Ems Ops - Exam 1 Review Questions And Answers, Graded A+| Latest Exam Updates| 2024/25 |

EMS OPS - EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ Peak Loads - -Highest volume of calls; daily, weekly, and time of day Sets the "gold standard" for EMS - -Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services Narcotics should be.... - -Signed for at the beginning and end of each shift. Agency charged with protecting worker safety - -OSHA Deployment - -Strategy used to maneuver ambulance and crews in order to reduce response times Factors of deployment - -1. location of facilities to house ambulances 2. location of hospitals 3. anticipated volume of calls 4. specific geographic and traffic considerations. Primary Areas of Responsibilty ( PAR's ) - -Stationing locations, usually in communities that do not have multiple strategically located stations, where ambulances are deployed to wait for calls at specific, high volume locations. PAR size depends on the number of ambulances available and the expected call volume. Visual Flight Rules - -Pilot can fly visually, without instruments ) and be able to see a visible horizon for orientation. Most EMS programs in the United States operate on visual flight rules; train to fly on instruments in an emergency only when poor conditions can not be avoided. Organization with authority to regulate operation of air ambulances - -FAA Type 1 ambulance - -conventional truck cab-chasis with a modular ambulance body Type 2 ambulance - -standard van, forward control integral cab-body ambulance Type 3 ambulance - -specialty van, forward control integral cab-body ambulance Essential equipment - -items to be carried on every ambulance State standards - -Usually set minimum standards, rather than a gold standard, for operation. Local/regional EMS standards - -Usually much more detailed and often approach a gold standard. Who issues federal regulations specifying ambulance design - -The U.S. General Services Administration's Automotive Commodity Cen