JIBC EMR QUETTIONS WITH 100 % CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED

The EMR is the first person on the scene with ________. - Answer-emergency medical training Maintaining a professional appearance as an EMR is important because it ________. - Answer-instills confidence in patients and their families An EMR provides emergency care ONLY to ________. - Answer-those people who are ill or injured The medical director of your EMS system has helped write the protocols for your region. This is called ________. - Answer-indirect medical control Regulation of the EMS system is provided by ________. - Answer-the individual provinces The prehospital care provider with the highest level of training is the ________. - Answer-Critical Care Paramedic When people who need help call 9-1-1, their calls are received at ________. - Answer-a public safety answering point A ________ number has important benefits: it is usually staffed by emergency medical dispatchers and it minimizes delay of rescuers to the emergency scene. - Answer-universal Reading professional journals dedicated to EMS issues is ________. - Answer-a responsibility of all EMRs and Paramedics One of your most important roles as an EMR is ________. - Answer-protecting yourself and your crew The EMR is one link in the chain of services that forms the ________. - Answer-Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system The Emergency Medical Services system may best be defined as a ________. - Answer-network of resources that provide care to the ill or injuredYou are asked to explain "direct medical control" to a new EMR. Your best explanation would be that direct medical control occurs when a ________. - Answer-physician gives medical advice to an EMR who is on scene EMS regulations for all provinces are set by ________. - Answer-the individual province The term "medical oversight" refers to ________. - Answer-every EMS system's need to have a physician as medical director The listing of accepted practices for EMRs in your area is called ________. - Answer-protocol When a father is told that his daughter is dead from a car crash, he screams "That's not true, get a doctor!" The EMR recognizes that the father is in the ________ stage of the grief process. - Answerdenial Which one of the following statements is true? - Answer-Hand washing is the most effective means of preventing spread of disease. About 30 to 45 minutes after a distressful call, members of a patient care team meet with a mental health professional to share their experience. This is called a ________. - Answer-defusing The best course of action for an EMR who hears a loud argument on scene would be to ________. - Answer-avoid entering the scene until it has been made safe When caring for the family of a patient who has died, an EMR must remember ________. - Answerthey are extra sensitive and will perceive even unspoken messages - AnswerA family member of a patient who is dying yells at you: "Get out of the way! You don't know what you are doing." The most helpful response would be to ________. - Answer-assure him or her that everything that can be done will be doneIdentify the item below that is NOT true of EMR families. - Answer-If they are normal, they will not become stressed. For an EMR to avoid injury at an emergency scene, he or she must ________. - Answer-assess the scene for hazards Your patient has been seriously injured in a 5 metre fall onto a stack of old lumber and other debris. Most obvious is a large lump on his forehead. Amazingly, the patient has no open wounds and no bleeding. What personal protective equipment, if any, should you put on before caring for this patient? - Answer-latex gloves * Please Note* While the Brady EMR textbook recommends gloves as minimum PPE, the JIBC Health Sciences Division recommends BOTH gloves and eye protection as minimum PPE for every patient. John is an EMR. In addition to carrying eye protection, gloves, a face mask, and a gown, John also makes sure he wears ________ when called to the scene of possible violence. - Answer-body armour * In some parts of the country paramedics do wear body armour as part of their PPE. Always remember however that this does not replace the Rescue Scene Evaluation and that you should NEVER approach a scene until you are confident that it is free of violence and other potential hazards Special masks or respirators help prevent the spread of ________. - Answer-Tuberculosis.