EMR Exam Study Guide with Complete
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Primary responsibilities of an EMR - Answers - ✔✔Ensure safety of self/others, gain
access to patient, check for life-threatening conditions, summon/assist more advanced
medical personnel, provide care for the patient.
Indirect medical control - Answers - ✔✔Standing orders, procedures performed
according to normal protocol
Advance directive - Answers - ✔✔Written instructions that documents the patient's
wishes if they are unable to communicate. Example: DNR
Trip sheet - Answers - ✔✔Another name for a prehospital care report.
Pinch the glove near the wrist on the palm side of the hand - Answers - ✔✔The first
step in removing disposable gloves.
Standard precautions - Answers - ✔✔"If it's wet and not yours, don't touch it"
Ensure scene safety (of self and others) - Answers - ✔✔First step when arriving on the
scene of an emergency.
360-degree assessment - Answers - ✔✔Looking in all directions for possible dangers
Where to park your ambulance - Answers - ✔✔50 feet away to help re-direct traffic, 100
feet away if there is a fire, 2000 feet away for a HAZMAT incident
Do not disturb items in a crime scene. - Answers - ✔✔When taking care of a victim in a
possible crime scene, be sure to remember this.
Biohazard container - Answers - ✔✔An engineering control used to collect
contaminated items
How diseases are spread (and example) - Answers - ✔✔Direct contact (HIV), indirect
contact (Hepatitis), respiratory droplet (TB), vector-borne (Malaria)
Skin - Answers - ✔✔The body's largest organ and best defense against pathogens.
Identify yourself - Answers - ✔✔Before providing care to a patient, you must obtain
consent. This is the first step to that.
, Good Samaritan Law - Answers - ✔✔Law which protects people helping in an
emergency if they act in good faith (not compensated) and according to their level of
training.
Scope of practice - Answers - ✔✔The duties and skills that are expected to be
performed for a certain job.
Standard of Care - Answers - ✔✔The extent and quality of care expected from your
level of training.
Levels of EMS training - Answers - ✔✔From least to most: EMR, EMT, AEMT,
Paramedic
Competence - Answers - ✔✔The patient's ability to understand the EMR's questions
and the implications of decisions made.
Dispatch - Answers - ✔✔Where the public contacts to activate the EMS system
Proper lifting/moving techniques - Answers - ✔✔Reach no more than 20 inches from
your body, push rather than pull, use the power grip, lift with your legs (power/squat lift)
Situations where you SHOULD move a patient - Answers - ✔✔Immediate danger,
gaining access to other patients, providing proper care
Frontal Plane - Answers - ✔✔Divides the body into front and back portions. Also known
as the Coronal Plane.
Sagittal Plane - Answers - ✔✔Divides the body into right and left portions
Transverse Plane - Answers - ✔✔Divides the body into top and bottom portions. Also
known as the Axial or Horizontal Plane.
Superior - Answers - ✔✔Higher or closer to the head
Inferior - Answers - ✔✔Lower or closer to the feet
Lateral - Answers - ✔✔Further away from the midline of the body
Medial - Answers - ✔✔Closer to the midline of the body
Tachy- - Answers - ✔✔Suffix meaning fast
Brady- - Answers - ✔✔Suffix meaning slow
Solutions Latest Updated Rated A+
Primary responsibilities of an EMR - Answers - ✔✔Ensure safety of self/others, gain
access to patient, check for life-threatening conditions, summon/assist more advanced
medical personnel, provide care for the patient.
Indirect medical control - Answers - ✔✔Standing orders, procedures performed
according to normal protocol
Advance directive - Answers - ✔✔Written instructions that documents the patient's
wishes if they are unable to communicate. Example: DNR
Trip sheet - Answers - ✔✔Another name for a prehospital care report.
Pinch the glove near the wrist on the palm side of the hand - Answers - ✔✔The first
step in removing disposable gloves.
Standard precautions - Answers - ✔✔"If it's wet and not yours, don't touch it"
Ensure scene safety (of self and others) - Answers - ✔✔First step when arriving on the
scene of an emergency.
360-degree assessment - Answers - ✔✔Looking in all directions for possible dangers
Where to park your ambulance - Answers - ✔✔50 feet away to help re-direct traffic, 100
feet away if there is a fire, 2000 feet away for a HAZMAT incident
Do not disturb items in a crime scene. - Answers - ✔✔When taking care of a victim in a
possible crime scene, be sure to remember this.
Biohazard container - Answers - ✔✔An engineering control used to collect
contaminated items
How diseases are spread (and example) - Answers - ✔✔Direct contact (HIV), indirect
contact (Hepatitis), respiratory droplet (TB), vector-borne (Malaria)
Skin - Answers - ✔✔The body's largest organ and best defense against pathogens.
Identify yourself - Answers - ✔✔Before providing care to a patient, you must obtain
consent. This is the first step to that.
, Good Samaritan Law - Answers - ✔✔Law which protects people helping in an
emergency if they act in good faith (not compensated) and according to their level of
training.
Scope of practice - Answers - ✔✔The duties and skills that are expected to be
performed for a certain job.
Standard of Care - Answers - ✔✔The extent and quality of care expected from your
level of training.
Levels of EMS training - Answers - ✔✔From least to most: EMR, EMT, AEMT,
Paramedic
Competence - Answers - ✔✔The patient's ability to understand the EMR's questions
and the implications of decisions made.
Dispatch - Answers - ✔✔Where the public contacts to activate the EMS system
Proper lifting/moving techniques - Answers - ✔✔Reach no more than 20 inches from
your body, push rather than pull, use the power grip, lift with your legs (power/squat lift)
Situations where you SHOULD move a patient - Answers - ✔✔Immediate danger,
gaining access to other patients, providing proper care
Frontal Plane - Answers - ✔✔Divides the body into front and back portions. Also known
as the Coronal Plane.
Sagittal Plane - Answers - ✔✔Divides the body into right and left portions
Transverse Plane - Answers - ✔✔Divides the body into top and bottom portions. Also
known as the Axial or Horizontal Plane.
Superior - Answers - ✔✔Higher or closer to the head
Inferior - Answers - ✔✔Lower or closer to the feet
Lateral - Answers - ✔✔Further away from the midline of the body
Medial - Answers - ✔✔Closer to the midline of the body
Tachy- - Answers - ✔✔Suffix meaning fast
Brady- - Answers - ✔✔Suffix meaning slow
