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medical director
- correct answer a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of the ems
system
medical direction
- correct answer oversight of the patient care aspects of an ems system by the medical director
designated agent
- correct answer an emt or other person authorized by a medical director to give medications and
provide emergency care. the transfer of such authorization to a designated agent is an extension of the
medical direction's licensce to practice medicine
standing orders
- correct answer a policy or protocol issued by a medical director that authorizes emts and others to
perform particular skills in certain situations
off line medical direction
- correct answer standing orders issued by the medical director that allow emts to give certain
medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical director of another
physician
on line medical direction
- correct answer orders given directly by the on duty physician to an emt in the field by radio or
telephone
standard precautions
- correct answer a strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and
other body fluids are infectious
, osha
- correct answer organization that issued strict guidelines about precautions against exposure to
bloodorne pathogens
eye protection
- correct answer should be worn to prevent splashing, spattering, or spraying fluids from entering the
body through these membranes
n-95 or hepa respirator
- correct answer should be work in cases where tuberculosis is suspected
gown
- correct answer worn to protect clothing and bare skin from spilled or splashed fluids
hepatitis
- correct answer an infection that causes inflammation of the liver and comes in several forms
tuberculosis
- correct answer an infection that settles in the lungs and is spread through the air
aids
- correct answer a set of conditions in which the immune system in attacked and is unable to fight off
infections
sars
- correct answer a recent infection spread thorugh respiratory droplets by coughing and sneezing
ryan white care act
- correct answer mandates a procedure by which emergency response personnel can seek to find out if
they have been exposed to potentially life threatening diseases while providing patient care
elderly patients
- correct answer those at the greatest risk of contracting and transmitting tb because of their supressed
immune systems.