Module 4-7

Repeater

A _________ receives a weak signal and retransmits is at a higher power on another frequency

May raise questions about the confidentiality practices of the EMS agency

Additions or notations added to a completed patient care report by someone other than the original author:

Written document that expresses the wants, needs and desires of a patient in reference to his or hers future medical care

An advanced directive is MOST accurately defined as a:

Willingness of EMS to return to the scene if the patient changes his or her mind

Components of a thorough patient refusal document include:

Standards of good medical care

Every decision regarding the patient care that a paramedic makes should be based on the :

He or she is not covered by the Good Samaritan law

If a paramedic is on duty and receives a 911 call in his or her jurisdiction

Manage the scene so you can ask such questions quietly and privately

If you want reliable answers to personal, you should

Radio the dispatcher after an event occurs

In order to ensure that all recorded times associated with an incident are accurate, the paramedic should:

Have sanctions for violation that are enforceable

One of the major differences between las and this is that laws:

Have the right to refuse all or part of the emergency medical care offered to them

Patients with decision making capacity:

The paramedic who authored the report to review it carefully

Prior to submitting a patient care report to the receiving hospital, it is MOST important for

Active listening

Repeating the key parts of a patients responses to your questions demonstrates:

An error in patient care

The MOST significant problem associated with making up your own medical abbreviations and documenting them on the patient care report is:

Collects relevant data from each state and uses it for research

The National Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) :

Resolving disputes based on interpretation of law

The judicial branch at the state level is responsible for:

The number of oscillations per second of the carrier wave

The term "frequency", as it applies to radio communications is MOST accurately defined as

Perform chest compressions

Under the instructions of a good EMD a layperson should be able to

Ensure that the patient is well informed about the situation at hand

When a competent adult patient refuses medical care, it is MOST important for the paramedic to:

Your moral standards may conflict with the patients best interests

When caring for any patient, it is important to remember that:

Simple, brief and direct

When communicating medical information via radio, you should be:

Treat the patient with the utmost respect at all times

When communicating with a patient whose cultural background differs from the paramedics, the paramedic should

Your partner

When providing patent care, it is MOST important that you maintain effective communication with

Use a normal conversational voice

When transmitting information via radio, you should

Ensuring that the patients privacy is protected

Which aspect of the HIPPA is MOST pertinent to the paramedic?

The ability of the data to be shared between health care facilities

Which of the following is a significant benefit of electronic documentation?

A complaint of chest pressure

Which of the following is a subjective finding

A paramedic sutures a patients lacerated arm

Which of the following situations is an example of an act of commission:

"The patient complains of nausea but denies vomiting"

Which of the following statements includes a pertinent negative

Begin full resuscitative efforts and transport the patient to a trauma center because certain tissues may be viable for harvesting

You arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. the patient, a 29 year old man, is in cardiac arrest from a severe head injury and has been receiving bystander CPR for approximately 10 minutes. a law enforcement official advises you that the patients drivers license identify him as an organ donor, you should:

The callers name and address are automatically displayed

when a caller requests EMS n an area that uses an enhanced 911 system