Concepts and Components & Air Medical Considerations

Question 1

T/F: There exists a standardized curriculum for providing continuing education credits to critical care transport providers.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T/F: Failure to ensure that transfer paperwork is complete prior to transferring a patient from one hospital to another may result in an EMTALA violation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F: The majority of ambulance accidents occur when the vehicle is traveling without lights and sirens.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T/F: Federal law requires that all emergency personnel working on roadways must wear fluorescent and retro-reflective vests.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Although debated by historians, the first air medical transport could have occurred in which military conflict?

Answer 5

Prussian Siege of Paris

Question 6

The first helicopter evacuation of a wounded soldier occurred in which military conflict?

Answer 6

World War II

Question 7

Rotor-wing transport is typically used for transports less that _____ nautical miles.

Answer 7

150

Question 8

T/F: Air medical accidents are usually caused by a single event.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What are the four major contributing factors to a HEMS crash as identified by the NTSB.

Answer 9

1) Human Error (77% of crashes)
2) Weather (30% of crashes)
3) Obstacle Strikes (20% of crashes)
4) Mechanical Failure (17% of crashes)

Question 10

T/F: Weather has been frequently found to be the primary cause of HEMS accidents.

Answer 10

False, weather is a factor, but human error is the primary cause.

Question 11

What is the “cardinal sin” of requesting air medical transport?

Answer 11

Having the patient transported by air when they could have reached an appropriate hospital quicker by ground transport.

Question 12

___ minutes or a ___ minute ground transport time is considered to be the minimum to which air medical transport is beneficial to the patient (with few exceptions such as extended extrication, weather, traffic, etc.)

Answer 12

30, 30

Question 13

What is a debatable criteria for the use of HEMS?

Answer 13

Death of an occupant in the vehicle.

Question 14

Define “helicopter shopping”

Answer 14

When sequential calls are made to numerous air medical providers in an attempt to find one to take a mission when it has been declined by others.

Question 15

Describe the “51% rule”

Answer 15

This rule allows any crew member the right to decline a flight without fear of repercussion from administration or other crew members.

Question 16

What is the ideal size of a helicopter landing zone?

Answer 16

100’ x 100’

Question 17

The slope of a landing zone cannot exceed ___ degrees.

Answer 17

5

Question 18

Most aircraft are designed to approach the aircraft from a ____ degree angle to the doors.

Answer 18

90

Question 19

Describe the “SLOW” acronym used to establish a landing zone.

Answer 19

Size of landing area should be 100’ by 100’
Landing area
Obstacles
Wind

Question 20

CAMTS standards require “following by a communicator for both flight and ground transports. Aviation need to report position every ____ minutes, and ground needs to report position every ____ minutes.

Answer 20

15, 45

Question 21

CAMTS standards require that a post-accident incident plan (PAIP) needs to be implemented ____ minutes after a transport vehicle fails to give a position report, or is overdue to arrive.

Answer 21

15

Question 22

CAMTS standards require that a pilot have____ flight hours with _____ rotorcraft hours and ____ hours at night as the pilot in charge.

Answer 22

2000, 1200, 1000