Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
AEMT -
correct answer ✅an individual who has training in specific aspects
of advanced life support, such as IV therapy and the administration
of certain emergency medications.
ALS -
correct answer ✅advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which
are now being provided by the EMT
ADA Act -
correct answer ✅comprehensive legislation that is designed to
protect people with disabilities against discrimination
AED -
correct answer ✅device that detects treatable life-threatening
cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the
patient.
community paramedicine -
correct 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
,Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and
patient advocacy.
IV therapy -
correct answer ✅the delivery of medication directly into a vein
medical control -
correct answer ✅physician instructions 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 -
correct answer ✅the physician who authorizes or delegates to the
EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field
MIH -
correct answer ✅a method of delivering health care which
involves providing health care within the community rather than at
a doctor's office or hospital
,Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
National EMS Scope of Practice Model -
correct answer ✅a document created by the NHTSA that outlines
the skills performed by various EMS providers.
primary prevention -
correct answer ✅efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever
occurring
public health -
correct answer ✅focused on examining the health needs of entire
populations with the goal of preventing health problems.
secondary prevention -
correct answer ✅efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness
that you cannot completely prevent.
abduction -
correct answer ✅motion of a limb away from the midline
adduction -
correct answer ✅motion of a limb toward the midline
, Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
anterior -
correct answer ✅the front surface of the body; the side facing you
in the standard anatomic position
apex -
correct answer ✅the pointed extremity of a conical structure
bilateral -
correct answer ✅a body part or condition that appears on both
sides of the midline
combining vowel -
correct answer ✅the vowel used to combine two word roots or a
word root and suffix
deep -
correct answer ✅farther inside the body and away from the skin
distal -
correct answer ✅further from the trunk or nearer to the free end
of the extremity
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
AEMT -
correct answer ✅an individual who has training in specific aspects
of advanced life support, such as IV therapy and the administration
of certain emergency medications.
ALS -
correct answer ✅advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which
are now being provided by the EMT
ADA Act -
correct answer ✅comprehensive legislation that is designed to
protect people with disabilities against discrimination
AED -
correct answer ✅device that detects treatable life-threatening
cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular
tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the
patient.
community paramedicine -
correct 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
,Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and
patient advocacy.
IV therapy -
correct answer ✅the delivery of medication directly into a vein
medical control -
correct answer ✅physician instructions 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 -
correct answer ✅the physician who authorizes or delegates to the
EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field
MIH -
correct answer ✅a method of delivering health care which
involves providing health care within the community rather than at
a doctor's office or hospital
,Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
National EMS Scope of Practice Model -
correct answer ✅a document created by the NHTSA that outlines
the skills performed by various EMS providers.
primary prevention -
correct answer ✅efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever
occurring
public health -
correct answer ✅focused on examining the health needs of entire
populations with the goal of preventing health problems.
secondary prevention -
correct answer ✅efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness
that you cannot completely prevent.
abduction -
correct answer ✅motion of a limb away from the midline
adduction -
correct answer ✅motion of a limb toward the midline
, Jones And Bartlett EMT Course Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
anterior -
correct answer ✅the front surface of the body; the side facing you
in the standard anatomic position
apex -
correct answer ✅the pointed extremity of a conical structure
bilateral -
correct answer ✅a body part or condition that appears on both
sides of the midline
combining vowel -
correct answer ✅the vowel used to combine two word roots or a
word root and suffix
deep -
correct answer ✅farther inside the body and away from the skin
distal -
correct answer ✅further from the trunk or nearer to the free end
of the extremity
