EMS Operations Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
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Paramedic Operations
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Paramedic Operations
EMS Operations Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
Demographic - Answers Pertaining to population makeup or changes.
Deployment - Answers Strategy used by an EMS agency to maneuver its ambulances and crews in an effort to reduce response times.
Due Regard - Answers Legal terminology fo...
EMS Operations Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
Demographic - Answers Pertaining to population makeup or changes.
Deployment - Answers Strategy used by an EMS agency to maneuver its ambulances and crews in an
effort to reduce response times.
Due Regard - Answers Legal terminology found in the motor vehicle laws of most states that sets up a
higher standard for the operators of emergency vehicles.
Essential Equipment - Answers Equipment/supplies required on every ambulance.
Gold Standard - Answers Ultimate standard of excellence.
DOT KKK 1822F Specs - Answers The manufacturing and design specifications produced by the Federal
General Services Administrative Automotive Commodity Center.
Minimum Standards - Answers Lowest or least allowable standards.
Peak Load - Answers The highest volume of calls at a given time.
Primary Areas of Responsibility (PARs) - Answers Stationing of ambulances at specific high-volume
locations.
Reportable Collisions - Answers Collisions that involve more than $1,000 in damage or a personal injury.
Reserve Capacity - Answers The ability of an EMS agency to respond to calls beyond those handled by
the on-duty crews.
Spotter - Answers The person behind the left rear side of the ambulance who assists the operator in
backing up the vehicle.
System Status Management (SSM) - Answers A computerized personnel and ambulance deployment
system.
Tiered Response System - Answers System that allows multiple vehicles to arrive at an EMS call at
different times, often providing different levels of care or transport.
ADAMS - Answers Atlas and Database of Air Medical Services, created by Center for Transportation
Injury Research and the Association of Air Medical Services that includes information on air medical
service providers, their communication centers, base helipads, rotor and fixed wing aircraft, and
receiving hospitals.
Fixed-Wing Aircraft - Answers Vehicles capable of flight that use fixed wings to generate lift; airplanes.
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) - Answers Regulations that permit an aircraft to operate in instrument
meteorological conditions.
, Night-Vision Goggles (NVG) - Answers Electro-optical goggles used to detect visible and infrared energy
to provide a visible image in the dark.
Rotor-Wing Aircraft - Answers Vehicles that use rotating blades (rotors) to provide lift and propulsion;
helicopters.
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) - Answers Regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather
conditions clear enough for the pilot to see where the aircraft is going.
Branches - Answers Functional levels within the IMS based on primary roles and geographic locations.
C-FLOP - Answers Mnemonic for the main functional areas with the IMS command:
Finance/Administration, logistics, operations, and planning.
Closed Incident - Answers An incident that is not likely to generate any further patients; also known as a
contained incident.
Command - Answers The individual or group responsible for coordinating all activities and who makes
final decisions on the emergency scene; often referred to as the incident commander (IC) or officer in
charge (OIC).
Command Staff - Answers Officers who report directly to the incident commander; officers who handle
public information, safety, and outside liaisons, also known as management staff.
Consensus Standards - Answers Widely agreed-on guidelines, such as those developed by the National
Fire Protections Association and others.
Demobilized - Answers Released for use outside the incident, as occurs when resources including
personnel, vehicles, and equipment are no longer needed at the scene.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - Answers A cabinet-level department of the U.S. government,
created in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It is charged with protecting the
United States and its territories from terrorist attacks and overseeing the response to terrorist attacks,
man-made accidents, and natural disasters.
Disaster Management - Answers Management of incidents that generate large numbers of patients,
often overwhelming resources and damaging parts of the infrastructure.
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) - Answers A site from which civil government officials (municipal,
county, state, and/or federal) exercise directions and control in an emergency or disaster.
EMS Communications Officer - Answers Notifies hospitals of incoming patient from a MCI; reports to the
transportation officer; may also be called the EMS COM or MED COM.
Extrication - Answers Use of force to free a patient from entrapment; also a group or branch responsible
for removing patients from entanglements and transferring them to the treatment area, also known as
rescue group.
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