First Responder

Question 1

Components of EMS Systems

Answer 1

1. Reporting: System is initiated after a call comes in through 911.
2. Dispatch: Telecommunication sends the appropriate services.
3. First response: The first trained personnel arriving.
4. EMS response: Trained EMS personnel arrives.
5. Hospital care: Treated by physicians.

Question 2

The Good Samaritan Law

Answer 2

(A) Any person who render first aid to a person, without the expectation of compensation, who is unconscious, ill, or injured when:

 (1) there is a reasonable expectation of prompt decisions and actions in medical care, and: 

 (2) the necessity of immediate medical care, or these delay in rendering medical care, would seriously worsen the physical condition or in the life of the person

(B) The person shall not be found liable for any injuries of ledge to have been sustained by person or death of the personnel edge to have occurred by act or admission in the rendering of treatment unless it is established at the injuries or death was caused by gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing on the part of the person rendering the treatment.

Question 3

Actual consent

Answer 3

If a person is conscious, and the person’s judgement appears unimpaired, you should obtain/his consent.