Questions and Answers 1 What is hypotension? Decreased blood pressure relative to a person’s baseline blood pressure. Hypotension is a systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg or a mean arterial pressure of less than 60 mm Hg for a duration…
Questions and Answers 1 You arrive on the scene at a local restaurant to find a 65-year-old gentleman who reportedly had a witnessed cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started by bystanders. How common is out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? 350,000 patients…
Questions and Answers Case: You arrive on scene at a high school football game to find an adult male lying under the bleachers with first responders on scene. He has an abrasion to his forehead and there is emesis on…
Questions and Answers Critical Incident Stress 1 What is a critical incident? A critical or incident is defined as a powerful or emotionally provoking event experienced by the EMS provider. This stressor typically overwhelms the person’s normal coping mechanisms and…
Questions and Answers 1 What is scene safety and how does it affect emergency medical service (EMS) providers? Scene safety is the general principle of keeping safe from all hazards while working as an EMS provider. Scene safety is critical…
Questions and Answers 1 What is the difference between quality assurance and quality improvement ? Sometimes used synonymously, the terms quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) refer to distinct processes with different goals. The goal of QA is to…
Questions and Answers 1 What is public health? Public health can be a very wide-ranging field that can include injury prevention, disease surveillance, and management of underserved populations. The American Public Health Association is a group based in Washington, DC,…
Questions and Answers 1 What is direct medical oversight? While state specific, emergency medical services (EMS) agencies have providers (typically physicians or advanced practice providers) on standby to provide direct medical oversight. Direct medical oversight, also referred to as online…
Questions and Answers 1 What is the role of a public information officer (PIO)? PIOs are the relay between the organization/department and the public They serve as the spokespersons providing information as necessary to the media. Having a designated spokesperson…
Questions And Answers 1 What types of vehicles are used by emergency medical services (EMS) systems? There are multiple types of vehicles employed in emergency services response, with the most common being an ambulance. Other vehicle types like helicopters, airplanes,…