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EMT-B Division 1 Exam Study Guide.
4 levels of training - answer✔EMR, EMT-B, EMT-A, Paramedic
Special Facilities - answer✔Trauma, Burn, Obstetrical, Pediatric, Poison, Stroke, Cardiac,
Hyperbaric, Spine Injury, and Psychiatric
The White papers - answer✔Americans with disabilities act of 1966
Roles and responsibilities - answer✔Personal safety, safety of others, patient assessment and
emergency care, safe lifting and moving, transport and transfer of care, record keeping and
data collection, and patient advocacy
QI & CQI - answer✔Quality improvement and continuous quality improvement
Off line medical direction - answer✔Predetermined written guidlines
On line medical direction - answer✔direction through phone or radio usually from a physician
When did modern EMS begin? - answer✔in the 1960s-originated from war (Korea and Vietnam)
Evidence based medicine - answer✔Research to provide clear evidence that certain
procedures/medications/etc. Improve patient outcome
5 emotional stages - answer✔Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
Common signs and symptoms of stress - answer✔Irritability, insomnia, anxiety, indecisiveness,
guilt, loos of appetite, isolation, loss of interest
CISD - answer✔critical incident stress debriefing-ideally held within 24-72 hours of the incident
Defusing - answer✔A version of CISD usually held 1-4 hours following the incident
Pathogens - answer✔Bacteria-take antibiotic treatment(pneumonia)
Viruses-resist antibiotics (AIDS, HIV)
Fungi-affect compromised immune system
Protozoa-infection (malaria)
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Helminths- worms (hookworm)
PPE - answer✔personal protective equipment (eye protection, protective gloves, gowns, masks)
Difference between cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilizing - answer✔Cleaning - washing with
soap & water
Disinfecting - uses hospital grade disinfectant, may kill many micro organisms
Sterilization- kills all microorganisms
Scope of practice - answer✔The actions and care that EMT's are legally allowed to perform
Standard of care - answer✔Care that is expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training
in a similar situation
Duty to act - answer✔Your legal obligation to provide service
Good Samaritan laws - answer✔1959- to protect persons not on duty who provide emergency
medical care
Types of consent - answer✔Expressed, implied, minor, and involuntary
DNR & advanced directive - answer✔DNR- deals only with resuscitation
Advanced directive -instructions for patient care written in advanced
POLST - answer✔Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment
RMA & AMA - answer✔Refused medical assistance & against medical advise
Negligence - answer✔Duty to act, breach of duty, damages, proximal cause
Defamation - answer✔Releasing information that is construed to be damaging to a persons
character or reputation
Slander - answer✔The spoken from of defamation
Libel - answer✔Putting a false or damaging statement in written form or via mass media
HIPAA - answer✔Health insurance portability and accountability act (protects patient privacy)
Signs of death - answer✔Decapitation, rigor mortis, decomposition, dependent lividity,
PCR - answer✔Prehospital care report - the most common type of record
