EMS 110 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE

EMS 110 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE

SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE


EMS Systems

Reporting

Dispatch

First Response

EMS Response

Hospital Care

EMR (Emergency Medical Responder)

often the first medically trained person to arrive on the scene of an emergency

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)

Paramedics, Nurses, physicians, and other allied health professionals

PSAP (public safety answering point)

receives the phone call reporting an accident.

Reporting

1st step in the EMS system

Dispatch

2nd step in the EMS system

First Response

3rd step in the EMS system

EMS Response

, 4th step in the EMS System

Hospital Care

6th step in the EMS system

Basic life support (EMTS) or Advanced life support (paramedics)

5th step in the EMS system

Medical Oversight

7th step in the EMS system

3 terms for proper patient transportation

1. Transport

2. Prompt transport

3. Rapid Transport

Transport

This phrase is used when the patients condition requires care by medical professionals,

but speed to getting medical attention is not the most important. EX: the transportation

needed by a patient who has sustained an isolated injury to extremity but whose

condition is otherwise stable.

Prompt Transport

This phrase is used when a patients condition is serious enough that the patient needs

to be taken to he proper facility in a short time. EX: If the patient is not treated quickly,

the condition may get worse and the patient may die.

Rapid Transport