What does ARP stand for? - ANSWER✅ Ambulance Response Programme
What is AMPDS - ANSWER✅ Advanced medical priority dispatch system
Name 2 appropriate types of response - ANSWER✅ Hear and treat - (patient advised how
to look after themselves)
Physical response-ambulance response)
What are the 2 types of handover - ANSWER✅ Medical = SBAR-situation-background-
assessment-recommendations.
Trauma = ATMIST- age of PT-time of incident-moi-injuries-signs & symptoms- treatment
given/immediate needs.
What are the six 'C's core values in safe and effective patient care. - ANSWER✅ Care
Compassion
Competence
Communication
Courage
Commitment
,What is three criteria for consent - ANSWER✅ Consent must be given voluntarily(free
from pressure)
Consent Must be informed(benefits, risks and consequences)
The person consenting needs to have the mental capacity to do so
Name 4 main types of abuse + 2 to consider - ANSWER✅ Physical
Psychological/emotional
Sexual
Neglect
Financial
FGM
What H&S legislation relates to the ambulance service - ANSWER✅ Health & Safety @ work
act (HSWA)1974
Management of Health & Safety at work Regs (MHSAWR) 1999
Manual Handling operations 1992
Provision and Use of work equipment regs(PUWER) 1998
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment(LOLER)
Personal Protective Equipment at work regs 1992
Control of Substances hazardous to Health 2002
What is a hazard? - ANSWER✅ Something with the potential to cause harm
, What are the 4 main types of healthcare waste - ANSWER✅ Mixed sharps.
Infectious or potentially infectious waste.
Offensive/hygiene waste.
Domestic waste.
What is the definition of manual handling operations - ANSWER✅ Any transporting or
supporting of a load(including lifting, putting down, pushing,pulling, carrying or moving
thereof by hand or bodily force.
What does TILEE stand for - ANSWER✅ Task
Individual
Load
Environment
Equipment
What does the mnemonic SCENE stand for - ANSWER✅ Safety
Cause(Moi/Noi)
Enviroment
Number of Patients
Extra resources needed
What is meant by STEP 1-2-3 plus - ANSWER✅ Step 1 :one casualty and no obvious reason