EMS OPS - Exam 1
Peak Loads Correct answers Highest volume of calls; daily, weekly, and
time of day
Sets the "gold standard" for EMS Correct answers Commission on
Accreditation of
Ambulance
Services
Narcotics should be.... Correct answers Signed for at the beginning and
end of each
shift
.
Agency charged with protecting worker safety Correct
answers OSHA
Deployment Correct answers Strategy used to maneuver ambulance and
crews in order
to reduce response
times
Factors of deployment Correct answers 1. location of facilities to house
ambulances
2. location of
hospitals
3. anticipated volume of
calls
4. specific geographic and traffic
considerations.
Primary Areas of Responsibilty ( PAR's ) Correct answers Stationing
locations,
in usually
communities that do not have multiple strategically located
stations, where
ambulances are deployed to wait for calls at specific, high volume
locations.
PAR size depends on the number of ambulances available and the
expected call
volum
e.
Visual Flight Rules Correct answers Pilot can fly visually, without
instruments
able to see a) visible
and behorizon for
orientation.
Most EMS programs in the United States operate on visual flight rules;
train to fly on
instruments in an emergency only when poor conditions can not be
avoided.
Organization with authority to regulate operation of air ambulances
Correct answers
FAA
Type 1 ambulance Correct answers conventional truck cab-chasis with a
modular
ambulance
body
Type 2 ambulance Correct answers standard van, forward control integral
cab-body
ambulanc
e
Type 3 ambulance Correct answers specialty van, forward control integral
cab-body
ambulanc
e
, Essential equipment Correct answers items to be carried on every
ambulance
State standards Correct answers Usually set minimum standards, rather
than a gold
standard, for
operation.
Local/regional EMS standards Correct answers Usually much more detailed
and often a gold
approach
standard.
Who issues federal regulations specifying ambulance design Correct answers
The U.S. Services Administration's Automotive
General
Commodity Center
DOT KKK 1822F Correct answers attempt to influence safety standards
as well as the look of
standardize
ambulances.
Organizations collaborating to improve existing standards to make
patient
workersand saferems
in rear compartments of ambulances Correct answers -
National
Traffic Highway
Safety
Administration(NHTSA)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
( NIOSH )
Organizations which give input for air ambulance standards Correct
answersTransport
Surface - Air and Nurses Association
-( International
ASTNA ) Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics
-( Association
IAFCCP ) of Air Medical Services
( AAMS )
The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) Correct answers Specifies
the radio
bands and types of equipment that may be used in
ambulances.
Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services ( CAAS ) Correct
answers
National level, provides a voluntary gold standard for the EMS community
-torequires
follow. that onboard medical equipment and supplies comply with
state and local
guideline
s.
In the absence of guidelines set by CAAS Correct answers CAAS requires
services guidelines
develop to that meet or exceed those established the American
College of
Surgeons
( ACS ).
First list of "essential equipment" to be carried on ambulances Correct
answers
by the ACS
Issued
in 1970 and revised in 1994, included emergency drugs and
fluids
still that are
used
today.
Advantages of a supply checklist Correct answers - reminds employees
exactly where
all equipment and supplies are stored on the
ambulance
- helps to ensure that all equipment and supplies will be available and in
working order
when needed for patient
care.
Peak Loads Correct answers Highest volume of calls; daily, weekly, and
time of day
Sets the "gold standard" for EMS Correct answers Commission on
Accreditation of
Ambulance
Services
Narcotics should be.... Correct answers Signed for at the beginning and
end of each
shift
.
Agency charged with protecting worker safety Correct
answers OSHA
Deployment Correct answers Strategy used to maneuver ambulance and
crews in order
to reduce response
times
Factors of deployment Correct answers 1. location of facilities to house
ambulances
2. location of
hospitals
3. anticipated volume of
calls
4. specific geographic and traffic
considerations.
Primary Areas of Responsibilty ( PAR's ) Correct answers Stationing
locations,
in usually
communities that do not have multiple strategically located
stations, where
ambulances are deployed to wait for calls at specific, high volume
locations.
PAR size depends on the number of ambulances available and the
expected call
volum
e.
Visual Flight Rules Correct answers Pilot can fly visually, without
instruments
able to see a) visible
and behorizon for
orientation.
Most EMS programs in the United States operate on visual flight rules;
train to fly on
instruments in an emergency only when poor conditions can not be
avoided.
Organization with authority to regulate operation of air ambulances
Correct answers
FAA
Type 1 ambulance Correct answers conventional truck cab-chasis with a
modular
ambulance
body
Type 2 ambulance Correct answers standard van, forward control integral
cab-body
ambulanc
e
Type 3 ambulance Correct answers specialty van, forward control integral
cab-body
ambulanc
e
, Essential equipment Correct answers items to be carried on every
ambulance
State standards Correct answers Usually set minimum standards, rather
than a gold
standard, for
operation.
Local/regional EMS standards Correct answers Usually much more detailed
and often a gold
approach
standard.
Who issues federal regulations specifying ambulance design Correct answers
The U.S. Services Administration's Automotive
General
Commodity Center
DOT KKK 1822F Correct answers attempt to influence safety standards
as well as the look of
standardize
ambulances.
Organizations collaborating to improve existing standards to make
patient
workersand saferems
in rear compartments of ambulances Correct answers -
National
Traffic Highway
Safety
Administration(NHTSA)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
( NIOSH )
Organizations which give input for air ambulance standards Correct
answersTransport
Surface - Air and Nurses Association
-( International
ASTNA ) Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics
-( Association
IAFCCP ) of Air Medical Services
( AAMS )
The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) Correct answers Specifies
the radio
bands and types of equipment that may be used in
ambulances.
Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services ( CAAS ) Correct
answers
National level, provides a voluntary gold standard for the EMS community
-torequires
follow. that onboard medical equipment and supplies comply with
state and local
guideline
s.
In the absence of guidelines set by CAAS Correct answers CAAS requires
services guidelines
develop to that meet or exceed those established the American
College of
Surgeons
( ACS ).
First list of "essential equipment" to be carried on ambulances Correct
answers
by the ACS
Issued
in 1970 and revised in 1994, included emergency drugs and
fluids
still that are
used
today.
Advantages of a supply checklist Correct answers - reminds employees
exactly where
all equipment and supplies are stored on the
ambulance
- helps to ensure that all equipment and supplies will be available and in
working order
when needed for patient
care.
