts EMS are through a focus on improving ___ ___ and through ___-___ techniques.

Question 18

Trauma, burn, pediatric, cardiac, and stroke centers.

Answer 18

Name a few special designations that hospitals may have.

Question 19

1966

Answer 19

In _____ the National Highway Safety Act charged the U.S. Department of Transportation(USDOT) with developing EMS standards.