EMS Systems
The person who is responsible for authorizing EMTs to perform emergency medical care in the field
What is Medical Director?
Most effective way of preventing the spread of disease
What is WASHING YOUR HANDS?
Decomposition of the body's tissues
What is Putrefication?
Relaying patient information via radio should be
What is Brief and Easily Understood?
Gastro meaning
What is Stomach?
An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications
What is EMT?
The EMT's first priority
What is Personal Safety?
The aspect of HIPAA that most affects EMS personnel
What is Protecting Patient Privacy?
When providing a patient report via radio, protect patient privacy by
What is Not Disclosing The Patient's Name?
Myo meaning
What is Muscle?
Cardiac monitoring, pharmacological intervention, and other advance treatment skills are functions of the
What is Paramedic?
The final stage of death and dying
What is Acceptance?
Components needed to prove negligence
What is Duty to Act, Breach of Duty, Injury/Damages, and Causation?
A constantly open line of communication that cannot be accessed by outside users
What is Dedicated Line?
In relation to the chest, the back is
What is Posterior?
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system
What is Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)?
While you are on duty, your partner asks you out on a date and touches you in an inappropriate location without your consent. You should
What is Tell your partner to stop and report the incident to your supervisor?
To minimize the risk of litigation, the EMT should
What is Provide competent care that meets current standards?
Functions as a radio receiver and searches across several frequencies
What is a Scanner?
Chrondro meaning
What is Cartilage?
Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting the availability of patients' health care information and penalizing violation of patient privacy
What is HIPAA?
The best way to reduce your risk of contracting a work-related disease following exposure
What is activating your department's infection control plan?
To help protect patients, EMS agencies are required to have
What is a Privacy Officer to Answer Questions?
Considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a different culture
What is Ethnocentrism?
Pericardiocentesis meaning
What is the removal of fluid from around the heart?