List 4 attributes of a health care professional.

1. Integrity
2. Empathy
3. Self-motivation
4. Appearance and personal hygiene

______ _______ is one of the most urgent health care challenges.

Patient safety

What are the roles and responsibilities of medical direction?

• Educating and training personnel
• Participating in the personnel selection process
• Participating in equipment selection
• Developing clinical protocols
• Participating in quality improvement and problem resolution
• Providing direct input in patient care
• Interfacing between EMS providers and other health care agencies
• Advocating within the medical community
• Serving as the "medical conscience" of the EMS system (advocate for quality patient care)

Standard safety precautions for the paramedic include:

• Hand-washing
• Adherence to standard precautions/OSHA regulations
• Safe operation of EMS/patient care equipment
• Environmental control
• Occupational health and blood-borne pathogens

What are the 5 stages of grief?

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Define post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

PTSD, once called shell shock or battle fatigue, is a serious condition that can develop after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic or terrifying event in which serious physical harm occurred or was threatened.

Define infection control.

Procedures to reduce transmission of infection among patients and health care professional

Define abandonment.

Abandonment is leaving a patient, for whom you have an established duty to act, without the consent of the patient or arranging for transfer of patient care to another medical provider trained at the same level (or higher).

Define duty to act.

Legal responsibility to provide care

Define expressed consent.

Specific authorization to provide care expressed by the patient

Define implied consent.

Legal assumption that treatment was desired

Define standard of care.

Care that a paramedic is able to provide

Define scope of practice.

Care that a paramedic is able to provide