EMS Systems
What federal agency oversees and regulates EMS systems nationally?
NHTSA- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
What is the general term for the process by which a physician oversees the medical care EMS providers give patients?
Medical Direction
What type of pathogen does NOT depend on another organism to live and can survive outside the human body?
Bacteria
What does the abbreviation OPIM stand for?
Other Potentially Infectious Materials
What federal agency sets regulations for on-the-job exposure to bloodborne pathogens?
OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What term describes for-profit or not-for-profit companies, such as AMR, that are contracted by local governments to provide EMS?
Private Services
What title is given to the physician who typically assumes responsibility for overseeing an EMS system's medical care?
Medical Director
What type of pathogen depends on a host organism to live and reproduce, and is difficult to eliminate once inside the body?
Virus
What type of gloves is preferred over latex because it offers greater protection from bloodborne pathogens?
Nitrile gloves
This is a type of control measure used to isolate or remove a hazard from a work place.
Engineering Controls
What term describes community-based EMS departments that are not part of a fire or police department?
Third-Service EMS
What kind of medical direction allows EMS providers give certain care through pre-approved standing orders, without speaking to a physician?
Indirect or off-line medical direction
One of the body's three natural defenses against pathogens is what?
Intact Skin, mucous membranes, the immune system
What water temperature and minimum scrub time are recommended when washing your hands?
warm water and at least 20 seconds
This is a type of control that reduces the likelihood of exposure by changing the way a task is carried out.
Work Practice Control
Put these EMS certification levels in order from least to most advanced training: Paramedic, EMT, EMR, AEMT
EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
What kind of medical direction happens when a physician gives real-time orders by phone or radio for something not covered by standing orders?
Direct or on-line medical direction
Besides the pathogen being present, name one other condition required to complete the “Infection Puzzle.”
1. A sufficient quantity of the pathogen, 2. a susceptible person, or 3. the pathogen passing through the correct entry site
The HICPAC combined Universal Precautions and Body substance Isolation (BSI) into a broader guideline known as what?
Standard Precautions
What written document must every employer keep that outlines protective measures and how to evaluate an exposure incident?
Exposure Control Plan
What is one of the 10 components used to assess successful EMS systems?
Give one example of a skill or type of care typically covered by standing orders rather than a real-time physician call.
CPR/AED use, oxygen administration, splinting, (and more)
What type of transmission occurs when someone inhales droplets propelled by another person's cough or sneeze within a few feet?
Respiratory Droplet Transmission
Name 3 types of PPE.
Gloves, one-way CPR valves, safety glasses or goggles, face shield, pocket mask, mask, gowns
Name one of the OSHA regulations regarding on-the-job exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
1. ID positions covered 2. Create exposure control plan 3. written schedule for cleaning/disinfecting 4. training for covered employees, 5. offer Hep B vaccines 6. reporting procedures 7. recording system 8. engineering and work practice controls 9. Needlestick protocols, 10. maintain sharps log