Chapter 3
permission to render care.
Consent
An appropriate site for a landing zone should be:
A hard or grassy level surface 100 × 100 feet (recommended) and no less than 60 × 60 feet
Your primary concern
safety
the building block of good patient care.
Communication
Communication between you and the patient is considered
confidential
the patient’s right to make decisions about his or her health
autonomy
Always approach the helicopter from the
front
the removal from entrapment or from a dangerous situation or position.
Extrication
make the best use of your resources to manage the environment around the incident and to treat patients during an emergency
Goal if ICS
order gives permission to withhold resuscitation
DNR
acknowledges he or she wants you to provide care
Expressed Consent
establishes its own standards for ambulance licensing or certification
Each State
remaining outside the danger are
safe zone
includes the public information officer (PIO), safety officer, and liaison officer.
Command Staff
written document specifying medical treatment for a competent patient should he or she become unable to make decisions
Advanced Directive
type of consent when incapable of making a rational, informed decision about care
Implied
Phases of an Ambulance Call
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Area where people can be exposes to sharp edges, explosions, toxins
Danger zone
charge of the overall incident
Incident Commander
Obvious mortal injury such as decapitation
Definitive signs of death:
patients who are in need of medical treatment and transportation but are combative and present a risk of danger to themselves or others
Forcible restraint
What are the phases
1. Preparation
2. Dispatch
3. En route
4. Arrival at scene
5. Transfer of patient to ambulance
6. En route to receiving facility (transport)
7. At receiving facility (delivery)
8. En route to station
9. Postrun
access pt as quickly and easily as possible
simple access
documenting all expenditures at an incident for reimbursement
Finance Officer
Outlines the care you are able to provide
Scope of practice