EMR Final Exam Correct Questions & Solutions!!

EMR - ANSWER The first medically trained person to arrive to an emergency scene What is an EMT/Paramedics first responsibility on scene? - ANSWER Their primary responsibility on scene is to make sure the scene is safe and to stabilize the patients condition and prepare them for transport to a hospital What does an EMR do when EMT/Medics arrive on scene? - ANSWER Relays information already obtained about the patient, your action thus far, and assisting them with the patient further What are the basic/common skills of an EMR? - ANSWER Basic skilld of an EMR are treating cardiac events, strokes, breathing issues, airway obstructions, external bleeding, fractures. burns, shock, seizures, problems with heat/cold, alcohol and drug abuse, poisonings, bites and stings, altered mental status, behavioral/psychological issues, vehicle extrication and patient stabilizing, and emergency childbirth What is CISD and how is it used? - ANSWER CISD is the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and is used to alleviate stress reactions cause by high-stress emergency situations. Includes an open discussion of feeling, fears, and reactions to the high stress environment.