ANSWERS 100%
" competency" concerning RMCT - Correct Answers Understanding consequences
"Authorized legal representative" concerning RMCT - Correct Answers Parent/guardian,
conservator with papers, power of attorney, closest available relative
647 (f) hold - Correct Answers Drug or alcohol intoxication (hold by law enforcement)
5150 - Correct Answers Psych
Assistant medical Director role - Correct Answers Responsible for aiding EMS medical Director
not limited to Training, quality improvement, and policy development
Assistant, medical Director, EMS division responsibility (20) - Correct Answers Training, quality
improvement, and policy development
Base hospital EMS medical Director role - Correct Answers Responsible for the medical direction
of prehospital care, consistent with minimal adopted standards by the state EMS authority
Base hospital physicians role - Correct Answers Online physicians responsible for the medical
control of prehospital care, given on a case by case basis
Best hospital contact shall be made to determine appropriate destination for - Correct Answers
Trauma triage criteria- transport time greater than 60 minutes
Burn triage criteria-transfer time greater than two hours
,Can a patient be transported against their will if the patient is requesting a RMCT - Correct
Answers Yes, when they're incompetent
Define "hold back " 412 - Correct Answers Used to advise, prehospital agencies that response
location might contain safety hazards and responding agencies should not enter until determine
secure
Define the following types of medical control:
Prospective
Immediate
Retrospective - Correct Answers Prospective-written medical policy and procedures to provide
standards for patient care (things in the medical Director does before care)
Immediate - verbal communication, written orders (things medical Director does during care)
Retrospectively- continuing education, audit (things are medical Director does after care)
Definition of medical control (20) - Correct Answers Appropriate physician involvement in all
levels of EMS planning, administration, and ongoing evaluation of the EMS system
Describe some medical patient destination considerations - Correct Answers
Does the MICN ever have to take the MICN "downtown" accreditation test again? If so, under
what circumstance - Correct Answers We do it online now?
Does the MICN ever have to take the MICN class again once certified? If so, under what
circumstances? - Correct Answers Only if their certification lapsed for more than two years
How and when could air transport be requested? - Correct Answers
, How does a paramedic decide which base hospital to contact? - Correct Answers Closest to the
incident site
How is the closest appropriate Hospital defined - Correct Answers Equipped, staffed, and
prepared to administer care, appropriate to the needs of the patient
Shortest. Travel time.
Bass hospital physician discretion
How often does your MICN certification have to be renewed - Correct Answers No longer than
two years. The expiration date of any certification will be May 31.
How would the medic decide which of the three hospitals above to transport the patient to -
Correct Answers Quickest, transport time, if less than 60 minutes, if greater than 60 minutes
transport to closest appropriate facility
If a patient's care exceeds the scope of the available EMS personnel what are alternatives? -
Correct Answers Bring physician or RN along with other personnel or devices needed
If multiple ALS personal with the same certification are on scene who is the "patient team
leader "? - Correct Answers The first arriving ALS person will coordinate the medical response as
"patient team leader "
If the medical is unsure of competency What can he do? - Correct Answers Contact the base
hospital
If there is concern for the patients competency, when the patient has a mental disorder, is
under the influence of alcohol or drugs what should the medic do? - Correct Answers Contact
the base hospital