CHAPTER 2 FIRST AID FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICERS
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,EMS - Correct Answer: Emergency Medical System
EMS System - Correct Answer: is a network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out of
hospital care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness
EMTs - Correct Answer: emergency medical technicians
List the duties of the criminal
justice first aid provider within the
Emergency Medical Services system - Correct Answer: maintain an open airway
assess patients
perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
control bleeding
stabilize injuries to the spine and extremities or limbs
care for medical and trauma emergencies
assist other EMS providers
CPR - Correct Answer: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Describe the officer's responsibilities
for first aid according to the Criminal
Justice Standards and Training
Commission (CJSTC) standards - Correct Answer: Wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and stay
aware of your surroundings. You cannot help
the patient if you are injured. Getting injured forces other rescuers to rescue you. After ensuring
safety at the scene, make the patient's needs your primary concern.
Gain access to the patient. In some emergencies, you may need to move one patient to reach a
more critically injured patient.
Determine whether the emergency is life- threatening. As soon as possible, perform an initial
assessment
,to identify and correct Airway, Breathing, and Circulation (ABCs) problems.
Stay calm. Some emergencies are life- threatening or emotionally charged situations. Maintaining
your composure can help you to assess the scene and set priorities. Communicate clearly
with the patient and responding EMS personnel so that nothing is misunderstood. Try to work
efficiently, but avoid working so quickly that you make mistakes or have misunderstandings with
others.
Keep your appearance neat, clean, and professional. If you look professional, you may instill confidence
in the patient, and cleanliness reduces the risk of wound contamination.
Maintain a caring attitude. Often when you arrive on a scene, you meet emotional patients, family
members, and bystanders. Identify yourself, give reassurance, and begin to stabilize the patient.
Let everyone know more help is on the way.
Alert EMS. When a patient needs transport to an advanced medical facility, remain with that
patient until other EMS personnel relieve you. When they arrive, relay all relevant medical
information.
As you await EMS, provide the patient with care based on needs you identified during your
assessment.
When asked, assist EMS personnel by following their instructions.
Keep your skills current. The medical community and researchers often discover better ways
officers can perf
ABC - Correct Answer: Airway, Breathing, Circulation
PPE - Correct Answer: personal protective equipment
duty to act - Correct Answer: a duty to take
some action to prevent harm to another, and for the failure of which one may be liable, depending on
the relationship of the parties and the circumstances.
24/7 in your jurisdictional boundaries
, breach of duty - Correct Answer: occurs when you either fail to act or act inappropriately
standard or scope of care - Correct Answer: the degree of care that a reasonable person should exercise
Good Samaritan Act - Correct Answer: protects a first aid provider from liability for medical care
performed in good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first aid provider with equal
training
does not stop someone from filing a lawsuit; however,
it does provide a defense if you performed according to the standard of care for a first aid provider
AED - Correct Answer: automated external defibrillator
Abandonment - Correct Answer: is giving up a right or interest with the intention of never again
claiming it
Describe the implications of
abandonment, negligence, and
battery for the criminal justice first
aid provider - Correct Answer: you must continue to provide emergency first aid until another medical
professional with the same or higher-level training replaces you, or you are unable to continue
Negligence - Correct Answer: Black's Law Dictionary Definition
the failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent person would have exercised in a
similar situation; any conduct that falls below the legal standard established to protect others against
unreasonable risk of harm, except for conduct that is intentionally, wantonly, or willfully disregardful of
other's rights.
conditions present that results in negligence - Correct Answer: duty to act—You had a legal duty to the
patient (you were supposed to administer care to the
CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICERS
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,EMS - Correct Answer: Emergency Medical System
EMS System - Correct Answer: is a network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out of
hospital care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness
EMTs - Correct Answer: emergency medical technicians
List the duties of the criminal
justice first aid provider within the
Emergency Medical Services system - Correct Answer: maintain an open airway
assess patients
perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
control bleeding
stabilize injuries to the spine and extremities or limbs
care for medical and trauma emergencies
assist other EMS providers
CPR - Correct Answer: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Describe the officer's responsibilities
for first aid according to the Criminal
Justice Standards and Training
Commission (CJSTC) standards - Correct Answer: Wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and stay
aware of your surroundings. You cannot help
the patient if you are injured. Getting injured forces other rescuers to rescue you. After ensuring
safety at the scene, make the patient's needs your primary concern.
Gain access to the patient. In some emergencies, you may need to move one patient to reach a
more critically injured patient.
Determine whether the emergency is life- threatening. As soon as possible, perform an initial
assessment
,to identify and correct Airway, Breathing, and Circulation (ABCs) problems.
Stay calm. Some emergencies are life- threatening or emotionally charged situations. Maintaining
your composure can help you to assess the scene and set priorities. Communicate clearly
with the patient and responding EMS personnel so that nothing is misunderstood. Try to work
efficiently, but avoid working so quickly that you make mistakes or have misunderstandings with
others.
Keep your appearance neat, clean, and professional. If you look professional, you may instill confidence
in the patient, and cleanliness reduces the risk of wound contamination.
Maintain a caring attitude. Often when you arrive on a scene, you meet emotional patients, family
members, and bystanders. Identify yourself, give reassurance, and begin to stabilize the patient.
Let everyone know more help is on the way.
Alert EMS. When a patient needs transport to an advanced medical facility, remain with that
patient until other EMS personnel relieve you. When they arrive, relay all relevant medical
information.
As you await EMS, provide the patient with care based on needs you identified during your
assessment.
When asked, assist EMS personnel by following their instructions.
Keep your skills current. The medical community and researchers often discover better ways
officers can perf
ABC - Correct Answer: Airway, Breathing, Circulation
PPE - Correct Answer: personal protective equipment
duty to act - Correct Answer: a duty to take
some action to prevent harm to another, and for the failure of which one may be liable, depending on
the relationship of the parties and the circumstances.
24/7 in your jurisdictional boundaries
, breach of duty - Correct Answer: occurs when you either fail to act or act inappropriately
standard or scope of care - Correct Answer: the degree of care that a reasonable person should exercise
Good Samaritan Act - Correct Answer: protects a first aid provider from liability for medical care
performed in good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first aid provider with equal
training
does not stop someone from filing a lawsuit; however,
it does provide a defense if you performed according to the standard of care for a first aid provider
AED - Correct Answer: automated external defibrillator
Abandonment - Correct Answer: is giving up a right or interest with the intention of never again
claiming it
Describe the implications of
abandonment, negligence, and
battery for the criminal justice first
aid provider - Correct Answer: you must continue to provide emergency first aid until another medical
professional with the same or higher-level training replaces you, or you are unable to continue
Negligence - Correct Answer: Black's Law Dictionary Definition
the failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonably prudent person would have exercised in a
similar situation; any conduct that falls below the legal standard established to protect others against
unreasonable risk of harm, except for conduct that is intentionally, wantonly, or willfully disregardful of
other's rights.
conditions present that results in negligence - Correct Answer: duty to act—You had a legal duty to the
patient (you were supposed to administer care to the
