Paramedic Ch 10

A standard van ambulance is classified as a type ___ ambulance.

• 5

• 1

• 2

• 6

What should you always do during your shift to ensure that all equipment is present and in working order?

• Make your EMT partner check the truck. Paramedics don't check things.

• Complete the supply checklist.

• Go to Starbucks and get a coffee.

• Complain endlessly about your clearly incompetent manager.

What should you do after every call?

• Have a snack.

• Avoid clearing the hospital so you can do less calls.

• Send cool snapchats to your friends.

• Disinfect the ambulance and equipment you used.

Who developed System Status Management in the 1980's?

• Jack Daniels

• Jack Black

• Jack Marafuga

• Jack Stout.

What is dynamic deployment?

• A system of stationing ambulances based on call volume and demographics.

• How the military organized logistical supply chains.

• A type of stretch.

• An approach to assigning ambulance partners based on skill level.

Research shows that a response time of ____ minutes or less improves outcomes.

• 7

• 10

• 6

• 4

In New York state, what percent of ambulance crashed took place during daylight hours?

• 18

• 67

• 83

• 24

The largest percentage of ambulance collisions occurred........

• On the highway

• In residential neighborhoods

• In school zones

• At perpendicular intersections.

What is a disadvantage of double paramedic ambulance staffing?

• Skill dilution/ degradation

• More available units

• Better patient outcomes

• Paramedics become more lazy

While driving the ambulance emergently, how far away should you be from the vehicle in front of you?

• At least 10 feet

• Ride their bumper until they GET OUT OF THE WAY.

• 4 seconds of driving time away

• 300 feet