Test Questions Flashcards
What is more important? Rate or Volume?
Rate // Lowering your voice can sometimes help
What is repetitive Persistence?
A calming technique in which the emergency dispatcher repeats a statement verbatim using a firm but caring tone.
The statement includes a desired action and a reason for the action.
What are the four essential elements of negligence
- Duty
- Breach of Duty
- Injury or Damage
- Causation
What are the dispatch danger zones?
- ** Failure to Verify *** Call taker needs to repeat the address and P number NOT the caller //
- No-Send/No Help Policies and Dispatch Diagnosis
- Delayed Response
- More than one call for help
- No Protocol to Follow
- Failure to Follow Protocol
- Requiring the CAller’s Permission before Giving Instruction
- Asking to Talk to the Pt/Vict
- Attitude Problems
- Preconceived Notions and Imposed Negative Impressions
- Misinterpretation of the Callers Complaint
- Problems at Shift Change
- Staffing Problems
- First Party Gone-on-Arrival Situations
What is the required recertification?
1 Discipline = 24 Hours in 2 years (12/yr)
2 Disciplines = 36 hrs in 2 yrs (18/yr)
3 Disciplines = 48 hrs in 2 years (24/yr)
Is the call taker required to ask a question when the answer is obvious?
No // Call taker may skip the question
What does a call taker do if he/she asks a key question and the caller does not answer it?
The call taker must ask the question again.
What do UPPER CASE WORDS represent?
A definition or associated with a dispatch definition.
What are 2 ways to help minimize gaps in call taking?
- Compliance to an approved protocol system.
2. Telling the caller what you are doing and why.
Ethics vs. Law // What is Civil law?
Ethics are defined as standards. Law refers to rules of conduct.
Civil law exists to resolve conflicts between individuals/organizations.
What are the Four Essential Elements of Negligence?
- Duty
- Breach of Duty
- Injury and Damage
- Causation
What are wake-effect collisions?
Collisions caused by the passage of an emergency vehicle that do not directly involve the emergency vehicle.
What are the components of Quality Improvement?
- Certification and Recertification
- Case Review
- Case Review Feedback
- Continuing Dispatch Education
What is the Patient Care Chain of Survival?
Early Access Early CPR Early Defibrillation Early ACLS Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
What are the eight primary systems of the human body?
- Circulatory
- Digestive
- Endocrine
- G.U./Reproductive
- Integument (Skin)
- Musculoskeletal
- Nervous
- Respiratory