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EMR
Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Direct medical control | Type of medical direction where the physician speaks directly to the emergency car providers at the scene |
| Protocols | Standardized procedures to be followed when proving care |
| Licensure | Required acknowledgment that the bearer has permission to practice in a specific state. Offers the highest level of public protection |
| Emergency medical responder (EMR) | A person trained in emergency medical care who may be called on to provide care as part of the job. Formerly called "First responder" |
| Scope of Practice | The range of duties and skills that are expected to be performed when necessary, according to the professional's level of training, using reasonable care and skill. |
| Paramedics | Someone with in |
| EMS | A network of community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency medical care to people who are injured or ill |
| Advanced emergency medical technician (AEMT) | A person trained in emergency care, with addition training to allow insertion of IVS, administration of medications, performance of advanced airway procedures |
| Certification | Credentialing at the local level; usually entails completing a probationary period and updating and/or recertification to cover changing knowledge and skills |
| Emergency medical technician (EMT) | Someone who has successfully completed a state |
| Indirect medical control | A type of medical direction, also called "off |
| Medical Direction | The monitoring of care provided by out |
| Medical director | A physician who assumes responsibility for the care of injured or ill persons provided in out |
| Standing orders | Protocols issues by the medical director allowing specific skills to be performed or specific medications to be administered in certain situations |
| Levels of EMS training from basic to most advanced | EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic |
| 4 primary responsibilities of an EMR | Gain access to patient, Determine any threats, provide needed care, assist more advance medical personnel. |
| 2 secondary responsibilities of an EMR | |
| Controlling or directing bystanders or asking them with help | |
| Which of the following would be primary responsibility for you in your role as an EMR | |
| A. Ensuring the patient's safety | |
| B. Directing bystanders to help | |
| C. Recording what you did | |
| D. Reassuring the patient | A |
| Which of the following best emphasizes the importance of the role of an EMR? | |
| A. EMRs can provide care without input from a physician | |
| B. EMRs have knowledge of advanced skills and techniques | |
| C. EMRs function similarly in most areas across the country | |
| D. EMRs action may determine whether a seriously injured person survives | D |
| You are the first to arrive at the scene of a motor | vehicle crash involving a car that hit a utility pole head |
| A. Gaining access to the patient | |
| B. Ensuring the safety of the scene | |
| C. Providing care to the patient | |
| D. Recording your actions | B |
| An individual acting in which capacity would be least likely to act as an EMR? | |
| A. Lifeguard | |
| B. Athletic Trainer | |
| C. Camp leader | |
| D. Paramedic | D |
| Which of the following would most likely have criminal implications for an EMR? | |
| A. Recording care that was provided | |
| B. Maintaining certification | |
| C. Participating in continuing education classes | |
| D. Performing a skill not trained to do | D |
| Pathogen | A term used to describe a germ; a disease causing agent (e.g., bacterium or virus) |
| Engineer control | Control measures that eliminate, isolate or remove a hazard from the workplace; things used in the workplace to help reduce the risk of an exposure |
| immune system | The body's complex groups of body systems that is reasonable fighting disease |
| infectious diesease | Disease caused by the invasion by the invasion of the body by a pathogen such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, or parasite |
| Personal Protective equipment (PPE) | All specialized clothing equipment and supplies that keep the user from directly contacting infected materials; included gloves, gowns, masks, shields, and protective eyewear. |
| Blood born pathogens | germs that may be present in human blood or other body fluids that can cause disease in humans |
| droplet transmission | mode of transmission of pathogens that occurs when a person inhales droplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze |
| standard precoptions | safety measures, including BSI and universal precautions, taken to prevent occupational risk exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials; assumes that all body fluids, secretions and excretions (except sweat) are potentially infective |
| work practice control | control measures that reduce the likelihood of exposure by changing the way a task is carried out |
| direct contact | mode of transmission of pathogens that occurs through directly touching infected blood or body fluid, or other agents such as chemicals, drugs or toxins |
| vector borne | transmission of a pathogen that occurs when an infectious source, such as an animal or insect bite or sting, penetrates the body's skin |
| indirect | mode of transmission of a disease caused by touching a contaminated object |
| What are the 4 conditions necessary for spreading disease 1. pathogen must be present 2. sufficient quantity of pathogen 3. be susceptible to pathogen 4. pathogen pass through correct entry site. | 1. a pathogen must be present |
| Describe 4 ways diseases can spread | Direct contact,, indirect contact, respiratory droplets, vector borne |
| What is indirect contact | blood to blood |
| respiratory droplet | inhales |
| vector borne | bites, stings etc. |
| what do standard precautions assume | anything is potentially infective |
| Which of the following is an example of disease transmission by indirect contact? A. Infected blood splash into the eye b. touching an infected person's fluids c. touching a soiled dressing d. inhaling particles from infected person | C. touching a soiled dressing of infected |
| when removing disposable gloves which action would be most appropriate to do first? | |
| which of the following is considered to be a work practice control | |
| Which of the following would be an example of direct contact transmission? | |
| Battery | Touching a person with the person's consent |
| Negligence | the failure to provide the level of care a person of similar training would provide, thereby causing the injury or damage to another |
| standard of care | the criterion established for the extent and quality of an EMR's care |
| abandonment | ending the care of an injured or ill person without obtaining that patients consent of passing on care to another individual |
| consent | permission to provide care |
| Good Samaritan law | laws that protect people who provide emergency care without accepting anything in return |
| Do not resuscitate order (DNR) | a type of advanced directive that protects a patients right to refuse efforts for resuscitation |
| competence | the patients ability to understand the EMRs questions and the implications of decisions made |
| duty to act | a legal responsibility of some individuals to provide a reasonable standard of emergency care |
| implied consent | legal concepts that assume a patient would consent to receive emergency care if he or she were physically able or old enough to do so |
| lividity | purplish color in the lowest |
| 4 principles necessary to obtain consent | |
| give your level of training | |
| ask the patient whether you may help | |
| explain what you observe and what you plan.n to do |
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