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FDNY EMS FINAL EXAM Part 1 Exam
Study Guide.
Certification - answer✔Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at least the
same basic level of knowledge and skill
Licensure - answer✔The process by which states ensure applicant competency in an
examination setting.
Medical director - answer✔A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the
patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical control - answer✔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 - answer✔To give permission
Decision making capacity - answer✔Ability to understand the information and to make a
choice regarding appropriate medical care.
Expressed Consent (actual consent) - answer✔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 - answer✔Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after
the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
Implied consent - answer✔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 - answer✔The opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal
cord passes from the brain
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
FDNY EMS FINAL EXAM Part 1 Exam
Study Guide.
Certification - answer✔Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at least the
same basic level of knowledge and skill
Licensure - answer✔The process by which states ensure applicant competency in an
examination setting.
Medical director - answer✔A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the
patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical control - answer✔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 - answer✔To give permission
Decision making capacity - answer✔Ability to understand the information and to make a
choice regarding appropriate medical care.
Expressed Consent (actual consent) - answer✔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 - answer✔Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after
the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
Implied consent - answer✔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 - answer✔The opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal
cord passes from the brain
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