Answers
Where should an ambulance ideally be cleaned? - ✔️✔️At the
hospital
Which bodily fluid has the least chance of transmitting an
infectious disease? - ✔️✔️Saliva
What 3 things must be on a DNR for them to be valid? -
✔️✔️State's patient's medical problems
Have signature of patient or guardian
Have signature of at least one physician
What 4 things must arise for negligence to apply? - ✔️✔️Duty:
An obligation to provide patient care in a manner consistent with
the standard of care
Breach of duty: Failing to act the same way a reasonable person
with equal training would act
Damages: The patient is noticeably injured either physically or
psychologically
,Causation: Whether the damages to the patient would have
occurred had the negligent act not been performed
What act replaced the Highway Traffic Act, what describe this
new act - ✔️✔️Traffic Safety Act
Defines how an ambulance can operate within public motorways
What are definitive signs of death? - ✔️✔️DRIED
Decapitation
Rigor Mortis
Incinerated
Eviscerated vital organs
Dependent lividity
Which of the following foods provides the safest, most reliable
source of long-term energy production? - ✔️✔️Pasta
Who can you not get to sign as a witness to a refusal of
treatment? - ✔️✔️Another EMS provider
Who conducts evaluations and quality control on EMS work? -
✔️✔️Medical director
Writing that you think your patient is drunk is considered what? -
✔️✔️Libel
, An infected person sneezes a large droplet that lands on the skin
of another person. What type of contact is this? - ✔️✔️Direct
contact
Applying an AED and inserting a multilumen airway prior to calling
medical control is an example of what? - ✔️✔️Standinng
orders
Basket stretchers generally have a load capacity of what? -
✔️✔️600lb (273kg)
Can an ambulance proceed through a red light or stop sign
without stopping? - ✔️✔️Yes, if the siren is on
Can an EMS unit shut down a roadway? - ✔️✔️No, only peace
officers can
Can cerebrospinal fluid and amniotic fluid transmit infections? -
✔️✔️Yes
Can EMS take over traffic control? - ✔️✔️Yes, if a peace
officer is not present
Can mentally incompetent adults give informed consent? -
✔️✔️No
Defamation has what 2 components - ✔️✔️Libel and slander
Define a knowledge based failure - ✔️✔️Actions which are
intended but do not achieve the intended outcome due to
knowledge deficits