Test Bank for Emergency Medical Responder: First on Scene
(12th Edition) by Chris Le Baudour, Kaitlyn Laurelle &
Keith Wesley | Chapters 1–27 | ISBN 9780133004113 | Exam
Questions & Answers
,Test Bank for Emergency Medical Responder: First on Scene (12th Edition) by Chris
Le Baudour, Kaitlyn Laurelle & Keith Wesley | Chapters 1–27
Chapter 1 Introduction to EMS Systems
1) What term/phrase is used when referring to the chain of human resources and
emergency services linked together to provide continuous emergency care from the scene
to the medical facility?
A) EMT resources
B) 911 services
C) EMS system
D) Emergency services
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4-5
Objective: 1
2) The Medical Director is a physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for:
A) standards, protocols, and evaluation of patient care.
B) certification and licensure of EMRs.
C) staffing decisions and hiring.
D) answering and dispatching 911 calls.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Objective: 1
3) You have received an order over the phone from the Medical Director to administer oxygen
to the patient. This would be called:
A) off-line medical direction.
B) on-line medical direction.
C) hospital direction.
D) EMS coordinator direction.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10
,Objective: 12
4) The procedures that an Emergency Medical Responder can and must legally provide as care
for a patient are called:
A) scope of practice.
B) scope of training.
C) standard of care.
D) standard of
training. Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Objective: 10
, 5) Which agency coordinates EMS on a national level and defines all levels of EMS providers?
A) NEMSES
B) AEMT
C) NHTSA
D) NSPM
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7-8
Objective: 2
6) One important point where trained and untrained people come together as part of the
EMS system is:
A) the 911 service.
B) clinical care.
C) ambulance response.
D) evaluation
.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Objective: 3
7) How many nationally recognized levels of EMS training are covered by the National EMS
Education Standards?
A) 8
B) 2
C) 5
D) 4
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8
Objective: 5
8) Which level of EMS education allows the responder to perform cardiac defibrillation?
A) Paramedic
B) AEMT
C) EMT
(12th Edition) by Chris Le Baudour, Kaitlyn Laurelle &
Keith Wesley | Chapters 1–27 | ISBN 9780133004113 | Exam
Questions & Answers
,Test Bank for Emergency Medical Responder: First on Scene (12th Edition) by Chris
Le Baudour, Kaitlyn Laurelle & Keith Wesley | Chapters 1–27
Chapter 1 Introduction to EMS Systems
1) What term/phrase is used when referring to the chain of human resources and
emergency services linked together to provide continuous emergency care from the scene
to the medical facility?
A) EMT resources
B) 911 services
C) EMS system
D) Emergency services
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4-5
Objective: 1
2) The Medical Director is a physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for:
A) standards, protocols, and evaluation of patient care.
B) certification and licensure of EMRs.
C) staffing decisions and hiring.
D) answering and dispatching 911 calls.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Objective: 1
3) You have received an order over the phone from the Medical Director to administer oxygen
to the patient. This would be called:
A) off-line medical direction.
B) on-line medical direction.
C) hospital direction.
D) EMS coordinator direction.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10
,Objective: 12
4) The procedures that an Emergency Medical Responder can and must legally provide as care
for a patient are called:
A) scope of practice.
B) scope of training.
C) standard of care.
D) standard of
training. Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Objective: 10
, 5) Which agency coordinates EMS on a national level and defines all levels of EMS providers?
A) NEMSES
B) AEMT
C) NHTSA
D) NSPM
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7-8
Objective: 2
6) One important point where trained and untrained people come together as part of the
EMS system is:
A) the 911 service.
B) clinical care.
C) ambulance response.
D) evaluation
.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Objective: 3
7) How many nationally recognized levels of EMS training are covered by the National EMS
Education Standards?
A) 8
B) 2
C) 5
D) 4
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8
Objective: 5
8) Which level of EMS education allows the responder to perform cardiac defibrillation?
A) Paramedic
B) AEMT
C) EMT
