chapter 5

Question 1

Radio Communications

Answer 1

Arrival at the scene

Question 2

Arrival at the scene

Answer 2

1. Perform a visual survey of the scene
2. Give the communications center a concise verbal picture of the scene:
   a. Location and type of incident
   b. Any hazards present
   c. Number of patients
   d. Any additional assistance required

Question 3

Update responding EMS units

Answer 3

• Your Report should include
  a. Age and sex of the patient
  b. Chief complaint
  c. Level of responsiveness
  d. Status of airway, breathing, and circulation

Question 4

Transferring Care to EMS

Answer 4

4. Provide EMT’s or Paramedics with a “Verbal hand-off” report.
5. Use the same approach that you would use during a patient assessment
   a. Provide the age and sex of the patient
   b. Describe the history of the incident
   c. Describe the patient’s chief complaint
   d. Describe the patient’s level of consciousness
   e. Describe how you found the patient
   f. Report the status of the patient’s vital signs, airway, breathing, and circulation

Question 5

Service Dog

Answer 5

• to any dog trained to help a person who has a disability, such as visual impairment,
  hearing impairment, mental illness (like posttraumatic stress disorder), seizures, mobility
  impairment, and diabetes.
• s have a right to accompany their owners everywhere they go and protected under
  the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and parallel state and city laws.

Question 6

Service dogs are protected and regulated under the

Answer 6

Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA)

Question 7

service animals are trained to carry out

Answer 7

to be considered a
service animals, dogs need individual training in a task directly related to someone’s disability.

Question 8

Therapy dogs

Answer 8

their responsibilities are to provide psychological or
physiological therapy to individuals other than their handlers.

Question 9

difference between service dog & therapy dogs

Answer 9

• therapy dogs: they visit hospitals, schools,
  hospices, nursing homes and more.
• service dogs, therapy dogs are encouraged to
  interact with a variety of people while they are on-duty including petting the therapy dog

Question 10

Therapy Animals Job

Answer 10

is to bring joy to other people instead of performing a role for their
owners like service dogs and ESAs.

Question 11

Emotional Support Animals

Answer 11

The animal must be beneficial for your health and not put you or anyone else in
harm’s way

Question 12

Comfort Animals

Answer 12

” crisis response” dogs work during active crises and in emergency situations—both natural and manmade

Question 13

Documentation

Answer 13

is a process for verifying your actions using written records or
computer-based records

Question 14

Proper documentation

Answer 14

a. The age and sex of the patient
b. The history of the patient
c. The condition of the patient when found.
i. This will be one of the most important parts of your verbal hand-off
report. Who was this given to?
d. The patient’s description of the illness or injury.
e. The patient’s chief complaint.
f. The patient’s level of responsiveness.