First Respnders, etc
When responding to an unconscious victim, the first responder assumes that consent is
What is implied
local resources dedicated to promoting optimal health and quality of life for the people
public health system
What is a normal oxygen reading?
What is 94-100
What is the top priority for first responders on the scene of an accident
What is personal safety
Leaving the scene without turning the patient over to someone with the same level of training or higher
What is abandonment
This individual successfully completed a state-approved emergency care training program
What is an Emergency Medical Technician
moral priniciples that define behavior as right, good, and proper
What is ethics
If your patient has a respiratory rate of 40, what is this called
What is hyperventaltion
Laws that protect people who willingly give emergency care without anything in return
What is Good Samaritan laws
James sees a man collapse in the hotel lobby. James checks to scene and then checks the victim for consciousness. The man is unresponsive. What should James do next?
What is Call or have someone else call 911
What is the difference between a DNR and an Advance directive?
What is advance directive relates to future treatment and DNR order relates to the current treatment
This trained individual is the link between the citizen who recognizes an emergency and advanced out-of-hospital care provided by medical professionals
What is the First responder
What is a normal range for a systole blood pressure
What is 90 to 140
This term best describes the legal responsibility for some individuals to provide first aid at the scene of an emergency
Good Samaritan law, Standard of Care, Duty to Act, First Responder Law
What is the Duty to Act
The color of a DRN form
What is yellow
This is the next step for a first responder on the scene of an accident once he determines the victim is unconscious
What is call 911
A legal form of consent that assumes that a patient who lacks the capacity to provide consent to receive care, may be treated under
What is implied consent
60- 100
What is a normal pulse rate
HIPPA is a law that made to protect what?
What is protected health information may be shared
Name two of the reportable events ?
elder and child abuse, negliance , gun shots or stabbing, rape
Procedures that an EMR can and must legally provide as care for a patient are called:
scope of practice
The care that should be provided by responders at each level of training
What is standard of care
What is tachycardia
What is a fast heart rate
for negligence to be sucessful, what four elements must be established
what is:
Duty to act
breach of duty
damages
Causation
What is the difference between scope of practice and standard of care
What is Scope of act refers tp what is lega;;y allowed to be done
Standard of care is what should be done by someone with the same level of training