EMS 131 Final Exam Terms 100% Solved
Medical Director ✔️✔️The physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical
direction, or oversight of the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical Direction ✔️✔️oversight of the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Protocols ✔️✔️list of steps for assessment and interventions to be performed in different
situations
Designated Agent ✔️✔️An EMT at a basic or advanced level with the authority to give
medications and provide emergency care
Standing Orders ✔️✔️a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and
others to perform particular skills in certain situations
Off-Line medical direction: ✔️✔️Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allow EMTs
to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical
Director or another physician.
Online Medical Direction: ✔️✔️Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the
field by radio or telephone.
Pathogens: ✔️✔️Organisms that cause infections, such as viruses and bacteria causing diseases
Standard Precautions: ✔️✔️Equipment and procedures that protect you from the blood and
body fluids of the patient
Contamination: ✔️✔️The introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials.
,Who is charged with developing EMS Standards nationally and assisting states in upgrading
their quality of prehospital emergency care? ✔️✔️Department of Transportation
Types of hepatitis, what it effects in the body and which one can live for several days on dried
blood? ✔️✔️Causes inflammation of the liver
Hep A: acquired through contact with food or water contaminated with stool
Hep B and C: acquired through contact with blood or other bodily fluids
Hep B can live for many days in dried blood
Tuberculosis - Where is found in the body, what are the signs and symptoms? ✔️✔️An infection
that sometimes settles in the lungs and that in some cases can be fatal. Can be spread through
the air. Main symptom is productive dry cough.
What is the Ryan White CARE act? ✔️✔️(C)omprehensive (A)IDS (R)esources (E)mergency CARE
Mandates a procedure by which emergency response personnel can seek to find out if they
have been exposed to potentially life-threatening disease while providing patient care.
Acute Stress: ✔️✔️often linked to catastrophes, such as a large-scale natural disaster, plane
crash, etc. Signs and symptoms will develop simultaneously or within a very short time
following the incident
Delayed stress: ✔️✔️(PTSD) can be triggered by a specific incident; however, signs and symptoms
might not be present for days, months, or even years later
Cumulative stress: ✔️✔️(Burnout) is not triggered by a single critical incident, but instead results
from sustained, recurring low-level stressors
, What is proper lifting technique? ✔️✔️Position feet properly shoulder-width apart
Use your legs not your back
Never turn or twist
Do not compensate when lifting with one hand
Keep the weight as close as possible to your body
(use a chair when carrying down the stairs)
Emergent/Emergency moves ✔️✔️3 situations that may require the use of an emergency move:
The scene is hazardous
Care of life-threatening conditions requiring repositioning
You must reach other patients
Urgent Moves: ✔️✔️The required treatment can be performed only if the patient is moved.
Factors at the scene cause patient decline.
*Patients with spine/suspected spine injuries need to be placed in C-spine precautions with a c-
collar and on a spine board.
What do you do to treat for shock? ✔️✔️
Scope of practice: ✔️✔️The collective set of regulations and ethical considerations
Standard of care: ✔️✔️the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar
training when caring for a patient in a similar situation
Expressed consent: ✔️✔️consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to
make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being
Medical Director ✔️✔️The physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical
direction, or oversight of the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical Direction ✔️✔️oversight of the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Protocols ✔️✔️list of steps for assessment and interventions to be performed in different
situations
Designated Agent ✔️✔️An EMT at a basic or advanced level with the authority to give
medications and provide emergency care
Standing Orders ✔️✔️a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and
others to perform particular skills in certain situations
Off-Line medical direction: ✔️✔️Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allow EMTs
to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical
Director or another physician.
Online Medical Direction: ✔️✔️Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the
field by radio or telephone.
Pathogens: ✔️✔️Organisms that cause infections, such as viruses and bacteria causing diseases
Standard Precautions: ✔️✔️Equipment and procedures that protect you from the blood and
body fluids of the patient
Contamination: ✔️✔️The introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials.
,Who is charged with developing EMS Standards nationally and assisting states in upgrading
their quality of prehospital emergency care? ✔️✔️Department of Transportation
Types of hepatitis, what it effects in the body and which one can live for several days on dried
blood? ✔️✔️Causes inflammation of the liver
Hep A: acquired through contact with food or water contaminated with stool
Hep B and C: acquired through contact with blood or other bodily fluids
Hep B can live for many days in dried blood
Tuberculosis - Where is found in the body, what are the signs and symptoms? ✔️✔️An infection
that sometimes settles in the lungs and that in some cases can be fatal. Can be spread through
the air. Main symptom is productive dry cough.
What is the Ryan White CARE act? ✔️✔️(C)omprehensive (A)IDS (R)esources (E)mergency CARE
Mandates a procedure by which emergency response personnel can seek to find out if they
have been exposed to potentially life-threatening disease while providing patient care.
Acute Stress: ✔️✔️often linked to catastrophes, such as a large-scale natural disaster, plane
crash, etc. Signs and symptoms will develop simultaneously or within a very short time
following the incident
Delayed stress: ✔️✔️(PTSD) can be triggered by a specific incident; however, signs and symptoms
might not be present for days, months, or even years later
Cumulative stress: ✔️✔️(Burnout) is not triggered by a single critical incident, but instead results
from sustained, recurring low-level stressors
, What is proper lifting technique? ✔️✔️Position feet properly shoulder-width apart
Use your legs not your back
Never turn or twist
Do not compensate when lifting with one hand
Keep the weight as close as possible to your body
(use a chair when carrying down the stairs)
Emergent/Emergency moves ✔️✔️3 situations that may require the use of an emergency move:
The scene is hazardous
Care of life-threatening conditions requiring repositioning
You must reach other patients
Urgent Moves: ✔️✔️The required treatment can be performed only if the patient is moved.
Factors at the scene cause patient decline.
*Patients with spine/suspected spine injuries need to be placed in C-spine precautions with a c-
collar and on a spine board.
What do you do to treat for shock? ✔️✔️
Scope of practice: ✔️✔️The collective set of regulations and ethical considerations
Standard of care: ✔️✔️the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar
training when caring for a patient in a similar situation
Expressed consent: ✔️✔️consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to
make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being
