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PCC EMT Block 1 Questions and Answers What is an EMS system? the organization of community resources and personnel to provide rapid medical care. Components of the EMS system • General public • Dispatchers • First responders • Transporting agencies • Hospital emergency depar...

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PCC EMT Block 1 Questions and
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What is an EMS system? - answer the organization of community resources and
personnel to provide rapid medical care.

Components of the EMS system - answer • General public
• Dispatchers
• First responders
• Transporting agencies
• Hospital emergency departments
• Specialty Centers

Specialty Centers - answer •Trauma •Pediatric •Perinatal •Burn •STEMI

Federal Agency responsible for curriculum development - answer Department of
Transportation

State law defining the scope of practice for EMT-B's - answer TITLE 22 of the CCR
California Code of Regulations

Scope of Practice - answer Assessment of the sick & Injured. Render BLS, Rescue,
& First Aid. Obtain Diagnostic signs. Perform CPR.
Oropharyngeal & nasopharyngeal airways. Suction devices.
Oxygen delivery devices. Use various types of stretchers.
Use various body immobilization devices. Provide initial prehospital trauma care.
Administer oral glucose. Extricate entrapped persons. Perform field triage.
Transport patients.
Use AED - if employed and trained by an AED provider.

EMT-B IV monitoring - answer Peripheral lines only!
Glucose solutions & balanced salt
solutions!
No additives!
EXCEPTIONS - LA County EMT-B Expanded scope of practice
Monitor Maintain Adjust

Sugar IV - answer Glucose = Dextrose (5% Dextrose)

Saline Solution - answer Sodium Chloride 0.9% = Normal Saline

Transfer patients with... - answer Nasogastric tube Gastronomy tube
Heparin locks & Saline locks Foley catheters

, Surface Anatomy - answer topographical anatomy

The Planes of the Body - answer Anterior
Posterior
Midaxillary
Midline
Midclavicular line

Directional Terms - answer

supine - answer lying face up

prone - answer lying face down

high fowlers - answer sitting at 90 degree angle

semi fowlers - answer Head of bed is 30-45 degrees

recovery position - answer left lateral

shock position - answer flat on back with feet elevated (6-12 inches)

trendelenburg - answer lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than
the feet

reverse trendelenburg - answer the body is laid flat on the back with the head higher
than the feet

Intravascular - answer within the blood vessel

Interstitial - answer Between cells

Intracellular - answer inside the cell

osmosis - answer Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

diffusion - answer the movement of particles from regions of higher density to
regions of lower density

Na - answer Sodium - saline solution

K - answer Potassium - for electrical function

Ca - answer Calcium - for muscle function

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