EMS Standard 3 Study Guide

Unit 48 Concepts

  • The EVO should be physically and mentally prepared for emergency responses.
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  • The EVO has several specific considerations during an emergency response.
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  • Controlled intersections are the ______common place for a crash involving an emergency vehicle.
  • The emergency vehicle must be ______, decontaminated, and ______in preparations of the next call.

Unit 49 Concepts

  • National Incident Management System establishes management criteria enabling all responders to work together when disaster ______occur.
  • The objective of ______is to do the most good for the greatest number of patients.
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  • A triage tag is a ______patient care document used in times of mass ______that allows others to quickly identify the patient’s condition.

Unit 50 Concepts

  • An EMT’s safety depends on an ability to identify dangerous situations, including ______.
  • The EMT should perform a thorough scene size up, looking at the whole scene and using her senses to identify abnormalities indicating a potential hazardous material is present:
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  • Perimeters are established once a hazardous material is identified to prevent further contamination:
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  • Decontamination corridors bridge the hot and cold zones, forming a warm zone where the hazardous material is washed off from the ______and ______.

Unit 51 Concepts

  • Terrorism is the illegal use of force against persons or property to intimidate the ______or to coerce a ______.
  • Domestic and ______terrorists share a ______.
  • Weapons of mass destruction are used to indiscriminately kill or ______large ______of people at ______.
  • Three major classifications of WMD are ______, ______, and ______.

Unit 52 Concepts

  • Rescue is an attempt to help another person whom is incapable of freeing ______from ______.
  • The common hazards encountered in confined space rescue are ______, toxic ______, and explosive gases.
  • Motor vehicles must be ______before patients can be ______and care ______.
  • Rescue situations can require the EMT to be ______and ______plans of action to the situation.

Unit 53 Concepts

  • Fire ground hazards include ______exhaustion, cyanide ______, and ______.
  • Heat exhaustion can be treated through active cooling.
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Unit 54 Concepts

  • The progress of air medical services over the years has mirrored that of ground- based EMS, both with clear origins in the ______.
  • Indications for ______medical transport from a scene must be determined ______.
  • Air medical services should not be used when ______is not likely to be ______.

Unit 55 Concepts

  • Most farm injuries are ______injuries involving diverse mechanisms of ______.
  • Basic rescue principles involve calling for ______individuals as soon as possible.
  • The injuries from farm machinery can include ______, crush ______, ______, falls, and toxic exposures.
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  • The dangers of silo rescue involve the potential ______of toxic silo gas by the ______.

Vocabulary

  • Controlled intersections
  • Emergency ambulance
  • Flashback
  • Yelp
  • Chain of command
  • Morgue
  • Staging area
  • Hazardous material
  • Hot zone
  • Placards
  • Awareness level
  • Chemical weapon
  • Confined space
  • Heavy rescue
  • Rescue
  • Emergency incident rehabilitation
  • Tilt test
  • Fixed wing
  • Landing zone
  • Overtriage
  • Power takeoff
  • Silage