NREMT (EMS Operations)

As an EMT, you are required to act in a certain manner. This is called? - ANSWER Standard of care During an assessment, a person was found to have wet lung sounds. In what position should they be transported? - ANSWER ...

As an EMT, you are required to act in a certain manner. This is called? - ANSWER Standard of care During an assessment, a person was found to have wet lung sounds. In what position should they be transported? - ANSWER Semi Fowler's Keeping the head and chest elevated will allow for better respiratory function in the patient with __________, It will prevent pooling of the fluids in the lungs. - ANSWER Wet Lung Sounds You are dispatched to an accident involving two semi trucks and several cars that have collided under an overpass. The reporting party says that there are several people in the road and nobody is helping them. Your unit is the first to arrive on scene. After performing a thorough scene size-up, what should you do? - ANSWER Assume command of the scene Bystanders have called 911 for an intoxicated man who fell and hit his head on the sidewalk curb. He has a large hematoma on the left side of his head and a laceration just below it. You arrive expecting to treat this patient, but the man refuses. You inform him multiple times of possible dangers of letting the head injury go untreated, but he still refuses treatment. Based on the patient's _________________ you decide to begin treating the man with law enforcement's assistance if necessary. - ANSWER Decision making capacity The process of glucose being broken down within the cell is called? - ANSWER Biochemical process A communication system that automatically chooses an open frequency when activated and changes frequencies to make the communication clear and swift is known as: - ANSWER Trunking _________ is causing fear of offensive physical contact - ANSWER Assault Actual contact of a patient without consent or against their will is ________ - ANSWER Battery In the American culture the distance between two people is considered intimate when it is: - ANSWER Less than eighteen inches The manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct, is known as _______ - ANSWER Applied Ethics What is the first rule of patient care? - ANSWER Do no harm. ________ is not something done routinely by the ambulance crew. It is most often done at the hospital or by an outside agency. - ANSWER Sterilization You are dispatched to the county jail. Upon arrival you are asked to evaluate a prisoner who was involved in a physical dispute. He is bleeding from several cuts and appears to have a black eye. He tells you, 'go away, I don't want your help. I don't want you here anyway.' What do you do? - ANSWER Inform the Deputy that you feel the prisoner should be assessed and treated, and that if he refuses your care he should be transported to the ER for evaluation under Law Enforcement custody. Any individual, unit, or agency that is making decisions outside of the ICS system is considered to be: - ANSWER Freelancing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) of an EMS system includes: - ANSWER Internal and external reviews and audits of the EMS components. _________ are medical documents directing treatment of the patient. (ex: DNR) - ANSWER Advance Directives Hypothermia is diagnosed when the body's organs are below what temperature? - ANSWER 95 degrees What position is preferred when transporting a person who is unconscious from a non trauma emergency? - ANSWER Recovery What governmental agency regulates the radio transmissions that EMT's make? - ANSWER The FCC or Federal Communications Commission. When is the scene size up completed? - ANSWER When you finish the run Within the communications system, a repeater is used to? - ANSWER Further a radio communication Incident Command has put you in charge of setting up the landing zone for a helicopter transport. What size area will you try to procure for this zone? What is the minimum acceptable size for this zone? - ANSWER 100 feet X 100 feet / minimum of 60 feet X 60 feet Who decides what the minimum data set is for a PCR? - ANSWER NEMSES, National Education Standards lists the minimum data set for PCRs EMTALA provisions are meant to...? - ANSWER Prevent the transfer of unstable patients between care facilities solely for economic pur