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Certification - Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at least the same
basic level of knowledge and skill
Licensure - The process by which states ensure applicant competency in an
examination setting.
Medical director - A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care
aspects of the EMS system
Medical control - provided either off-line (indirect) or online (direct), as authorized by
the medical director.
Online = Directions given over the phone or radio
Offline = standing orders
Consent - To give permission
Decision making capacity - Ability to understand the information and to make a choice
regarding appropriate medical care.
Expressed Consent (actual consent) - Type of consent given when patient verbally or
otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to provide care or transport. May also
be nonverbal
Informed consent - Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the
potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
Implied consent - A patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable to make a
rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless
there is a threat to life or a limb.
Foraman magnum - The opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal cord
passes from the brain
The face is composed of how many bones? - 14 bones
-Maxillae, Zygomas, Orbit, Mandible