TEST BANK K
Prehospital:
EMERGENCY CARE K
11th Edition,(Mistovich et al.)
K K K
TEST BANK K
,Test Bankfor Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th edition (Mistovich et al.)
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
Table of Contents:
RF RF
PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
RF RF RF RF RF
1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
RF RF RF RF RF
4. Documentation
RF
5. Communication
RF
6. Lifting and Moving Patients
RF RF RF RF
PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
RF RF RF RF RF RF
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
RF RF RF RF RF
PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
RF RF
8. Pathophysiology
RF
PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
RF RF RF
9. Life Span Development
RF RF RF
PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATIO
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
N
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
RF RF RF RF RF RF
PART 6: ASSESSMENT
RF RF
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment
RF RF RF RF
PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
RF RF RF RF RF RF
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
RF RF RF RF RF
PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
RF RF RF RF
15. Shock and Resuscitation
RF RF RF
PART 9: MEDICINE
RF RF
16. Respiratory Emergencies
RF RF
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
RF RF
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
RF RF RF RF RF RF
19. Seizures and Syncope
RF RF RF
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
RF RF RF
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
RF RF RF RF
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
RF RF
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
24. Environmental Emergencies
RF RF
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
RF RF RF RF RF RF
26. Psychiatric Emergencies
RF RF
PART 10: TRAUMA
RF RF
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
RF RF RF RF RF
29. Burns
RF
,30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
RF RF RF RF RF
31. Head Trauma
RF RF
32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
RF RF RF RF RF RF
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
RF RF RF RF RF
34. Chest Trauma
RF RF
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
RF RF RF RF
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
RF RF RF RF
37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
RF RF RF RF RF RF
38. Pediatrics
RF
39. Geriatrics
RF
40. Patients with Special Challenges
RF RF RF RF
41. The Combat Veteran
RF RF RF
PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
RF RF RF
42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
RF RF RF RF RF RF
43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
RF RF RF RF RF
44. Hazardous Materials
RF RF
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
RF RF RF RF RF
46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents
RF RF RF RF RF
, Prehospital Emergency Care, 11e (Mistovich et al.)
RF RF RF RF RF RF
Chapter 1: Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
RF R F RF RF RF RF RF RF
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved a
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
rea s Answer: C
RF RF R F
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7RF RF RF
Objective: 1-2 R F
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
RF RF RF RF RF
day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
RF RF RF RF RF RF
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Mo
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
der n Society" in 1966
RF RF RF RF
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
99 6 Answer: B
RF RF R F
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3RF RF RF
Objective: 1-2 R F
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to wo
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
rk fo r your emergency ambulance service on a full-
RF R F RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of whic
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
h element?
RF
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Techni
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
cia n Answer: D
RF RF R F
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
RF RF RF
Objective: 1-1 R F
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF R
EM S practitioners include:
F RF RF RF
A) Ambulance drivers RF
B) EMS medical director RF RF
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatcher RF RF
s Answer: C
RF R F
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
RF RF RF
Objective: 1-3 R F
1
Prehospital:
EMERGENCY CARE K
11th Edition,(Mistovich et al.)
K K K
TEST BANK K
,Test Bankfor Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th edition (Mistovich et al.)
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
Table of Contents:
RF RF
PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
RF RF RF RF RF
1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
RF RF RF RF RF
4. Documentation
RF
5. Communication
RF
6. Lifting and Moving Patients
RF RF RF RF
PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
RF RF RF RF RF RF
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
RF RF RF RF RF
PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
RF RF
8. Pathophysiology
RF
PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
RF RF RF
9. Life Span Development
RF RF RF
PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATIO
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
N
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
RF RF RF RF RF RF
PART 6: ASSESSMENT
RF RF
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment
RF RF RF RF
PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
RF RF RF RF RF RF
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
RF RF RF RF RF
PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
RF RF RF RF
15. Shock and Resuscitation
RF RF RF
PART 9: MEDICINE
RF RF
16. Respiratory Emergencies
RF RF
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
RF RF
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
RF RF RF RF RF RF
19. Seizures and Syncope
RF RF RF
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
RF RF RF
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
RF RF RF RF
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
RF RF
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
24. Environmental Emergencies
RF RF
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
RF RF RF RF RF RF
26. Psychiatric Emergencies
RF RF
PART 10: TRAUMA
RF RF
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
RF RF RF RF RF
29. Burns
RF
,30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
RF RF RF RF RF
31. Head Trauma
RF RF
32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
RF RF RF RF RF RF
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
RF RF RF RF RF
34. Chest Trauma
RF RF
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
RF RF RF RF
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
RF RF RF RF
37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
RF RF RF RF RF RF
38. Pediatrics
RF
39. Geriatrics
RF
40. Patients with Special Challenges
RF RF RF RF
41. The Combat Veteran
RF RF RF
PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
RF RF RF
42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
RF RF RF RF RF RF
43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
RF RF RF RF RF
44. Hazardous Materials
RF RF
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
RF RF RF RF RF
46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents
RF RF RF RF RF
, Prehospital Emergency Care, 11e (Mistovich et al.)
RF RF RF RF RF RF
Chapter 1: Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
RF R F RF RF RF RF RF RF
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved a
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
rea s Answer: C
RF RF R F
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7RF RF RF
Objective: 1-2 R F
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
RF RF RF RF RF
day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
RF RF RF RF RF RF
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Mo
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
der n Society" in 1966
RF RF RF RF
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
99 6 Answer: B
RF RF R F
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3RF RF RF
Objective: 1-2 R F
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to wo
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
rk fo r your emergency ambulance service on a full-
RF R F RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of whic
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
h element?
RF
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Techni
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF
cia n Answer: D
RF RF R F
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
RF RF RF
Objective: 1-1 R F
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF RF R
EM S practitioners include:
F RF RF RF
A) Ambulance drivers RF
B) EMS medical director RF RF
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatcher RF RF
s Answer: C
RF R F
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
RF RF RF
Objective: 1-3 R F
1