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Table of Chapters:
Chapter 1: EMS Systems
Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness
Chapter 3: Public Health
Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 5: Communications
Chapter 6: Documentation
Chapter 7: Medical Terminology
Chapter 8: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 9: Pathophysiology
Chapter 10: Life Span Development
Chapter 11: Patient Assessment
Chapter 12: Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 13: Principles of Pharmacology
Chapter 14: Medication Administration
Chapter 15: Airway Management
Chapter 16: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 17: Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 18: Neurologic Emergencies
Chapter 19: Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
Chapter 20: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Chapter 21: Genitourinary and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 22: Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 23: Endocrine Emergencies
Chapter 24: Hematologic Emergencies
Chapter 25: Immunologic Em ergencies
Chapter 26: Infectious Diseases
Chapter 27: Toxicology
Chapter 28: Psychiatric Emergencies
Chapter 29: Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury
Chapter 30: Bleeding
Chapter 31: Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 32: Burns
Chapter 33: Face and Neck Trauma
Chapter 34: Head and Spine Trauma
Chapter 35: Chest Trauma
Chapter 36: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
Chapter 37: Orthopaedic Trauma
Chapter 38: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 39: Responding to the Field Code
Chapter 40: Management and Resuscitation of the Critical Patient
Chapter 41: Obstetrics
Chapter 42: Neonatal Care
Chapter 43: Pediatric Emergencies
Chapter 44: Geriatric Emergencies
Chapter 45: Patients With Special Challenges
Chapter 46: Transport Operations
Chapter 47: Incident Management and Mass-Casualty Incidents
Chapter 48: Vehicle Extrication and Special Rescue
Chapter 49: Hazardous Materials
Chapter 50: Terrorism Response
Chapter 51: Disaster Response
Chapter 52: Crime Scene Awareness
Chapter 53: Career Development

, Emergency Care In The Streets 8th Edition By Nancy Caroline Test Bank

CHAPTER 1: EMS Systems

1. EMS stands for:

a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4



2. The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of Malaga in:

a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4



3. (CoAEMSP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands for:

a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
c. Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS

PeopleANS: A DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10

4. A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:

a. NREMT
b. NREMS
c. NREMP
d. NREMR

ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9

5. What is Reciprocity?

,a. Granting certification to a provider from same state or agency
b. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
c. Granting certification to a provider both from same or another state
d. No need of granting certification from any

stateANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10

6. Select the correct ranking:

a. The Dispatcher, EMT, Paramedic, Advanced EMT, Emergency Medical Responder
b. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, The Dispatcher
c. Paramedic, Advanced EMT, EMT, Emergency Medical Responder, The Dispatcher
d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,

ParamedicANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13

7. Who launched the first rescue squad called Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?

a. Nancy Lee Caroline
b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
d. Dr. David Boyde

ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6



8. The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:

a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS

ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8



9. At the emergency scene, what would be the initial assessment of patient?

a. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
b. Pulse, Skin, Blood test
c. Pupil, Respiration, Temperature
d. Blood pressure, Allergen test, Pulse

, ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
10. If a patient is facing diminished breath sounds and distented necks veins and his radial pulses
are weakening and increasing in rate and you insert an oral airway and starts ventilating him
with bag-maskdevice and 100% oxygen but still the patient is feeling difficult to breath. So with
further findings, you assessed that he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?

a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing

ANS: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15

11. Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?

a. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
b. Response, Preparation, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
c. Scene Management, Preparation, Response, Patient Assessment
d. Patient Assessment, Scene Management, Response,

PreparationANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 19

12. A treatment plan for specific illness or injury:

a. Direct Medical Control
b. Standing order
c. Protocol
d. Indirect Medical Control

ANS: C DIF: EASY REF: Pg. 21



13. CQI stands for:

a. Control Quality Improvement
b. Continuous Quality Improvement
c. Control Quantity Improvement
d. Continuous Quantity

ImprovementANS: BDIF: EASY

REF: Pg. 22

14. How many points are there for good CQI process?

a. 5

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