The System
The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patient's privacy according to this?
What is: HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
A program that is available through some public safety Departments to help a provider cope with his or her stress response.
What is: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
What resource will help you determine a hazard that you should carry in an ambulance.
What is the Emergency Response Guidebook.
This is the best position to place an unconscious patient who has not sustained suspected trauma.
What is: Recovery Position
The patient actually lets you know verbally or nonverbally that he or she is willing to accept the treatment you provide.
What is: Expressed Consent
This provides more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United States?
What is: National Guidelines for EMS
This is the EMR's first priority.
What is: Personal Safety
All EMS personnel should follow this when caring for any patient.
What is: Standard Precautions.
This type of move is used when there is an immediate danger to the patient or who needs lifesaving care.
What is: An Emergency Move.
This is a type of consent for treatment of an unconscious patient.
What is: Implied Consent.
This life saving intervention is used by all EMS Providers, regardless of the level of certification.
What is: AED's or Defibrillators.
Why Me, is called this stage of Grief.
What is: Anger
Probe, Alert, Challenge and Emergency are parts of the?
What is: PACE, which is part of the Crew Resource Management strategy.
This device is used to carry a patient in a sitting position, when it may be too difficult to get through narrow places or from the second floor?
What is: Stair Chair
The manner in which you act or behave in EMS, when treating patients, which falls under Best Practices.
What is: The Standard of Care.
What should an EMR do to limit errors in the field?
What is: Follow the agency's written protocols.
Washing your hands between patient contacts prevents this?
What is: Preventing an infectious disease.
Infectious Microorganism in the blood that can cause any disease is known as this?
What are: Pathogens
This device is used to minimize the patient's head and neck, when trauma is suspected.
What is: Cervical Collar
Duty to Act, Breach of Duty, Resulting in Injuries and Proximate cause all must be present.
What is: Negligence
The ability to handle multiple tasks based on their priority is known as?
What is: Time Management
Developing a social network outside of EMS.
What is: An effective stress management strategy.
Washing Hands, Wearing Gown, Placing Mask, Placing Goggles and Putting on Gloves are the order of operations for this task for personal safety?
What is: Donning protective gear.
This technique is used to move a patient onto a long backboard.
What is: Log Roll.
This protects citizens from liability for errors or omission in giving good faith emergency medical care.
What is: Good Samaritan Laws.