AAOS CHAPTER 2 EMT ELEVENTH EDITION
WORKFORCE SAFETY AND WELLNESS
FULLY SOLVED GRADED A+ TEST BANK
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Advanced Life Support (ALS). Answer: Advanced lifesaving
procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT.
⩥ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Answer: Comprehensive
legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against
discrimination.
⩥ Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Answer: A device that
detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular
fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate
electrical shock to the patient.
⩥ Certification. Answer: 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.
⩥ Community Paramedicine (CP). Answer: A health care model in
which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them
,to provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as
health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and
patient advocacy.
⩥ Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). Answer: A system of internal
and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system aiming
at improving outcomes.
⩥ Credentialing. Answer: An established process to determine the
qualifications necessary to be allowed to practice a particular profession,
or to function as an organization.
⩥ Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD). Answer: A system that assists
dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call
for assistance and in providing callers with vital instructions until the
arrival of EMS crews.
⩥ Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). Answer: The first trained
individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other
rescuer, who may arrive first at the scene of an emergency to provide
initial medical assistance.
⩥ Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Answer: An individual who
has training in basic life support, including automated external
defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients
with certain medications.
, ⩥ Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). Answer: An approach to medicine
where decisions are based on well-conducted research, classifying
recommendations based on the strength of the scientific evidence; also
called science-based medicine.
⩥ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Answer: Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in
limiting availability of patient's health care information and penalizing
violations of patient privacy.
⩥ Intavenous (IV) Therapy. Answer: The delivery of medication directly
into a vein.
⩥ Licensure. Answer: The process whereby a competent authority,
usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
⩥ Medical Control. Answer: Physician instructions that are given
directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by
protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical
director of the service program.
⩥ Medical Director. Answer: The physician who authorizes or delegates
to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
WORKFORCE SAFETY AND WELLNESS
FULLY SOLVED GRADED A+ TEST BANK
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Advanced Life Support (ALS). Answer: Advanced lifesaving
procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT.
⩥ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Answer: Comprehensive
legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against
discrimination.
⩥ Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Answer: A device that
detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular
fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate
electrical shock to the patient.
⩥ Certification. Answer: 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.
⩥ Community Paramedicine (CP). Answer: A health care model in
which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them
,to provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as
health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and
patient advocacy.
⩥ Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). Answer: A system of internal
and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system aiming
at improving outcomes.
⩥ Credentialing. Answer: An established process to determine the
qualifications necessary to be allowed to practice a particular profession,
or to function as an organization.
⩥ Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD). Answer: A system that assists
dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call
for assistance and in providing callers with vital instructions until the
arrival of EMS crews.
⩥ Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). Answer: The first trained
individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other
rescuer, who may arrive first at the scene of an emergency to provide
initial medical assistance.
⩥ Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Answer: An individual who
has training in basic life support, including automated external
defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients
with certain medications.
, ⩥ Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). Answer: An approach to medicine
where decisions are based on well-conducted research, classifying
recommendations based on the strength of the scientific evidence; also
called science-based medicine.
⩥ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Answer: Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in
limiting availability of patient's health care information and penalizing
violations of patient privacy.
⩥ Intavenous (IV) Therapy. Answer: The delivery of medication directly
into a vein.
⩥ Licensure. Answer: The process whereby a competent authority,
usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
⩥ Medical Control. Answer: Physician instructions that are given
directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by
protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical
director of the service program.
⩥ Medical Director. Answer: The physician who authorizes or delegates
to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
