EMD Flashcards
Are callers to upset to provide accurate and useful responses to the EMD
False
Callers will not be able to provide EMB with enough information to effectively dispatch EMS
False
The medical expertise of the EMD is not important
False
In most cases, licensed siren responses are not necessary
True
The EMD is too busy to provide instruction to callers who ar reporting life-threatening emgerncys
False
The preapproved medical information provided to the caller is safe and may help the patient
True
EMd protocol will greatly increase ht call taking time
False(it decreases)
Phase One
Call Receiving
Phase Two
Response
Phase Three
Pre-arrival
EMS
Emergency medical services
ALS
Advanced life support but the answer has the word paramedics in it
BLS
Basic Life Support Answer: EMT CARE
Select the legal term which means you are responsible for your own actions
Liability
Select the term that best describes how you are protected when acting in good faith without financial compensation while in emergency situations.
Good Samaritan
Select the legal term which best describes failure to perform in a particular situation as any other reasonable EMD under the same or similar circumstances.
Neglincane
How many components of negligence must be proved in a civil negligence case?
Four
The duty relationship begins for the EMD when prearrival
When the EMD answers the call
In Order to prove negligence, the court must be able to prove that
Breach of duty
Select the term which best describes the different relationship between the actions taken by the EMD and the injury of the patient
Causeation
Intent to harm ___ required to prove negligence
is not
Circle four components of negligence
Duty
Breach of duty
Damages
Causation
Select the legal term that best describes when you leave a patient in a life-threatening condition after starting treatment.
Abandonment
Select the legal term that best describes reliance on information you get from the caller.
Foreseeability
Select the legal term that best describes permission to treat the sick or injured
Consent
The EMD should fear being sued for giving medical advice
False
The emd should relay confidential information to responses
False
The EMD required to have advanced medical knowledge
False
The EMD should tell callers that help is on the way
TRUE
ThEMd should make response decisions based on the crebiable of the caller
False
How many anatomical systems are in the body
Seven`
Which antomacy system is the brain apart of
Nervous
From the lsit select the word for the boldly part, which carries oxygenated blood.
Arties
Three major criteria used to determine the dispatch dangerously
Conusiness shock idk
Which method should the EMD advise the caller of to use to control bleeding
Direct pressure
Circle the EMD responiabilies in call taking.
Dtermine need for medical instruction
Name 2 out of the four interquatily an EMD should display during a call
Polite and firm
Select the term that best desribces when a caller is too upset to focus on the question
Hysteria Threshold
Slect the most appropriate technique EMD should use when incontainting the term Hysteria threshold in question
Repativite persistence
Most call are life threatening
False
Which of the following is not one of the three protocols types
Secondary complaint
