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Edition questions with answers
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benchmarking - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The process of |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
comparing an organization's processes and performance to those
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of the overall industry of the best practices from other
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companies.
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critical care - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Constant, complex, detailed
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health care as provided in various acute life-threatening
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conditions; the ability to deal with crucial situations rapidly and
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with precision using various advanced machines and devices for
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treating and monitoring the patient's condition.
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critical care patient - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any patient who
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experiences an actual or potential life-threatening illness or
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injury that requires continual monitoring and care by a specially
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trained physician, registered nurse, or paramedic.
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critical care transport - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The transport of a
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patient from an emergency department, critical care unit, or
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incident scene during which the patient receives the same level
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of care as was provided in the hospital or originating facility.
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critical care transport professional - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
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health care professional who has successfully completed a
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recognized critical care program and meets the minimum
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qualifications set forth by the employing transport program.
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,critical incident stress debriefing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An
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approach favored since the 1980s to manage the psychological
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aftereffects in emergency personnel after particularly distressing
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responses; it requires a specially trained team and has the
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potential to create iatrogenic harm.
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dispatch - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The person or organization
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that receives the request for critical care transport and contacts
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the critical care transport team with the details of that request to
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ascertain the team's availability.
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fixed-wing aircraft - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Airplanes; they are
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capable of transporting critically ill and injured patient over a
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distances of 150 miles (240 km) or greater.
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inter-facility transport - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The transport of a
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patient between two health care facilities.
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medical director - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A physician who
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provides guidance and oversight for the practice of a critical care
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transport service's personnel.
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mobile intensive care units - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ambulances
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or helicopters that are used only for maintaining specialized or
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intensive care treatment; they are used primarily for inter-facility
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transports.
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, morbidity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An illness or an abnormal
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condition or quality; the rate at which an illness occurs in a
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particular area or population.
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mortality - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The condition of being subject
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to death; the number of deaths per unit of population in any
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specific region, age group, disease, or other classification.
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online medical control/consultation - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Immediate medical direction provided to critical care
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transport professionals in outlying locations by a physician; a
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system in which field personnel contact an emergency
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department physician via telephone or radio for a consult.
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perfusionists - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Highly trained technicians |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
who are intimately familiar with the operation of intra-aortic
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balloon pumps and adult and pediatric extracorporeal membrane
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oxygenation machines, and who may assist during any medical
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situation, including critical care transports, in which it is
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necessary to support or temporarily replace a patient's
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circulatory or respiratory function.
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psychological first aid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An evidence- |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
based approach to managing psychological aftereffects in
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emergency personnel after particularly distressing responses
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that relies on the concept of human resilience.
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quality assurance and improvement program - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A program that seeks to generate data that are
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then used to improve the quality of service provided.
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Edition questions with answers
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benchmarking - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The process of |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
comparing an organization's processes and performance to those
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
of the overall industry of the best practices from other
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
companies.
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critical care - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Constant, complex, detailed
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
health care as provided in various acute life-threatening
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
conditions; the ability to deal with crucial situations rapidly and
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
with precision using various advanced machines and devices for
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
treating and monitoring the patient's condition.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
critical care patient - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any patient who
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
experiences an actual or potential life-threatening illness or
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
injury that requires continual monitoring and care by a specially
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
trained physician, registered nurse, or paramedic.
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critical care transport - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The transport of a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
patient from an emergency department, critical care unit, or
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
incident scene during which the patient receives the same level
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
of care as was provided in the hospital or originating facility.
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critical care transport professional - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
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health care professional who has successfully completed a
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recognized critical care program and meets the minimum
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qualifications set forth by the employing transport program.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
,critical incident stress debriefing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
approach favored since the 1980s to manage the psychological
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
aftereffects in emergency personnel after particularly distressing
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
responses; it requires a specially trained team and has the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
potential to create iatrogenic harm.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
dispatch - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The person or organization
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
that receives the request for critical care transport and contacts
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
the critical care transport team with the details of that request to
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ascertain the team's availability.
|/ |/ |/ |/
fixed-wing aircraft - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Airplanes; they are
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
capable of transporting critically ill and injured patient over a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
distances of 150 miles (240 km) or greater.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
inter-facility transport - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The transport of a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
patient between two health care facilities.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
medical director - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A physician who
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
provides guidance and oversight for the practice of a critical care
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transport service's personnel.
|/ |/ |/
mobile intensive care units - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ambulances
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
or helicopters that are used only for maintaining specialized or
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
intensive care treatment; they are used primarily for inter-facility
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transports.
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, morbidity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An illness or an abnormal
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
condition or quality; the rate at which an illness occurs in a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
particular area or population.
|/ |/ |/ |/
mortality - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The condition of being subject
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
to death; the number of deaths per unit of population in any
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
specific region, age group, disease, or other classification.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
online medical control/consultation - CORRECT ANSWERS
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
✔✔Immediate medical direction provided to critical care
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transport professionals in outlying locations by a physician; a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
system in which field personnel contact an emergency
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
department physician via telephone or radio for a consult.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
perfusionists - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Highly trained technicians |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
who are intimately familiar with the operation of intra-aortic
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
balloon pumps and adult and pediatric extracorporeal membrane
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
oxygenation machines, and who may assist during any medical
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
situation, including critical care transports, in which it is
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
necessary to support or temporarily replace a patient's
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
circulatory or respiratory function.
|/ |/ |/ |/
psychological first aid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An evidence- |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
based approach to managing psychological aftereffects in
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
emergency personnel after particularly distressing responses
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
that relies on the concept of human resilience.
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
quality assurance and improvement program - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔A program that seeks to generate data that are
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
then used to improve the quality of service provided.
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