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Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J. Mistovich Keith J Karren Brent Q. Hafen
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Chapter 1-44 WS
Chapter 1 Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas Answer:
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
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day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," i
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n 1966 WS
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 Answer: WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for yo
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ur emergency ambulance service on a full-
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time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of which ele m
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ent they need to attain first?
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A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
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B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
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C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
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or Paramedic.
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D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Answer:
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitione r
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s include:
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A) Ambulance drivers. WS
B) EMS medical director. WS WS
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers. Answer: WS WS WS WS
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5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested i
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n becoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they ca n
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not presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications. WS WS
B) Assist in emergency childbirth. WS WS WS
C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
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D) Obtain vital signs WS WS
. Answer: A
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Objective: 1-5
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
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old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In yo
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ur community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Pra
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ctice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration WS WS
B) Automated external defibrillation WS WS
C) Intravenous therapy WS
D) Reading an electrocardiogra WS WS
m Answer: B
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Objective: 1-5
7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want t
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o provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of the s
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e types of care will they be able to provide as a Paramedic that they cannot provide as an EM T?
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A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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B) Assistance with emergency childbirth WS WS WS
C) Providing interfacility transports WS WS
D) Initiating intravenous (IV) therap WS WS WS WS
y Answer: D
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Objective: 1-5
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the servi
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ce supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance, unle
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ss I have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injur
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ed according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle
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all radio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known
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or suspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B
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Copyright © 2024 Pearson Education, Inc
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,TESTBANK FOR WS
Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J. Mistovich Keith J Karren Brent Q. Hafen
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
Chapter 1-44 WS
Chapter 1 Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
WS WS W S WS WS WS WS WS WS
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas Answer:
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C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2
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Objective: 1-2 W S
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
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day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," i
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n 1966 WS
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 Answer: WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
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Objective: 1-2 W S
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for yo
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ur emergency ambulance service on a full-
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time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of which ele m
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ent they need to attain first?
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A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
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B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
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C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
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or Paramedic.
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D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Answer:
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Objective: 1-1 W S
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitione r
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s include:
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A) Ambulance drivers. WS
B) EMS medical director. WS WS
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers. Answer: WS WS WS WS
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5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested i
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n becoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they ca n
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not presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications. WS WS
B) Assist in emergency childbirth. WS WS WS
C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
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D) Obtain vital signs WS WS
. Answer: A
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Objective: 1-5
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
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old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In yo
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ur community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Pra
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ctice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration WS WS
B) Automated external defibrillation WS WS
C) Intravenous therapy WS
D) Reading an electrocardiogra WS WS
m Answer: B
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Objective: 1-5
7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want t
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o provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of the s
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e types of care will they be able to provide as a Paramedic that they cannot provide as an EM T?
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A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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B) Assistance with emergency childbirth WS WS WS
C) Providing interfacility transports WS WS
D) Initiating intravenous (IV) therap WS WS WS WS
y Answer: D
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Objective: 1-5
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the servi
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ce supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance, unle
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ss I have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injur
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ed according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle
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all radio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known
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or suspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B
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