EMT TEST #1 (CHAPTERS 1-8)
Questions and Answers
Supine:
Prone:
Fowler:
4. Levels of EMS Training: 1. Emergency Medical Responder
2. Emeregency Medical Technician
3. Advanced Emergency Medical Tech.
5.Quality Improvement: A process of continuous self-review with the
purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that
require improvement.
6.Medical Director: A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility
for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
7.Protocols: Lists of steps to be taken in different situations.
8.Standing Orders: A policy or protocol issued by a Med. Director that
authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain
situations.
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, 9.Off-line Medical Direction: Standing orders issued by the Med.
Director that allow EMTs to give certain medications or perform
certain procedures without speaking to the Med. Director.
10.On-line Medical Direction: Orders from the on-duty physician
given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
11.Designated Agent: An EMT or other person authorized by a Med.
Director to give medications and provide emergency care.
12.EMS has a role in what public safety issues?: Injury
prevention (youth and geriatric), Public Vaccination, and Disease
Surveillance
13.Evidence-based Research: Description of medical techniques or
practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and
efficacy.
14.Prospective v. Retrospective: Pro - Studies designed to
look forward. Retro - Studies that look at events that have
occurred in the past.
15.Types of Medical Research: Case Studies, Cohort, Randomized
Controlled Trials (RCTs), Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis.
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Questions and Answers
Supine:
Prone:
Fowler:
4. Levels of EMS Training: 1. Emergency Medical Responder
2. Emeregency Medical Technician
3. Advanced Emergency Medical Tech.
5.Quality Improvement: A process of continuous self-review with the
purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that
require improvement.
6.Medical Director: A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility
for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
7.Protocols: Lists of steps to be taken in different situations.
8.Standing Orders: A policy or protocol issued by a Med. Director that
authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain
situations.
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12
, 9.Off-line Medical Direction: Standing orders issued by the Med.
Director that allow EMTs to give certain medications or perform
certain procedures without speaking to the Med. Director.
10.On-line Medical Direction: Orders from the on-duty physician
given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
11.Designated Agent: An EMT or other person authorized by a Med.
Director to give medications and provide emergency care.
12.EMS has a role in what public safety issues?: Injury
prevention (youth and geriatric), Public Vaccination, and Disease
Surveillance
13.Evidence-based Research: Description of medical techniques or
practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and
efficacy.
14.Prospective v. Retrospective: Pro - Studies designed to
look forward. Retro - Studies that look at events that have
occurred in the past.
15.Types of Medical Research: Case Studies, Cohort, Randomized
Controlled Trials (RCTs), Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis.
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