5839242611 | designated agent | an EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care | 0 | |
5839242612 | Off-line medical direction | consists of standing orders issued by Medical Direcctor that allows EMT s to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to Medical Director or another physician | 1 | |
5839242613 | On-line medical direction | orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone | 2 | |
5839242614 | 911 system | a system for telephone access to report emergencies | 3 | |
5839242615 | Medical Direction | oversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director | 4 | |
5839242616 | Medical Director | a physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system | 5 | |
5839242617 | Quality Improvement | A process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that requires improvement. | 6 | |
5839242618 | Protocols | list of steps, such as assessment and interventions, to be taken in different situations | 7 | |
5839242619 | Standing Order | a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations | 8 | |
5839242620 | Evidence Based | description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy rather than merely supposition and tradition | 9 | |
5839242621 | Patient outcomes | the long-term survival of pateints | 10 | |
5839242622 | the earliest documented emergency med. service was in: | France, 1790's | 11 | |
5839242623 | In 1966 the_________ charged the United States __________ with developing the EMS standards and helping the states to upgrade the quality of their pre-hospital emergency care | National Highway Safety Act; Department of Transportation | 12 | |
5839242624 | 3 major components of Nat. Highway Traffic Safety Administration's EMS system assessment standards | transportation, communications, evaluation | 13 | |
5839242625 | US department of transportation provides for national levels of EMS training in all of the following | (not advanced first aid) advanced EMT, emergency medical responder, paramedic | 14 | |
5839242626 | The major emphasis of EMT education deals with _________ of the ill or injured patient in the pre-hospital setting | basic assessment and care | 15 | |
5839242627 | patient care provided by the EMT should be: | based on assessment findings | 16 | |
5839242628 | an example of ensuring continuity in during the transfer of care of the patient would be: | providing pertinent information to hospital staff | 17 | |
5839242629 | patient advocacy is | speaking up for your patient | 18 | |
5839242630 | Good personality traits are very important to the EMT. You should be: | pleasant, cooperative, resourceful, neat/clean, leader, controlled | 19 | |
5839242631 | AN EMT who is not in control of personal habits might: | contaminate patient's wounds, render improper care, make inappropriate decisions | 20 | |
5839242632 | to prevent violating patient confidentiality, the EMT should | avoid inappropriate conversation with others | 21 | |
5839242633 | AN EMT may maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills through continuing educations such as: | attending EMS conferences | 22 | |
5839242634 | A process of continuous self review of all aspects of an EMS system for the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement is called: | quality improvement | 23 | |
5839242635 | obtaining feedback from patients and hospital staff is a means of | providing quality improvement | 24 | |
5839242636 | Every EMS system should have a | Medical DirectorI | 25 | |
5839242637 | It is important that each EMT know his or her Med. Director. AN EMT is operating as the Medical Director's | designated agent | 26 | |
5839242638 | difference between on=line and off-line medical direction is that | on line orders are given by the on-duty physician, usually over radio/phone | 27 | |
5839242639 | an example of medication carried by EMTs that may require a physician consultation to administer is: | Aspirin | 28 | |
5839242640 | AS a new EMT, you will witness many changes in the EMS system and patient care, moving from practices that have been based on _______ to those based on ______ | tradition; research | 29 | |
5839242641 | THe EMT has many jobs to do . It is resp. of EMT to treat patients | in a nonjudgmental and fair manner | 30 | |
5839242642 | categories/standards of an EMS system established by the National HIghway Traffic Safety Administration | regulation and policy, resource management, human resources and training, trauma systems, public information and education, communications, transportation, facilities, evaluation, med. direction | 31 | |
5839242643 | 6 types specialty hospitals are: | trauma centers, burns c., cardiac c., poison control c., stroke centers, pediatric centers | 32 | |
5839242644 | 4 levels EMS certification: | emergency medical responder, EMT, Advanced EMT, PAramedic | 33 | |
5839242645 | Specific areas of responsibility for EMT: | personal safety, safety of crew, patient, & bystanders, patient assessment, lifting and moving, transport, transfer of care, patient advocacy | 34 |
EMT Emergency Care 13th edition Chapter 4 Flashcards
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