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EMR CERTIFICATION REVIEW Questions and answers, rated A+ What criteria is used by the NHSTA to evaluate an EMS system? - ✔✔-Regulation, policy, education of public, resource management What is the purpose of fire rescue - ✔✔-provide specialized rescues What is the role of an EMR at the scene of an emergency - ✔✔-help medics care for critical injuries What are the components of quality improvement process - ✔✔-Safety, timeliness, efficiency What effects can alcohol can have - ✔✔-depression, low ability to deal with stress Why does H1N1 cause the public for concern - ✔✔-few people have immunity to this strain What can cause stress for an EMR - ✔✔-death on scene What is the standard of care - ✔✔-To perform skills to the highest standard blah blah blah Ex: If no pulse perform cpr Steps when dispatched to a call - ✔✔-No response until you are informed of location What to do if you are in an unsafe scene - ✔✔-remain calm, wait, request law enforcement What to do if you are unsure if the scene is safe - ✔✔-Retreat and call for help What establishes competency for pts - ✔✔-legal age, capacity What is negligence, how is it proved - ✔✔-duty to act, breach of duty, resulting injuries What is HIPPA - ✔✔-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Pt privacy act of 1996 What is the most important part of HIPPA in regard to EMS - ✔✔-pt privacy Understand abandonment - ✔✔-Leaving a pt before you have completed your care Steps to responding to an emergency - ✔✔-Make sure of location primary and on after arrival What is standing down - ✔✔-Staying away until you receive clearance Effective ways to avoid a violent situation w/ patient - ✔✔-Maintain an exit, use good communicator, listen carefully to info given by dispatch, Do not physically restrain Ways to communicate w, pts - ✔✔-maintain eye contact, level, no med jar Why does miscommunication occur - ✔✔-they are scared, altered How do you speak to an anxious pt - ✔✔-limit people talking to pt, speak calmly, repeat words Caring for an unconscious pt - ✔✔-they can still hear you, airway, primary How does the brain communicate with the body - ✔✔-Sends signals to the body in response to sensory signals it receives Terms: lateral, medial, distal, proximal - ✔✔-Lateral: Medial: Distal: Proximal: Difference b/w veins and arteries - ✔✔-V...Thin walled carry blood to the heart A.. thick muscular walls carry blood away from the heart What makes up the shield girdle - ✔✔-Clavicle, scapula and humerus What is skeletal muscle - ✔✔- Location of main arteries in the body - ✔✔-Femoral, radical, carotid, brachial Function of the epiglottis - ✔✔-Covers trachea during swallowing What % of a persons blood is plasma - ✔✔-55% Function of the chambers of the heart - ✔✔-Just know heart flow bruh Sections of the spine - ✔✔-Cervical (7), Thoracic (12), Lumbar (5), Sacrum (5), Coccyx (4) Types of Muscle - ✔✔- Strongest bone in the body - ✔✔-Femur What type of joint is the shoulder - ✔✔-Ball and socket Bones in the arm - ✔✔-Humerus, radius, ulna Age range for a child -CPR - ✔✔-1-8 yrs old Landmarks for abdominal thrust - ✔✔-above naval below xiphoid process Ratio of chest compression for 1 and 2 person a

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