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Part 800 - NYS EMS protocol. Everything you must keep in the ambulance is included. Medical director - The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field. Reciprocity - Ability to transfer state to state as an EMT Scene Safety - steps taken to ensure the safety and well-being of the EMT, his partners, patients, and bystanders Proper body substance isolation - PPE (gowns, gloves, protective masks) What do you do if the scene is not safe? - Contact police Sharps Container - A puncture-proof container designed specifically to safely dispose of needles, scalpels, and other sharp disposable medical instruments Handwashing - Step 1: Wet Hands. Wet your hands and apply enough liquid soap to create a good lather. ... Step 2: Rub Palms Together. ... Step 3: Rub the Back of Hands. ... Step 4: Interlink Your Fingers. ... Step 5: Cup Your Fingers. ... Step 6: Clean the Thumbs. ... Step 7: Rub Palms with Your Fingers. Wellbeing of the EMT - Recognizing stressors, taking up a healthy diet and exercise, coping with death and dyingCISM - Critical Incident Stress Management - A process that confronts the responses to critical incidents and defuses them, directing the emergency services personnel toward physical and emotional equilibrium. Evidence at a crime scene - blood, DNA, fingerprints, shoeprint, hair Signs of Obvious Death - Rigor Mortis, Dependent Lividity, Putrefication, Evidence of nonsurvivable injury Restraining a Patient - -do not restrain in prone position -restrain of patient becomes dangerous to self or you -use humane restraints and do so in the supine position Unsafe scene procedures - Expressed Consent (actual consent) - Type of consent given when patient verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to provide care or transport. Implied consent - Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment. Informed consent includes - Risks, benefits, complications, alternatives