A person who is trained in all areas of prehospital care including, intravenous lines, giving medications, and reading ekg's.
What is a Paramedic?
100
Microorganism that will cause illness or disease in the human body.
What is a pathogen?
100
At the scene of an MVA, car into a telephone pole, the danger that may be lurking overhead or may be across the car roof.
What are power lines (electric lines)?
100
A good type of stress that gives you a boost or can help you in emergency situations.
What is Eustress?
100
The care that is expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training while managing a patient in a similar situation. The concept of "the reasonable person" is applied.
What is the Standard of Care?
200
The first thing to consider as you approach an emergency scene?
What is " is the scene Safe?
200
Form of Hepatitis for which there is a vaccination.
What is Hepatitis "B"
200
When trying to identify the possible hazardous materials involved in trucking accidents, use binoculars to look for these on the side of the truck before approaching the scene.
What are signs or placards?
200
A meeting held 24 to 72 hours after a critical incident, where a team of peer counselors and mental health professionals help emergency service personnel work through the emotions that normally follow a critical incident.
What is Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
200
Your legal obligation to provide service, whether you think a patient needs an ambulance or not.
What is the Duty to Act.
300
The care given to a victim of illness or injury before transport to the hospital.
What is Prehospital Care?
300
The use of sharps containers, retracting needles, HEPA masks and other equipment as a way of minimizing the risk of bloodborne pathogen infections.
What are Engineering Controls?
300
Considering scene safety, the first person to be protected from all harm on an emergency scene. Number one.
Who is "ME" or the EMT
300
An incident where there may be many injured victims such as the earthquake in Chile or maybe a school bus accident.
What is a Mass Casuality Incident (MCI)?
300
The actions and care that are legally allowed by the State in which the EMT is certified to provide emergency care.
What is the Scope of Practice.
400
A process of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an emergency medical system.
What is Quality improvement?
400
The federal agency that has developed the Bloodborne Pathogens standards.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
400
Turnout gear, scba, gloves, boots, helmets, masks, hazmat suits and other personal gear.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
400
A type of stress reaction that is the result of constant exposure to stressful situations that builds up over time. A common cause of "burnout".
What is a Cummulative stress reaction
400
Occurs when you assume that a patient who is unresponsive, or who is not competent or who is unable to make a rational decision would consent to emergency care if he could.
What is implied consent?
500
The person who provides medical oversight for an EMS agency and allows the EMT to function in the field as an extension of his license.
What is Medical Director?
500
Gloves, gowns, eye protection, Hepa masks and other types of barrier devices.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?
500
Never enter a violent scene until the scene has been secured by this agency, the boys in blue.
What is law enforcement (police)?
500
A meeting held 1 to 4 hours after a critical incident and attended only by those most directly involved in the incident. It is less structured than a CISD and lasts only about 30 to 45 minutes.
What is Defusing
500
A legal document or order that says what resuscitation efforts are to be performed or with held from a dying patient. This document must be presented at the time of the emergency.