Ch 1/Ch 2
What is the most important consideration on scene of a hazardous materials incident?
your personal safety
True/False: The NREMT is a governmental agency that certifies EMTs
False.
The NREMT provides a national standard for EMS testing
A patient’s refusal of EMS treatment and/or transport must be:
an informed refusal
The capacity of an individual to cope with and recover from stress is called:
resilience
Transmission of an infectious organism via animals or insects is known as what?
vectorborne transmission
Standing orders and protocols describe what type of medical control?
off-line or indirect
After receiving online orders from medical control to perform a patient care intervention, you should:
repeat the order to medical control word for word
Name at least 2 definitive signs of death.
dependent lividity
rigor mortis
decapitation
The person who is responsible for authorizing EMTs to perform emergency medical care in the field is the:
medical director
The type of sexual harassment that occurs when someone requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
Quid pro quo
What are the typical components of an oral (bedside) patient report?
C/C, mechanism of injury, important medical history, interventions and pt's response to them
(set of vitals not apart of oral report - per book)
The final stage of dealing with death and dying most commonly takes the form of:
acceptance
EMT training in nearly every state meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by who?
NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
In what circumstance would the Good Samaratian Law not protect the EMT?
Which type of communications equipment functions as a radio receiver and searches across several frequencies?
scanner
When does the official transfer of patient care occur?
When an EMT gives oral report to ED nurse or physician at bedside.
EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of what?
Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
Acting in such a way as to make another person fear immediate bodily harm is called what?
assault
Two-way communication that requires the EMT to “push to talk” and “release to listen” describes which mode of communication?
simplex
The continuous quality improvement (CQI) process is designed to:
identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed