Code Of Conduct
This is the very first duty of a paramedic listed under the Conduct Standard: to conserve this.
What is Life?
Before even setting out, a paramedic confirms call details with this communications centre.
What is CACC?
Before touching the patient, the paramedic scans this to make these relevant observations.
The scene
If a patient is VSA, and clearly meets this criteria, the paramedic follows the Deceased Patient Standard.
What is obvious death?
After determining CTAS, This is the next step paramedics take when deciding on patient transport.
What is determining the most appropriate destination hospital?
According to the Conduct Standard, paramedics must protect and maintain a patient's safety, dignity, and this.
What is privacy?
On arriving at the scene, a paramedic should assess the environment and do this with the ambulance.
What is park safely, as close as possible to the point of patient contact?
Paramedics begin with the assumption that every patient may have conditions that threaten these 3 things.
What are life, limb, or function?
When a valid form indicates no resuscitation is desired, the paramedic must follow this standard instead of initiating CPR.
What is the DNR Standard?
If there's a refusal of transport, the patient or this person must sign the ACR.
Who is the Substitute Decision Maker (SDM)?
The Conduct Standard reminds paramedics to discharge their duties with honesty, diligence, efficiency, and this quality.
What is integrity
Paramedics must bring all equipment required to the point of initial patient contact to establish this and if necessary to be able to perform this.
What are to establish baseline vitals, and to perform defibrillation?
A paramedic looks for these - often worn by patients - to gather background on conditions or allergies.
Medical alert tags, bracelets?
A paramedic is to position or re position the patient in order to support C-spine, airway, breathing, perfusion, injury and this.
Paramedic must confirm that the patient or the substitute decision has capacity to refuse using this.
What is the Aid To Capacity Assessment?
The standard expects paramedics to show these two traits toward patients and their families.
What are empathy and compassion?
Under Ontario law, a paramedic must obtain this from the patient before providing care.
What is consent (under the Health Care Consent Act, 1996)?
Paramedics are to determine patients symptoms, past medical history, and this.
What are allergies?
These 3 actions are core critical interventions in patient management aimed at keeping the patient alive and stable.
What are airway management, ventilation support, and circulation support?
If confirmation by CACC cannot be obtained when deciding which facility to transport patient, transport the patient here.
What is the most appropriate hospital capable of providing the medical care apparently required by the patient?
If a paramedic witnesses incompetent, illegal, or unethical conduct by colleagues or health care professionals, they are required to report it to these two bodies.
What are the ambulance service operator and/or base hospital?
For scene responses involving hazardous materials, paramedics are to refer to this Guidebook.
What is the Transport Canada Emergency Response Guidebook?
If it's not a "load and go" scenario, the paramedic must establish baseline vital signs, including heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, SpO2, GCS, pupils and this.
What is skin colour and condition?
If a patient's condition requires more than one paramedic or additional resources, the Patient Management Standard says to do this.
What is request additional help /resources from CACC/ACS?
For inter-facility transfers where the patient's current care requirements, or reasonably anticipated care requirements exceed the paramedics level of certification, request this person.
Who is a medically-responsible escort