Rules and responsibilities - ANSWER Drive to the patient safely
Have directions and know how to get to location
Patient Care
Patient Packaging
Look & Act Professional
Medical Direction: On-Line Direction - ANSWER On the phone with MD
Medical Direction: Off-Line Direction - ANSWER Pre-Wri...
Rules and responsibilities - ANSWER Drive to the patient safely
Have directions and know how to get to location
Patient Care
Patient Packaging
Look & Act Professional
Medical Direction: On-Line Direction - ANSWER On the phone with MD
Medical Direction: Off-Line Direction - ANSWER Pre-Written or Standing Orders (Protocols - Standing Orders)
definitve signs of death - ANSWER Dependent lividity (blood at the lowest point of the body/discoloration)
Rigor mortis (stiffening of body muscles)
Putrefaction (decomposition of body tissues)
Obvious mortal injury (decapitation)
Dealing with Dying Patient - ANSWER 1. Maintain patient dignity
2. Show respect for the patient
3. Communicate with the family
4. Allow family members to express themselves
5. Do Not give false assurances
6. Listen to the family
7. Use a gentle tone of voice
Stress - Warning Signs - ANSWER 1. Irritability
2. Unable to concentrate
3. Anxiety
4. Loss of appetite or over eating
5. Isolation
, 6. Loss of interest in work, sex, etc.
7. Increased alcohol use
Dealing with Stress - ANSWER Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: (CISD) program in which severely stressful job-
related incidents
are discussed. These meeting are held within 24 to 72 hours after an incident.
Standard of Care - ANSWER The way another equally trained person would act to treat a patient
Scope of Practice - ANSWER The Skills you are allowed to use
Duty to Act - ANSWER an EMT has a duty to act only when on duty
Public Health Law 800 - ANSWER EMT Cannot be held liable unless negligence is proven
Good Samaritan Law - ANSWER Does not cover EMT in New York State
Negligence - ANSWER Failure to provide same level of care as another equally trained EMT
, Abandonment - ANSWER Termination of patient care without transferring care to equal or higher medical
Authority
False Imprisonment - ANSWER Transporting a competent patient against their will
Consent
Expressed or Actual - ANSWER When patient speaks or acknowledges that they want you to provide care and
transport
Informed Consent - ANSWER patient is explained everything that is going to be done and they have provided
Consent for the EMT to provide care
Implied Consent - ANSWER when a person is unconscious and unable to give consent or a period threat to life or
limb exists
Special Reporting Child Abuse - ANSWER Suspected Child Abuse and Maltreatment (S.C.A.M) must be done in the
case of Child Abuse (DSS 2221A)
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