EMS System - -A network of resources to Denial (Disbelief)
provide emergency care and transport victims of 2. Anger
sudden illness and injury 3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Enhanced 911 System - -Allows caller to
be identified by the dispatch system by providing
the callers phone numbers and address from Five Signs of Stress - -irritability
which they are calling can't concentrate
difficulty sleeping
anxiety (guilt)
Seven Levels of EMS training - -1. loss of appetite
Emergency Medical Responder (DOTrans,
Basic, Advanced)
2. EMT Basic Four Lifestyle Changes to Deal with Stress -
3. AEMT (Advanced EMT) -1. Eat healthier
4. Intermediate 85,99 2. Exercise (Meditation)
5. EMT Paramedic 3. Balance Work
6. Critical Care Paramedic 4. Listening to Family and friends
7. TEMS (Tactical EMS)
CISD - -Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Five Roles / Responsibilities of the EMR - -
1. Personal Health and Safety
2. Caring Attitude, Maintaining Composure Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Purpose -
3. Neat, Clean, and Professional Appearance -Deals with Traumatic Incidents, a
4. Keep Up to Date knowledge and skills debriefing is a confidential group meeting which
5. Put Patients needs as a priority encourages open discussion of the incident. The
goal is to assist the EMS personal in dealing with
the stress related to the incident
Eustress - -Good Stress
Four Types of Body Substance Isolation - -
Distress - -Bad Stress Hand washing
Proper disposal of medical equipment
use of personal protective equipment
Five Common Causes of Stress - -mass Scene Safety (?)
casualty
violence
amputations Scene Safety - -Assessment of scene
death (surroundings) that will provide information to the
Pediatric patients first responder and will help ensure their well-
being
Five Stages of the Grieving Process - -1.
, EMR Final Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A
Scope of Practice - -The legal duties to the to act (legal obligation)
patient, medical director, and public 2. Breach of Duty (failure to act)
3. Injury where Inflicted (some injury occurred)
4. Proximate Cause (the actions of the EMR
Standard of Care - -care expected based caused injury)
on training and experience taking into account
the conditions under which the care is rendered
Negligence - -Deviating from the accepted
standard of care resulting in further injury of the
Competence - -The ability to understand patient
questions and to the implication of decisions
made
( do you know who / where / what you are? ) Good Samaritan Law - -State Laws
intended to protect care providers from liability if
they deliver the standard care in good faith to the
Expressed Consent - -The patient must be level of their training and to the best of their
told in an easy to understand nature and the ability. Don't protect from Wanton, Gross, or
extent of the procedure to be preformed as well Willful Negligence
as the possible risks involved
Anatomical Position - -body is erect facing
Implied Consent - -Consent based on the forward, arms are at the sides palms face forward
assumption that the unresponsive patient would
consent to life saving interventions
Anterior / Posterior - -Front / Back
Advanced Directives - -Written
documentation that specifies what medical Medial / Lateral - -Toward the Middle /
treatment a patient wishes to have and what to Toward the side
withhold should the patient become unable to
make a decision
Superior / Inferior - -Toward the Head /
Toward the Feet
Assault and Battery - -Unlawfully touching
a patient without consent providing emergency
medical care when a competent patient does not Skeletal - -Gives the Body its shape
consent to the emergency medical care protects vital internal organs
Abandonment - -Terminating care of the Axial - -Skull
patient without insuring that care will continue at only movable bone is the mandible
the same level or higher
Muscular - -Gives the Body shape
Four Components of Negligence - -1. Duty Protects interal organs provides for movement