FDNY EMS MIDTERM EXAM 2024 WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
National EMS Scope of Practice Model - correct answer✔✔ NHTSA creates this by bringing in experts from around the country Medical Director - correct answer✔✔ A physician who authorizes the EMT's in the service to provide medical care in the field Medical Control - correct answer✔✔ is provided either off-line (indirect) or online (direct), as authorized by the medical director EMT Skills - correct answer✔✔ Based of off EMT research Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - correct answer✔✔ The protection of patient privacy Even with stress, focus on the following - correct answer✔✔ Personal safety, scene safety (including the safety of others), & patient care Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - correct answer✔✔ Develops and publishes guidelines concerning reducing hazards in the workplace standard procautions - correct answer✔✔ Protective measures designed to prevent health care workers from coming into contact with objects, blood, body fluids, & other potential risks that could lead to exposure to germs Hand washing - correct answer✔✔ Always before and after patient contact. May use hand sanitizer in the field. 1 / 3
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - correct answer✔✔ may develop after a person has experienced a psychologically distressing event Critical incident stress management (CISM) - correct answer✔✔ Developed to address acute stress situations and potentially decrease the likelihood that PTSD will develop after such an incident Behavioral Emergencies - correct answer✔✔ We don't care about how big the person is. Although most behavioral emergencies don't pose a threat to you, the potential of a threat still exists and you should use caution.Emergency Medical Care - correct answer✔✔ EMT's provide immediate care or treatment Consent - correct answer✔✔ A person receiving care must give permission for treatment.Decision making capacity - correct answer✔✔ Ability to understand and process information and make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.emancipated minors - correct answer✔✔ People who, despite being under the legal age in a given state, can be legally treated as adults based on certain circumstances: married, member of the armed services, parent.Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) - correct answer✔✔ Without valid written documentation from a physician, such as an advanced directive or DNR, you may be put in a very difficult position.Crime scene - correct answer✔✔ Notes and drawings should be made of the position of the patient and other objects that be valuable to investigators. Do not cut through holes in patient's clothing made by a weapon.nonverbal communication - correct answer✔✔ Eye contact and body language are very powerful communication tools open-ended questions - correct answer✔✔ The patient needs to provide some level of detail to give an answer 2 / 3
closed-ended questions - correct answer✔✔ Can be answer led in a short or single word response Communication with older patients - correct answer✔✔ You do not need to yell for them to hear. Do not assume that they are senile and can't make decisions for themselves.Communication with children - correct answer✔✔ Get on their level, do not lie to them (then can see right through it) & maintain eye contact to let them know that you are there to help.patient care report (PCR) - correct answer✔✔ The legal document used to record all patient care activities. This report has direct patient care functions but also administrative and quality control functions. PCRs are also known as prehospital care reports.radio communication - correct answer✔✔ Confirm the reception of a job with dispatch. All radio communications should be brief and easily understood.Lateral - correct answer✔✔ away from the midline Medial - correct answer✔✔ toward the midline Proximal - correct answer✔✔ closer to the trunk of the body Distal - correct answer✔✔ Farther from the trunk of the body superficial - correct answer✔✔ Closer to the skin Deep - correct answer✔✔ Farther inside the body Ventral - correct answer✔✔ belly side
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