Exam Review Flashcards
How are medics affected by the highway traffic act?
- Don’t have 6 or more demerit points under the Highway Traffic Act
- Maintaining, during 2 years immediately prior to the date he/she commenced employment and during employment has a valid driver’s work
- Such as your F license and G
- Must stop at traffic lights and clear the intersection before proceeding through when responding with lights and sirens
- You can only drive 20km over the speed limit
What are the rights of workers?
Workers have the right to know about workplace health and safety hazards
- The right to know
- The right to participate
- The right to refuse
What is the Employer Responsibilty?
- Employers and supervisors are required to address hazards and educate any hazards in the workplace.
- The employer, typically represented by senior management, has the greatest responsibilities with respect to health and safety in the workplace
What is the Worker Responsibilty?
- Workers in the workplace who see a health and safety problem, such as a hazard or contravention of the OHSA in the workplace, have a statutory duty to report the situation to the employer or a supervisor
What happens if you fail to stop at a scene of an accident?
- Considered a federal crime offence under the criminal code of Canada
- Any driver involved in an accident must remain at the scene (until additional resources arrive)
- Failure to remain at scene of an accident could result in a penalty of 7 demerit points, $400-2000 fine, possible jail time up to 6 months, license suspension of up to 2 years.
Hot does failure to stop/ remain at a scene of an accident effect Paramedics?
- Ambulances do not have to remain at a scene of a minor accident and there pt is in critical condition
- Notify dispatch/ police that you have gone
- If the accident is major, you need to stay and call a back up crew to come and get your patient
Criminal Code- Protection of persons in authority
- Every school teacher, parent or person standing in place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.
What is PHIPPA?
- PHIPPA creates a consistent approach to protecting personal health information across the health sector. The legislation was designed to give individuals greater control over how their personal health info is collected, used or disclosed.
What agencies are required at a residence that looks to be a hoarder house with animals on scene?
- Police
- Fire
- Animal control: Niagara Region Animal Services (NRAS)
- Animal welfare inspector
What are the parts of the directive book?
- Indications
- Conditions
- Contraindications
- Clinical considerations
- Treatment
Airborne PPE
- N95
- Gown
- Gloves
- Goggles
Contact PPE
- Gloves
- Surgical mask
Droplet PPE
- Gloves
- Goggles
- Face shield
- Surgical mask
Airborne Illness
- Measles, TB, Varicella
Droplet Illness
- Meningitis, whooping cough, pneumonia
Contact Illness
- Scabies, bedbugs, lice
What are the qualifications for emancipation?
- Anyone under 18 years of age
- Get married
- Join the army
- Be financially stable
- Declaration of emancipation
Mental Health Act
- You are allowed to be formed
- There are 4 forms:
- Form 1- can be held against your will, signed by a physician
- Form 2- order of examinations
- Form 3- certificate of involuntary admission last up to 14 days
- Form 4- extension of form 3
- These forms are ordered by someone else, need to explain to them what you are doing
When can we restrain a pt?
- Can restrain a pt in the back of the ambulance
- Police has to go in the back if pt is restrained or in handcuffs
- When restraining a pt do not lay them supine
- Pt must show danger to them self or others
- You can use a triangular to restrain a pt
