The Professional Responder
The failure to follow a reasonable standard of care, thereby causing injury damage to another.
What is negligence?
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This allows you to respond more effectively and facilitates coordination between responders in an emergency.
What is a Plan of Action?
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These are single-celled micro-organisms that may cause infection.
What is Bacteria?
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Locations relating to the Midline of a body?
What is Medial (towards) and Lateral (away)
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7 steps of Assessment
What is Scene; Primary; Reassessment; Secondary; Treatment/Intervention; Documentation; Ongoing Assessment?
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The relationship between an experienced responder and a new responder
What is a Preceptorship?
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Thinking about your own Mental Health before you respond can help you prepare for whatever you might encounter.
What is Psychological Preparation?
These cause many Diseases like Hepatitis; mumps, Influenza, shingles, HIV.
What are viruses?
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Relationship (near or far) of an injury to extremities,
What is Proximal (near) and Distal (far)?
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The 6 steps of Scene Assessment
What are the Hazards; MOI; Number of Patients; Additional Resources; General Impressions; Donning PPE.
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Information that you would give to another health care provider (BCAS)
What is the verbal report?
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Among the seven Primary Responsibilities of the responder this is ALWAYS first.
What is personal Safety?
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For an infection to occur all four of these conditions must be met.
What is a Pathogen, entry site, susceptibility; Quantity?
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The 5 Body Cavities
What are the Cranial, Spinal, Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic cavities?
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The Levels of Responsiveness
What is A.V.P.U.?
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The range of duties & skills he or she is allowed and expected to perform.
What is the scope of practice?
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By discouraging bystanders and family members from entering the scene; which Primary Responsibility are you performing?
What is The Safety of Others.
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How Diseases are transmitted.
What is direct contact, indirect contact, Airborne; vector-borne.
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Mechanical energies causing injury.
What is Direct; indirect, twisting and contracting Force?
An inadequate pattern of breathing.
What is Agonal Respirations?
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Documented instructions from a competent person, signed by a medical authority, concerning the person's healthcare decisions in the future.
What is an advanced directive?
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THE Most common danger emergency personnel will encounter when responding to a MVA.
What is Traffic?
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Your BEST defense in infection control.
What is PPE and Personal HygieneÉ
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The 9 Systems of the Body.
What are the Respiratory; Circulatory; Lymphatic, Nervous; Musculoskeletal; integumentary; Endocrine; Digestive; Genitourinary systems.
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The stage to identify and Treat the Highest priority conditions First.
What is the Primary Assessment?
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