Test Bank for Emergency care in the streets 8th Edition Nancy caroline's

TEST BANK

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, CHAPTER 01: 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 People

ANS: 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 icertification ito ia iprovider ifrom isame istate ior iagency
b. Granting icertification ito ia iprovider ifrom ianother istate ior iagency
c. Granting icertification ito ia iprovider iboth ifrom isame ior ianother istate
d. No ineed iof igranting icertification ifrom iany

istate iANS: iB DIF: iEasy i REF: iPg. i10

6. Select ithe icorrect iranking:

a. The iDispatcher, iEMT, iParamedic, iAdvanced iEMT, iEmergency iMedical iResponder
b. Emergency iMedical iResponder, iParamedic, iEMT, iAdvanced iEMT, iThe iDispatcher
c. Paramedic, iAdvanced iEMT, iEMT, iEmergency iMedical iResponder, iThe iDispatcher
d. The iDispatcher, iEmergency iMedical iResponder, iEMT, iAdvanced iEMT,

iParamedic iANS: iD DIF: iModerate REF: iPg. i12, i13

7. Who ilaunched ithe ifirst irescue isquad icalled iRoanoke iLife iSaving iin i1928?

a. Nancy iLee iCaroline
b. Baron iDominique-Jean i Larrey
c. Julian iStanley iWise
d. Dr. iDavid iBoyde

ANS: iC DIF: iEasy REF: iPg. i6



8. The ifirst iNational iStandard iCurriculum ifor iparamedics iwas ideveloped iby:

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

ANS: iB DIF: iEasy REF: iPg. i8



9. At ithe iemergency iscene, iwhat iwould ibe ithe iinitial iassessment iof ipatient?

a. Respiration, iPulse, iBlood ipressure
b. Pulse, iSkin, iBlood itest
c. Pupil, iRespiration, iTemperature
d. Blood ipressure, iAllergen itest, iPulse