Ambulance operations, lifting and moving patients, hazmat awareness, scene safety, documentation and legal issues.
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- What does "due regard" require of an ambulance driver operating with lights and sirens?
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To drive with reasonable care for the safety of others, even when legally allowed to disregard some traffic laws.- What is the first priority during scene size-up?
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Ensuring scene safety for yourself and your crew.- What does BSI stand for in EMS?
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Body substance isolation.- What is an emergency move used for?
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Moving a patient immediately due to an immediate threat to life, such as fire or an unstable scene.- What is the power grip technique?
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Gripping an object with the palm and fingers fully wrapped around it, maximizing skin contact for hand strength.- What is the power lift (squat lift) technique designed to protect?
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The lower back, by using the legs instead of the back to lift.- Name the three zones established at a hazardous materials incident.
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Hot zone, warm zone, and cold zone.- In a hazmat incident, where should EMS personnel stage their ambulance?
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In the cold zone, uphill and upwind from the hazard.- What reference guide do first responders use to identify hazardous materials from placards?
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The DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).- List the four EPA hazmat PPE levels from most to least protective.
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Level A, Level B, Level C, Level D.- What term describes the legal duty an on-duty EMT has to respond to and treat a patient?
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Duty to act.- What is "abandonment" in EMS legal terms?
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Terminating care of a patient without their consent and without transferring care to someone with equal or greater training.- What is "negligence" in the context of EMS care?
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A deviation from the accepted standard of care that causes harm to a patient.- Name the four elements that must be proven to establish negligence.
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Duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages.- What type of consent is assumed for an unconscious patient who needs emergency care?
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Implied consent.
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