EMR Chapters 1-5 Review

Question 1

Protocols

Answer 1

Written guidelines that direct the care EMS personnel provide for patients

Question 2

Standing orders

Answer 2

A component of a protocol that allows the EMS personnel to provide specific interventions to a patient

Question 3

Off-line medical direction

Answer 3

An EMS system’s written standing orders, and protocols, which authorize personnel to perform particular skills in certain situations, without actually speaking to the medical Director, or their designated agent. Also called indirect medical direction.

Question 4

On-line medical direction

Answer 4

Orders to perform a skill or administer care from the on-duty physician given to the rescuer in person by radio or by phone. Also called direct medical direction.

Question 5

Roles and Responsibilities of an EMR

Answer 5

-your primary concern as an emergency medical responder at an emergency scene is your own personal safety.
- Their patient related duties include size up at the scene; determine the patient’s chief complaint; lift, move, or reposition the patient when it is necessary; transfer the patient and patient information; protect the patient’s privacy and maintain conventionality; be the patient advocate.

Question 6

CQI

Answer 6

Continuous quality improvement means a continuous improvement in the quality of the product or service being delivered