Chap 1 Ems Systems

Question 1

Certification

Answer 1

Recognized by an institution by meeting certain standards

Question 2

Licensure

Answer 2

State grants permission to practice a job/

Question 3

1966

Answer 3

Accidental death and disability; the neglected disease of modern society. First set of standards.

Question 4

Responsible for continuing education

Answer 4

Medical director

Question 5

CQI

Answer 5

Used for improve my or a change in patient care.

Question 6

Standing orders

Answer 6

Protocol or offline medical control

Question 7

How does carbon monoxide affect oxygenated blood

Answer 7

Combined with hemoglobin in red blood cells 200 times more than oxygen does. Blocks hemoglobin to transport oxygen to body

Question 8

Communicable disease

Answer 8

Spread from person to person

Question 9

Infectious disease

Answer 9

Growth and spread of small harmful organisms in the body

Question 10

Vector-borne transmission

Answer 10

Animal that spreads organism to person to person or place to place

Question 11

Expressed consent

Answer 11

PT verbalized or expressed that they want you to provide care

Question 12

Informed consent

Answer 12

You explain everything about care to them and then they give you consent

Question 13

Implied consent

Answer 13

Legal principle that allows treatment of the PT was able to give you consent

Question 14

Hazards present in structure fires (7)

Answer 14

Smoke
Oxygen deficiency 
High temp
Toxic gas
Building collapse
Equipment
Explosions

Question 15

Best way to reduce disease after exposure

Answer 15

Proper hand washing

Question 16

Time to clean ambulance

Answer 16

At hospital after PT has been transferred

Question 17

Stages of dying (5)

Answer 17

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

Question 18

HIV and hep are traced back to what

Answer 18

Careless handling of sharps

Question 19

Disease offers no protection from reinfection

Answer 19

Gonorrhea
Syphillis
HIV

Question 20

Acute stress

Answer 20

Stress comes from the job you’re doing now

Question 21

Delayed stress

Answer 21

Stressed after the event took place

Question 22

Cumulative stress

Answer 22

Exposed to prolonged or excessive stress

Question 23

PTSD

Answer 23

Reexperiencing certain events and overresponding

Question 24

General adaption syndrome

Answer 24

Alarm response
Followed by stage of reaction
Then recovery or if stress is prolonged-exhaustion

Question 25

Quo’s pro quo

Answer 25

Requesting sexual favors in return of promotions

Question 26

Minor to be treated as adult

Answer 26

Married Has a child Lives completely on their own

Question 27

Negligence

Answer 27

Failure to provide care that someone with similar training would’ve provided.

Question 28

Criteria that must be met for NEGLIGENCE

Answer 28

DUTY BREACH OF DUTY DAMAGE CAUSATION

Question 29

Putrefaction

Answer 29

Second of body 40-96 hours after death

Question 30

Official transfer of PT

Answer 30

Oral report is given to someone with equal or higher training as you

Question 31

When to notify medical control

Answer 31

Incoming patient Request advice Receive orders Advise hospital of special situation

Question 32

Ethnocentrism

Answer 32

Viewing your cultural values more important than someone else’s

Question 33

Libel

Answer 33

Written defamation

Question 34

Slander

Answer 34

Spoken defamation

Question 35

Proximal

Answer 35

Closer to trunk

Question 36

Distal

Answer 36

Further from trunk-nearer to end of extremity

Question 37

Pathy

Answer 37

Means disease | Example:nephropathy-kidney disease

Question 38

Res ipsa liquitor

Answer 38

Held accountable even when the plaintiff is unable to clearly demonstrate how they were injured

Question 39

Negligence per se

Answer 39

Emt negligently violates statute on purpose

Question 40

Torts

Answer 40

Civil wrong

Question 41

Assault

Answer 41

Putting a person in fear of bodily harm

Question 42

Battery

Answer 42

Unlawfully touching someone

Question 43

Ethics

Answer 43

Right and wrong

Question 44

Morals

Answer 44

What you knowingly should and shouldn’t do

Question 45

Ashen skin??

Answer 45

Poor peripheral circulation

Question 46

Skin cyanotic??

Answer 46

Blood not properly saturated with oxygen

Question 47

Base station radio

Answer 47

Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver in a fixed place

Question 48

Dedicated line or HOT LINE

Answer 48

Used for specific point to point contact

Question 49

VHF

Answer 49

30-300mhz

Question 50

UHF

Answer 50

300-3,000mhz

Question 51

Repeater

Answer 51

Base station that receives massages on one frequency and repeats them on a second frequency