EMS OPS - Exam 1 Questions and Answers

EMS OPS - Exam 1 Questions and Answers Peak Loads - Correct Answer ️️ -Highest volume of calls; daily, weekly, and time of day Sets the "gold standard" for EMS - Correct Answer ️️ -Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services Narcotics should be.... - Correct Answer ️️ -Signed for at the beginning and end of each shift. Agency charged with protecting worker safety - Correct Answer ️️ -OSHA Deployment - Correct Answer ️️ -Strategy used to maneuver ambulance and crews in order to reduce response times Factors of deployment - Correct Answer ️️ -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 ) - Correct Answer ️️ -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 - Correct Answer ️️ -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 - Correct Answer ️️ -FAA Type 1 ambulance - Correct Answer ️️ -conventional truck cab-chasis with a modular ambulance body Type 2 ambulance - Correct Answer ️️ -standard van, forward control integral cab- body ambulance Type 3 ambulance - Correct Answer ️️ -specialty van, forward control integral cab- body ambulance Essential equipment - Correct Answer ️️ -items to be carried on every ambulance State standards - Correct Answer ️️ -Usually set minimum standards, rather than a gold standard, for operation. Local/regional EMS standards - Correct Answer ️️ -Usually much more detailed and often approach a gold standard. Who issues federal regulations specifying ambulance design - Correct Answer ️️ -The U.S. General Services Administration's Automotive Commodity Center