EMT-B Midterm Chapters 1-23 QUESTIONS AND
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Situations that are higher risks of a lawsuit against an EMS agency are:
A. patients who refuse care.
B. on-scene deaths.
C. cardiac arrest cases.
D. pedestrians struck by cars. - Answer-: A.
The legal extent or limits of the EMT's job are formally defined by the:
A. patient.
B. DOT curriculum.
C. state.
D. scope of practice. - Answer-: D.
Which is not generally considered a sign or symptom of stress?
A. Decisiveness
B. Guilt
C. Loss of interest in work
D. Difficulty sleeping - Answer-: A.
,All of the following are types of calls that have a high potential for causing
excessive stress except:
A. calls involving infants and children.
B. patients with severe injuries.
C. cases of abuse and neglect.
D. motor vehicle collisions. - Answer-: D.
Lifestyle changes that can help the EMT deal with stress include all of the
following except:
A. exercise to burn off tension.
B. increased consumption of fatty foods.
C. decreased consumption of caffeine.
D. decreased consumption of alcohol. - Answer-: B.
Changes in your professional life to reduce and prevent stress can include:
A. requesting a change of shift or location.
B. taking on another part-time position.
C. working additional overtime shifts.
D. requesting a busier location. - Answer-: A.
One of the functions of the integumentary system is to:
A. regulate the diameter of the blood vessels in the circulation.
B. eliminate excess oxygen into the atmosphere.
C. allow environmental water to carefully enter the body.
,D. protect the body from the environment, bacteria, and other organisms. -
Answer-: D.
Stress after a major EMS incident is:
A. unusual and expected.
B. a sign of weakness.
C. normal and to be expected.
D. part of the grieving process. - Answer-: C.
Retreating to a world of one's own after hearing one is going to die is a result of
the stage of grief called:
A. bargaining.
B. depression.
C. denial.
D. anxiety. - Answer-: B.
When a patient's lower extremities are trapped under a farm tractor, the blood
supply is diminished to the cells in the legs. This injury can result in:
A. no lactic acids being produced.
B. anaerobic metabolism.
C. no carbon dioxide being produced.
D. none of these. - Answer-: B.
A disease that is spread by exposure to an open wound or sore of an infected
individual is caused by a(n) _____ pathogen.
A. universal
, B. airborne
C. bloodborne
D. infectious - Answer-: C.
An infection that causes inflammation of the liver is called:
A. meningitis.
B. tuberculosis.
C. typhoid.
D. hepatitis. - Answer-: D.
A disease spread by inhaling or absorbing droplets from the air through the eyes,
nose, or mouth is considered:
A. bloodborne.
B. noncommunicable.
C. airborne.
D. viral. - Answer-: C.
The communicable disease that kills the most health workers every year in the
United States is:
A. tuberculosis.
B. HIV/AIDS.
C. meningitis.
D. hepatitis B virus. - Answer-: D.
Always assume that any patient with a:
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Situations that are higher risks of a lawsuit against an EMS agency are:
A. patients who refuse care.
B. on-scene deaths.
C. cardiac arrest cases.
D. pedestrians struck by cars. - Answer-: A.
The legal extent or limits of the EMT's job are formally defined by the:
A. patient.
B. DOT curriculum.
C. state.
D. scope of practice. - Answer-: D.
Which is not generally considered a sign or symptom of stress?
A. Decisiveness
B. Guilt
C. Loss of interest in work
D. Difficulty sleeping - Answer-: A.
,All of the following are types of calls that have a high potential for causing
excessive stress except:
A. calls involving infants and children.
B. patients with severe injuries.
C. cases of abuse and neglect.
D. motor vehicle collisions. - Answer-: D.
Lifestyle changes that can help the EMT deal with stress include all of the
following except:
A. exercise to burn off tension.
B. increased consumption of fatty foods.
C. decreased consumption of caffeine.
D. decreased consumption of alcohol. - Answer-: B.
Changes in your professional life to reduce and prevent stress can include:
A. requesting a change of shift or location.
B. taking on another part-time position.
C. working additional overtime shifts.
D. requesting a busier location. - Answer-: A.
One of the functions of the integumentary system is to:
A. regulate the diameter of the blood vessels in the circulation.
B. eliminate excess oxygen into the atmosphere.
C. allow environmental water to carefully enter the body.
,D. protect the body from the environment, bacteria, and other organisms. -
Answer-: D.
Stress after a major EMS incident is:
A. unusual and expected.
B. a sign of weakness.
C. normal and to be expected.
D. part of the grieving process. - Answer-: C.
Retreating to a world of one's own after hearing one is going to die is a result of
the stage of grief called:
A. bargaining.
B. depression.
C. denial.
D. anxiety. - Answer-: B.
When a patient's lower extremities are trapped under a farm tractor, the blood
supply is diminished to the cells in the legs. This injury can result in:
A. no lactic acids being produced.
B. anaerobic metabolism.
C. no carbon dioxide being produced.
D. none of these. - Answer-: B.
A disease that is spread by exposure to an open wound or sore of an infected
individual is caused by a(n) _____ pathogen.
A. universal
, B. airborne
C. bloodborne
D. infectious - Answer-: C.
An infection that causes inflammation of the liver is called:
A. meningitis.
B. tuberculosis.
C. typhoid.
D. hepatitis. - Answer-: D.
A disease spread by inhaling or absorbing droplets from the air through the eyes,
nose, or mouth is considered:
A. bloodborne.
B. noncommunicable.
C. airborne.
D. viral. - Answer-: C.
The communicable disease that kills the most health workers every year in the
United States is:
A. tuberculosis.
B. HIV/AIDS.
C. meningitis.
D. hepatitis B virus. - Answer-: D.
Always assume that any patient with a:
