CORRECT ANSWERS
Certification - ANSWERS An exam used to ensure that all the healthcare providers
have atleast the same level of basic knowledge and skill
Licensure - ANSWERS The process in which states ensure applicant competency
in an examination setting
Medical Director - ANSWERS a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for
the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
medical control - ANSWERS Provider either offline or online as authorized by a
medical director
online - ANSWERS Direction given over the phone or radio
Offline - ANSWERS Standing orders
consent - ANSWERS to give permission
, Decision making capacity - ANSWERS Ability to understand and process
information and make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
expressed consent - ANSWERS consent given when the patient verbally or
otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants to provide care or transport may
also be nonverbal
informed consent - ANSWERS Permission for treatment given by a competent
patient after the potential risks, benefits and alternatives to treatment have been
explained
Implied concent( emergency doctrine) - ANSWERS A patient who is on conscience
or otherwise in capable to make a rational decision a serious medical condition
exists and should never be used unless there is a threat to life or a limb (may
result medicolegal situation)
emancipated minor - ANSWERS Person younger than 18 years of age who lives
independently, is totally self-supporting, is married or divorced, is a parent even if
not married, or is in the military and possesses decision-making rights.
Definitive signs of death - ANSWERS decapitation, dependent lividity, rigor
mortis, putrefaction
Noise - ANSWERS Anything that makes it difficult to understand the question
Routes of transmission - ANSWERS Bloodborn, airborn, vector, foodborne,
indirect contact