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EMT EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE, EMT EXAM 1
QUESTIONS, EMT REVIEW: EXAM 1 (CHAPTER
1-7), EMT EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-8) TEST BANK
• EMT EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERED
• EMT EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED
• EMT REVIEW: EXAM 1 (CHAPTER 1-7) ANSWERED
• EMT EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-8) ANSWERED
Which of the following factors should be considered before lifting any patient?
Answers:
Communications
Your physical limitations
The weight of the patient
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All of the above
-CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
________ describes how we feel about ourselves and how we fit in with our peers.
CORRECT ANSWER - self-esteem
________ radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.
CORRECT ANSWER - UHF
__________ is the process of gas exchange.
CORRECT ANSWER - respiration
_____________ is the process by which a competent authority, usually the state,
grants permission to practice a job, trade, or profession.
CORRECT ANSWER - licensure
______________ is an established process to determine the qualifications necessary
to be allowed to practice a particular profession, or to function as an organization.
CORRECT ANSWER - credentialing
______________ is how a reasonably prudent person with similar training and
experience would act under similar circumstances, with similar equipment, and in
the same or similar place.
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CORRECT ANSWER - standard of care
______________ is the process by which an individual, institution, or program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to ensure
safe and ethical patient care.
CORRECT ANSWER - certification
______________ is the type of consent given when the patient verbally or otherwise
acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care or transport.
CORRECT ANSWER - expressed consent
______________ means that you explained the nature of the treatment being offered,
along with the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment, as well as
potential consequences of refusing treatment, and the patient has given consent.
CORRECT ANSWER - informed consent
______________ occurs when a person is unconscious or otherwise incapable of
making a rational, informed decision about care, and unable to give consent, and the
law assumes that the patient would consent to care and transport to a medical
facility if he or she were able to do so.
CORRECT ANSWER - implied consent
_______________ may develop after a person has experienced a psychologically
distressing event and is characterized by reexperiencing the event.
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CORRECT ANSWER - posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
________________ is the presence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as
dressings, water, food, needles, wounds, or a patient's
CORRECT ANSWER - contamination
_________________ is/are a strong contributor to heart disease, hypertension,
cancer, alcoholism, and depression.
CORRECT ANSWER - cumulative stress reactions
_________________ occurs when an adult patient who is mentally incompetent is not
able to give informed consent. Consent for emergency care should be obtained from
someone who is legally responsible for the patient, such as a guardian or
conservator.
CORRECT ANSWER - involuntary consent
__________________ training provides skills necessary to initiate immediate care and
focuses on providing immediate BLS and urgent care with limited equipment.
CORRECT ANSWER - emergency medical responder (EMR)
"Gastro" in the word "gastroenteritis" means:
CORRECT ANSWER - stomach
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EMT EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE, EMT EXAM 1
QUESTIONS, EMT REVIEW: EXAM 1 (CHAPTER
1-7), EMT EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-8) TEST BANK
• EMT EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERED
• EMT EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED
• EMT REVIEW: EXAM 1 (CHAPTER 1-7) ANSWERED
• EMT EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-8) ANSWERED
Which of the following factors should be considered before lifting any patient?
Answers:
Communications
Your physical limitations
The weight of the patient
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All of the above
-CORRECT ANSWER - All of the above
________ describes how we feel about ourselves and how we fit in with our peers.
CORRECT ANSWER - self-esteem
________ radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.
CORRECT ANSWER - UHF
__________ is the process of gas exchange.
CORRECT ANSWER - respiration
_____________ is the process by which a competent authority, usually the state,
grants permission to practice a job, trade, or profession.
CORRECT ANSWER - licensure
______________ is an established process to determine the qualifications necessary
to be allowed to practice a particular profession, or to function as an organization.
CORRECT ANSWER - credentialing
______________ is how a reasonably prudent person with similar training and
experience would act under similar circumstances, with similar equipment, and in
the same or similar place.
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CORRECT ANSWER - standard of care
______________ is the process by which an individual, institution, or program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to ensure
safe and ethical patient care.
CORRECT ANSWER - certification
______________ is the type of consent given when the patient verbally or otherwise
acknowledges that he or she wants you to provide care or transport.
CORRECT ANSWER - expressed consent
______________ means that you explained the nature of the treatment being offered,
along with the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment, as well as
potential consequences of refusing treatment, and the patient has given consent.
CORRECT ANSWER - informed consent
______________ occurs when a person is unconscious or otherwise incapable of
making a rational, informed decision about care, and unable to give consent, and the
law assumes that the patient would consent to care and transport to a medical
facility if he or she were able to do so.
CORRECT ANSWER - implied consent
_______________ may develop after a person has experienced a psychologically
distressing event and is characterized by reexperiencing the event.
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CORRECT ANSWER - posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
________________ is the presence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as
dressings, water, food, needles, wounds, or a patient's
CORRECT ANSWER - contamination
_________________ is/are a strong contributor to heart disease, hypertension,
cancer, alcoholism, and depression.
CORRECT ANSWER - cumulative stress reactions
_________________ occurs when an adult patient who is mentally incompetent is not
able to give informed consent. Consent for emergency care should be obtained from
someone who is legally responsible for the patient, such as a guardian or
conservator.
CORRECT ANSWER - involuntary consent
__________________ training provides skills necessary to initiate immediate care and
focuses on providing immediate BLS and urgent care with limited equipment.
CORRECT ANSWER - emergency medical responder (EMR)
"Gastro" in the word "gastroenteritis" means:
CORRECT ANSWER - stomach
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