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11. Who is responsible for authorizing, auditing, and regulating all EMS ser- vices, training institutions, courses, instructors, and providers within the state?: state EMS office
12. What is mobile integrated health care (MIH):: - New method of deliver...
1. 1990s:: - NHTSA's developed EMS Agenda for the future, a document with a plan to standardize
the levels of EMS education and providers
- NHTSA brought in experts from around the country to create the National EMS Scope of Practice
Model
- EMT training in nearly every state meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by the NHTSA
2. Medical director approves what you can do for treatment: True
3. Medical director decides the day-to-day limits of EMS personnel: True
4. Physician Medical director:: authorizes EMTs to provide medical care in the field
5. - A lay person (civilian) is most likely to know how to use a tourniquet
- Millions of laypeople are trained in BLS/CPR: True
6. EMRs are an intrical part of EMS because they are typically on scene 1st: True
7. EMRs are first responders such as:: - LE officers
- Firefighters
- Park rangers
- Ski patrollers
- who often arrive at the scene before the ambulance and EMTs
8. Human Resources deals with:: - EMT well being
- compensation
- career stuff
- focuses on the people who deliver the care
9. Who authorizes the medical care EMTs provide:: Physician medical director
10. How does the EMS medical director affect your scope of practice:: - Medical director can limit
the scope of practice but cannot expand beyond state law
- Expanding the scope of practice requires state approval
11.Who is responsible for authorizing, auditing, and regulating all EMS ser- vices, training
institutions, courses, instructors, and providers within the state?: state EMS office
12.What is mobile integrated health care (MIH):: - New method of delivering health care that
utilizes the prehospital setting
- evolved from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Health care is provided within the community, rather than at a physician's office or hospital, by an
integrated team of healthcare professionals
13.(Mobile Integrated Health Care) (MIH)
Services provided by community paramedics may include:: - performing health evaluations
- monitoring chronic illnesses or conditions
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- obtaining laboratory samples
- administering immunizations (vaccines)
14.National EMS scope of practice model describes the four levels of EMS practice:: 1. EMR
2. EMT
3. AEMT
4. Paramedic
15.EMR:: Provides basic, immediate care including:
- bleeding control
- CPR
- AED
- emergency childbirth
16.EMT:: - includes all EMR skills
- advanced training in BLS
- use of airway adjuncts
- noninvasive blood pressure monitoring
- pulse oximetry
- assisting patients with certain medications
17.AEMT:: - includes EMR/EMT skills
- training in specific aspects of ALS
- advanced airway devices
- intravenous (IV) therapy
- intraosseous access (IO)
- blood glucose monitoring
- admin of certain medications
18.Paramedic:: - includes EMR/EMT/AEMT skills
- has extensive training in ALS including:
- endotracheal intubation
- emergency pharmacology
- cardiac monitoring
- highest level of prehospital care
19.How to use waterless hand cleaner (hand-sanitizer):: - if running water is not available, use a
waterless hand washing solution (hand-sanitizer)
- be sure to wash your hands with soap and water once you arrive at the hospital
- CDC recommends you wash your hands for at least 20 seconds
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20.What do you do after an exposure:: - turn over patient care to another EMS provider
- when it is safe to do so, clean the exposed areas with soap and water
- if your eyes were exposed, rinse your eyes for 20 minutes
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