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When parking your emergency vehicle to block oncoming traffic at the scene of a crash...
Park at a 45 degree angle to deflect traffic away from the incident if a vehicle does hit the
emergency apparatus. If you need to shut down all lanes of the road, don't hesitate to do so. Your
safety and the safety of all personnel at the scene is more important than keeping a road open for
travel.
Type I ambulances are a box-stylepassenger compartment on a truck chassis.
Type II ambulances are a van chassis with a raised roof in the patient compartment.
Type III ambulances are a box-stlye passenger compartment on a van chassis.
A patient's HIV status is protected healthcare information and therefore should not be shared
with the police unless you are presented with a formal subpoena
The Safety Officer is ultimately in charge of deciding whether it is safe to proceed with a
rescue operation.
The multiplex system is made up of multiple duplex channels.
, Duplex systems send and receive data over the same frequency.
Combining duplex systems allows for multiple tiers of communications to occur at once.
The helicopter crew's first priority is to keep everyone safe. Approaching a helicopter without
direction from a crew member is extremely dangerous and should never be done.
A Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a document created by
you and your doctor that informs emergency care providers what kinds of treatments you want
(and don't want) in a medical emergency.
Presence of fluids, airbag deployment, and electrical system components are all categorized
as vehicle hazards.
Environmental hazards include time of day, weather, and temperature.
A strike team is organized to include the same kind and type of resource.
Each strike team should havee. a designated leader and have the ability to communicate
between all single resources in the team.
A strike team may be a part of a task force