Test 13 Flashcards
Do what if person is choking and becomes unconscious
Chest compressions
Only medications evaluated by randomized clinical trials for cardiac arrest
Epinephrine
Amiodarone
Lidocaine
Vasopressin
Magnesium
Common chemical exposures
Volatile organic compounds, acids, ammonia and herbicides
% of chemical exposure that occurs in manufacturing industries
Over half (employees highest risk for exposure)
Clustering can lead to what type of error
False positive (Type 1 error)
3 essential components to improving performance? What is each?
- Structure - people resources and processes used to provide care
- Process - the way it all works and provisions of clinical care that take place
- Outcomes - results obtained when combining structure with the process
Main objective of provider training program
Ensure students demonstrate mastery of the cognitive, psychomotor and affective elements of specified material
Minimum requirement for a landing zone
30 x 30 meters
How do third service models offer financial efficiency
By generating revenue for its services and thus reducing the net cost which is much less than budgeted expenditures
WEMT vs EMT
WEMT have more hours of class and wider scope of practice
Accountability is needed for what
To assure each provider organization and the major components therein fulfill their respective roles and responsibilities in meeting patient and community needs
If an agency falls outside county response time standards, what system design principle is it when they get back in
Accountability
Legal description of the distinction between licensed health care personnel and lay public
Scope of practice
“Are you allowed to do it”
Common characteristics of elder abuse
History of dementia and social isolation
Perpetrators: Dependence on older adult, alcohol abuse, and mental illness
PPE worn for mustard gas
Level A
