Test 19 Flashcards
Who is responsible for assuring that evidence remains as uncompromised as possible in the case of a WMD attack
Any responder, including EMS
2 things needed for parametric test
- Variance of data in groups is equal
- Data are normally distributed
Power is defined as
Probability of detecting the effect defined by the alternative hypothesis given alpha and a given sample size
What must be done before and after a study for EFIC
Public disclosure
Correlation studies may also be called?
Aggregate or ecological study
What covers prisoners, pregnant, women, and minors in research
Special protocol for vulnerable individuals
Ethically, a randomized control trial and only be performed if what
Researcher is confident enough in the treatment to give it to patients but uncertain enough of it to withhold it without certainty (clinical equipoise)
Doing multiple tests on the same data set increases odds of what
Identified results are due to chance (Type I error)
CPC 2 vs 3
2 - some minor deficits but lives largely independently
3 - impaired function, needs help with ADLs
What type of EMS agencies are linked to more positive safety cultures
- Air medical EMS agencies
- Private free-standing EMS systems
- Smaller organizations with fewer employees (<50)
- EMS organization with fewer total patient contacts
Goal of regionalization
To facilitate improved patient care by coordinating out of hospital and in hospital components of care with a focus on patient outcomes
What is categorization
Review against standards to classify facility capabilities
What is transformative learning
When an educator assists learners in becoming aware and critical of their assumptions, changing these assumptions to facilitate learning
Social Learning
Idea that we learn by modeling behaviors based on what we have seen
See one, do one, teach one
How does firefighting lead to decreased stroke volume?
Temp that FF see
Due to hypovolemia from excessive vasodilation and sweat loss
Greater than 500 degrees F
