NANCY CAROLINE'S EMERGENCY CARE IN THE STREETS CHAPTER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Alternate time sampling - Answers Time parameters that are set during a research project.
Blinding - Answers The method of not giving the specifics of a project to the people participating in a
research or study.
Case study - Answers A type of research in which a single case is investigated and documented over a
period of time.
Certification - Answers A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and
recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
Cohort Research - Answers A type of research that examines patterns of change, a sequence of
events, or trends over time within a certain population of study subjects.
Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) - Answers An
organization that develops continuing education standards and is involved in setting accreditation
standards for prehospital providers; formerly called the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for
Emergency Medical Service (CECBEMS)
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - Answers A system of internal and external reviews and
audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
convenience sampling - Answers A type of research in which subjects are manually assigned to a
specific person or crew, rather than being randomly assigned; the least-preferred component of
research.
cross-sectional design - Answers A data collection in which all data at one point in time is collected,
essentially serving as a "snapshot " of events and information.
Descriptive - Answers A research format in which an observation of an event is made, but without
attempts to alter or change it.
Emergency medical service - Answers A health care system designed to bring immediate on-scene
care to those in need along with transport to a definitive medical care.
ethical - Answers A behavior expected by a person or group following a set of rules
evidence-based practice - Answers The use of practices that have been proven to be effective in
improving patient outcomes.
Health care professional - Answers A person who follows specific professional attributes that are
outlined in this profession.
Inferential - Answers A research format that uses a hypothesis to prove one finding from another
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - Answers A group or institution that follows a set of requirements for
review that were devised by the US Public Health Service
Licensure - Answers The process whereby a state allows qualified people to perform a regulated act.
longitudinal design - Answers A data collection method in which information is collected at various set
time intervals, and not just at one time.
Medical direction - Answers Direction given to an EMS service or provider by a physician
Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) - Answers An early title given to an ambulance-style unit
off-line medical direction - Answers Medical direction given through a set of protocols, policies,
and/or standards.
online (direct) medical control - Answers Medical direction given in real time to an EMS service or
provider.
Parameters - Answers Outlined measures that may be difficult to obtain in a research project
peer review - Answers The process used by medical magazines, journals, and others publications to
ensure the quality and validity of an article before it is published and which involves sending the
article to subject matter experts for review of the content and research methods.
Profession - Answers A specialized set of knowledge, skills, and/or expertise
prospective research - Answers A type of research that gathers information as events occur in real
time.
Protocol - Answers A treatment plan developed for a specific illness to injury.
Qualitative - Answers A type of descriptive statistic in research that does not use numeric information.
Quality control - Answers The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical
care standards are met by EMS personnel on each call.
Quantitative - Answers A type of measurement in research that uses mean, median, and mode.
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Alternate time sampling - Answers Time parameters that are set during a research project.
Blinding - Answers The method of not giving the specifics of a project to the people participating in a
research or study.
Case study - Answers A type of research in which a single case is investigated and documented over a
period of time.
Certification - Answers A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and
recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
Cohort Research - Answers A type of research that examines patterns of change, a sequence of
events, or trends over time within a certain population of study subjects.
Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) - Answers An
organization that develops continuing education standards and is involved in setting accreditation
standards for prehospital providers; formerly called the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for
Emergency Medical Service (CECBEMS)
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - Answers A system of internal and external reviews and
audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
convenience sampling - Answers A type of research in which subjects are manually assigned to a
specific person or crew, rather than being randomly assigned; the least-preferred component of
research.
cross-sectional design - Answers A data collection in which all data at one point in time is collected,
essentially serving as a "snapshot " of events and information.
Descriptive - Answers A research format in which an observation of an event is made, but without
attempts to alter or change it.
Emergency medical service - Answers A health care system designed to bring immediate on-scene
care to those in need along with transport to a definitive medical care.
ethical - Answers A behavior expected by a person or group following a set of rules
evidence-based practice - Answers The use of practices that have been proven to be effective in
improving patient outcomes.
Health care professional - Answers A person who follows specific professional attributes that are
outlined in this profession.
Inferential - Answers A research format that uses a hypothesis to prove one finding from another
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - Answers A group or institution that follows a set of requirements for
review that were devised by the US Public Health Service
Licensure - Answers The process whereby a state allows qualified people to perform a regulated act.
longitudinal design - Answers A data collection method in which information is collected at various set
time intervals, and not just at one time.
Medical direction - Answers Direction given to an EMS service or provider by a physician
Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) - Answers An early title given to an ambulance-style unit
off-line medical direction - Answers Medical direction given through a set of protocols, policies,
and/or standards.
online (direct) medical control - Answers Medical direction given in real time to an EMS service or
provider.
Parameters - Answers Outlined measures that may be difficult to obtain in a research project
peer review - Answers The process used by medical magazines, journals, and others publications to
ensure the quality and validity of an article before it is published and which involves sending the
article to subject matter experts for review of the content and research methods.
Profession - Answers A specialized set of knowledge, skills, and/or expertise
prospective research - Answers A type of research that gathers information as events occur in real
time.
Protocol - Answers A treatment plan developed for a specific illness to injury.
Qualitative - Answers A type of descriptive statistic in research that does not use numeric information.
Quality control - Answers The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical
care standards are met by EMS personnel on each call.
Quantitative - Answers A type of measurement in research that uses mean, median, and mode.
