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Clinician Wellness and Safety Flashcards

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  1. The EMS community frequently uses the phrase 'eating our own.' This refers to MOST specifically to which workplace issue?

    Answer: Horizontal hostility and bullying among coworkers

    Horizontal hostility describes bullying, hazing, or undermining behavior between peers at the same organizational level, which is a recognized wellness issue in EMS.

  2. Which sleep hygiene practice is MOST recommended for EMS shift workers to minimize circadian disruption?

    Answer: Maintaining a consistent pre-sleep routine and minimizing light exposure before sleep

    Consistent pre-sleep rituals and darkness signal the brain to produce melatonin, improving sleep quality despite irregular schedules.

  3. A community paramedic feels increasingly unable to empathize with patients and notices they are emotionally numb after hearing about patient suffering. This MOST likely reflects:

    Answer: Compassion fatigue

    Compassion fatigue is characterized by a gradual erosion of empathy and emotional numbing resulting from the cumulative burden of caring for others.

  4. Under OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030), employers are required to offer hepatitis B vaccination to at-risk employees at:

    Answer: No cost to the employee within 10 working days of initial assignment

    OSHA mandates that hepatitis B vaccination be offered at no cost within 10 working days of initial assignment to at-risk roles.

  5. When documenting a workplace injury, which piece of information is LEAST critical to include in the initial incident report?

    Answer: Provider's personal opinion about management competence

    Incident reports should contain objective, factual information; subjective opinions about management are inappropriate and potentially legally harmful.

  6. Which of the following physical health risks is MOST elevated in EMS providers compared to the general public?

    Answer: Cardiovascular disease

    EMS providers have significantly higher rates of cardiovascular disease due to shift work, sleep deprivation, chronic stress, and sedentary time between calls.

  7. A community paramedic responds to a hostile domestic situation where they feel personally threatened. According to scene safety principles, the provider should FIRST:

    Answer: Retreat to a safe location and wait for law enforcement to secure the scene

    Scene safety takes absolute priority; providers must not enter or should retreat from unsafe scenes until law enforcement declares it secure.