Numbers
Number of minimum EMTs to maintain agency license
What is 5
Date in which Continuum will suspend state credentials for failure to renew NREMT Credential.
What is May 1st
Title 44, Chapter _____ of the 1976 S.C. Code directs the Department to promulgate regulations necessary to provide directions to emergency medical personnel in identifying and honoring the wishes of patients who have executed a Do Not Resuscitate Order for Emergency Services
What is 78
No person under the age of eighteen (18) shall operate any emergency vehicle owned or operated by the licensed provider.
Fact. Reg 61-7 Section 1000(c)
___________serves as the emergency medical services certification organization for the majority of the United States.
What is NREMT
The Department must be notified in ___ working days when any expansion or contraction of the service, level of care (upgrade or downgrade), or if the headquarters, director or any substation locations are changed
What is 5
Date in which services should complete annual Controlled Substances annual inventory.
What is May 1st
Candidates not certified in South Carolina who hold a current and valid EMT certification from other states may apply for a one (1) year _________ reciprocity at the level of the certification they hold
What is provisional. Reg 61-7 section 905(g)
All licensed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers shall, at a minimum, use the Department’s trauma triage and transport guidelines that shall be based on the guidelines established by the 2011 version of the Center for Disease Control’s “Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients.”
Fact. Reg 61-116 Section 802
Any South Carolina licensed hospital applying for initial designation or renewal designation after July 1, 2018, shall obtain an _________ verification
What is American College of Surgeons (ACS)
The results of these criminal history background checks are only valid for _____ calendar days from the date the results are received by the Department from SLED and the FBI.
An individual who has gained a NREMT credential on or after _______________, must maintain their NREMT credential to be certified, recertified, and maintain their South Carolina certification.
October 1st, 2006
Regulation 61-_____ is the South Carolina Stroke Care System
What is 118
All Certifications are valid for a period not exceeding two (2) years from the date of issuance as provided in S.C. Code Section 44-61-80(E)
Fiction. Four.
An ambulance driver shall complete a nationally accredited safety driving course, such as ______, specific to emergency vehicles within the first six (6) months of hire
What is Certified Emergency Vehicle Operator (CEVO). R61-7 Section 403(b)
Hands and forearms shall be thoroughly washed according to Standard _____________ set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
What is 1910.1030
Date in which the most current EMS regulation was effective.
What is June 24, 2016
Regulation 61-____ South Carolina Trauma Care Systems
What is 116
All 911 EMS providers are recommend to utilize a universal triage tag.
Fiction. All 911 EMS providers shall utilize a universal triage tag recommended by the Department. Regulation 61-116 Section 804
a designated document designed for use as part of advance care planning where the patient has been diagnosed with a serious illness and may be unable to consent for medical decisions at the end of life.
What is a POST form: Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
What is the minimum number of freshly laundered or disposable linens that shall be used on cots and pillows, and shall be changed after each patient on a transporting unit.
EMTs, AEMTs, and Paramedics shall recertify their Department-issued certification by submitting the following to the Department a minimum of ________ days prior to expiration of their certificate
What is 30. Regulation 61-7 section 903(a)
Who is your most favoritest DHEC personnel?
Who is Jessica
After July 1, 2021, licensed EMS providers shall utilize SC EMS Protocol “Adult Stroke Patient Destination Determination by Stroke Center Capability” for transport of acute Stroke Patients to the closest Stroke Center within a specified time frame of onset of symptoms
Fiction. After July 1, 2019: Regulation 61-118 Section 400(b)
The stroke data collection and evaluation system, also known as _____ designed to include, but not be limited to, stroke studies, patient care and outcomes, and severity of illness in the State.
What is the GWTG 'Get With The Guidelines'