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CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT, SECOND EDITION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
benchmarking ......ANSWER........The process of comparing an
organization's processes and performance to those of the overall
industry of the best practices from other companies.
critical care ......ANSWER........Constant, complex, detailed health
care as provided in various acute life-threatening conditions; the
ability to deal with crucial situations rapidly and with precision
using various advanced machines and devices for treating and
monitoring the patient's condition.
critical care patient ......ANSWER........Any patient who
experiences an actual or potential life-threatening illness or
injury that requires continual monitoring and care by a specially
trained physician, registered nurse, or paramedic.
critical care transport ......ANSWER........The transport of a patient
from an emergency department, critical care unit, or incident
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scene during which the patient receives the same level of care as
was provided in the hospital or originating facility.
critical care transport professional ......ANSWER........A health
care professional who has successfully completed a recognized
critical care program and meets the minimum qualifications set
forth by the employing transport program.
critical incident stress debriefing ......ANSWER........An approach
favored since the 1980s to manage the psychological
aftereffects in emergency personnel after particularly
distressing responses; it requires a specially trained team and
has the potential to create iatrogenic harm.
dispatch ......ANSWER........The person or organization that
receives the request for critical care transport and contacts the
critical care transport team with the details of that request to
ascertain the team's availability.
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fixed-wing aircraft ......ANSWER........Airplanes; they are
capable of transporting critically ill and injured patient over a
distances of 150 miles (240 km) or greater.
inter-facility transport ......ANSWER........The transport of a
patient between two health care facilities.
medical director ......ANSWER........A physician who provides
guidance and oversight for the practice of a critical care
transport service's personnel.
mobile intensive care units ......ANSWER........Ambulances or
helicopters that are used only for maintaining specialized or
intensive care treatment; they are used primarily for inter-
facility transports.
morbidity ......ANSWER........An illness or an abnormal condition
or quality; the rate at which an illness occurs in a particular area
or population.
CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT, SECOND EDITION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
benchmarking ......ANSWER........The process of comparing an
organization's processes and performance to those of the overall
industry of the best practices from other companies.
critical care ......ANSWER........Constant, complex, detailed health
care as provided in various acute life-threatening conditions; the
ability to deal with crucial situations rapidly and with precision
using various advanced machines and devices for treating and
monitoring the patient's condition.
critical care patient ......ANSWER........Any patient who
experiences an actual or potential life-threatening illness or
injury that requires continual monitoring and care by a specially
trained physician, registered nurse, or paramedic.
critical care transport ......ANSWER........The transport of a patient
from an emergency department, critical care unit, or incident
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scene during which the patient receives the same level of care as
was provided in the hospital or originating facility.
critical care transport professional ......ANSWER........A health
care professional who has successfully completed a recognized
critical care program and meets the minimum qualifications set
forth by the employing transport program.
critical incident stress debriefing ......ANSWER........An approach
favored since the 1980s to manage the psychological
aftereffects in emergency personnel after particularly
distressing responses; it requires a specially trained team and
has the potential to create iatrogenic harm.
dispatch ......ANSWER........The person or organization that
receives the request for critical care transport and contacts the
critical care transport team with the details of that request to
ascertain the team's availability.
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fixed-wing aircraft ......ANSWER........Airplanes; they are
capable of transporting critically ill and injured patient over a
distances of 150 miles (240 km) or greater.
inter-facility transport ......ANSWER........The transport of a
patient between two health care facilities.
medical director ......ANSWER........A physician who provides
guidance and oversight for the practice of a critical care
transport service's personnel.
mobile intensive care units ......ANSWER........Ambulances or
helicopters that are used only for maintaining specialized or
intensive care treatment; they are used primarily for inter-
facility transports.
morbidity ......ANSWER........An illness or an abnormal condition
or quality; the rate at which an illness occurs in a particular area
or population.
