Santa Clara County EMS Orientation Exam Study Guide
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1. What Policy is this?
The purpose of this Policy is to establish standardized criteria for the
timely reporting and submission of EMS system variances to the Santa
Clara County EMS Agency, and to define the reporting criteria for each
level of variance.: Policy #108
2. What level variance is this?
Variances are any incident that result in a threat to public
safety, patient, by-stander or responder harm.: Level A
3. Level A Variance include but are not limited to the following: a) Any deviation from an
EMS Agency policy or treatment protocol
with patient harm.
b) Medication or procedural errors with patient harm.
c) Failure or refusal to respond to request for aid, whether from the
public or another system provider.
d) Equipment failure or malfunction with patient harm.
e) Any significant EMS related event that would be reported to
another regulatory agency including, but not limited to, the EMS
Authority, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and
the Department of Public Health.
f) The following occurrences as defined as a threat to the public
health and safety cited in Health and Safety Code §1798.200(c):
1) Fraud in the procurement of any certificate or license under
this division.
2) Gross negligence.
3) Repeated negligent acts.
4) Incompetence.
5) The commission of any fraudulent, dishonest, or corrupt act
that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions,
and duties of prehospital personnel.
6) Conviction of any crime which is substantially related to the
qualifications, functions, and duties of prehospital personnel.
The record of conviction or a certified copy of the record shall
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hphjpd
1. What Policy is this?
The purpose of this Policy is to establish standardized criteria for the
timely reporting and submission of EMS system variances to the Santa
Clara County EMS Agency, and to define the reporting criteria for each
level of variance.: Policy #108
2. What level variance is this?
Variances are any incident that result in a threat to public
safety, patient, by-stander or responder harm.: Level A
3. Level A Variance include but are not limited to the following: a) Any deviation from an
EMS Agency policy or treatment protocol
with patient harm.
b) Medication or procedural errors with patient harm.
c) Failure or refusal to respond to request for aid, whether from the
public or another system provider.
d) Equipment failure or malfunction with patient harm.
e) Any significant EMS related event that would be reported to
another regulatory agency including, but not limited to, the EMS
Authority, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and
the Department of Public Health.
f) The following occurrences as defined as a threat to the public
health and safety cited in Health and Safety Code §1798.200(c):
1) Fraud in the procurement of any certificate or license under
this division.
2) Gross negligence.
3) Repeated negligent acts.
4) Incompetence.
5) The commission of any fraudulent, dishonest, or corrupt act
that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions,
and duties of prehospital personnel.
6) Conviction of any crime which is substantially related to the
qualifications, functions, and duties of prehospital personnel.
The record of conviction or a certified copy of the record shall
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