NREMT - (Everything you need to know) Study Questions With Correct
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TITLE NREMT -
(Everything you
need to know)
Study Questions
With Correct
Answers
LIBROS
@LOS LIBROS
,Medical Direction - ANSWER ✔ - Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director.
Protocols - ANSWER ✔ - lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different
situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system
Offline Direction - ANSWER ✔ - consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows
emits to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical
director or another physician.
Online Direction - ANSWER ✔ - consists of orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT-B
in the field by radio or telephone.
Standing Orders - ANSWER ✔ - A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMT-Bs
and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.
HEPA Mask - ANSWER ✔ - High Efficiency Particulate Air respirator; used for patients with suspected TB;
worn by the EMT provider to prevent airborne transmission
Hepatitis B - ANSWER ✔ - infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that
is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluid
Hepatitis C - ANSWER ✔ - inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, transmitted by
exposure to infected blood (rarely contracted sexually)
Tuberculosis - ANSWER ✔ - Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. Most commonly affects the respiratory system and causes inflammation and calcification
of the system.
Acute Stress - ANSWER ✔ - short term; fight or flight response; effects disappear quickly after it is over
Scope of Practice - ANSWER ✔ - What we are allowed to do or trained to do
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, Standard Care - ANSWER ✔ - the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under
the same or similar circumstances
Duty to Act - ANSWER ✔ - an obligation to provide care to a patient
Good Samaritan - ANSWER ✔ - a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
Expressed Consent - ANSWER ✔ - Permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally
competent adult before emergency treatment may be provided
Implied Consent - ANSWER ✔ - The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or guardian
would give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when
care is needed.
Treatment of a Minor - ANSWER ✔ - Must be given by legal guardian
Involuntary - ANSWER ✔ - Mentally incompetent person
Advanced Directive - ANSWER ✔ - a legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide
guidance to the health care team if the individual should become unable to make decisions regarding his
or her medical care; may also be called a living will or durable power of attorney for health care
Polst - ANSWER ✔ - Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment. May include order for DO NOT
RESUSCITATE
PCR - ANSWER ✔ - Prehospital care report
Emergency Move - ANSWER ✔ - a move made when there is an immediate danger to the patient.
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TITLE NREMT -
(Everything you
need to know)
Study Questions
With Correct
Answers
LIBROS
@LOS LIBROS
,Medical Direction - ANSWER ✔ - Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director.
Protocols - ANSWER ✔ - lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different
situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system
Offline Direction - ANSWER ✔ - consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows
emits to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical
director or another physician.
Online Direction - ANSWER ✔ - consists of orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT-B
in the field by radio or telephone.
Standing Orders - ANSWER ✔ - A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMT-Bs
and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.
HEPA Mask - ANSWER ✔ - High Efficiency Particulate Air respirator; used for patients with suspected TB;
worn by the EMT provider to prevent airborne transmission
Hepatitis B - ANSWER ✔ - infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that
is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluid
Hepatitis C - ANSWER ✔ - inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, transmitted by
exposure to infected blood (rarely contracted sexually)
Tuberculosis - ANSWER ✔ - Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. Most commonly affects the respiratory system and causes inflammation and calcification
of the system.
Acute Stress - ANSWER ✔ - short term; fight or flight response; effects disappear quickly after it is over
Scope of Practice - ANSWER ✔ - What we are allowed to do or trained to do
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, Standard Care - ANSWER ✔ - the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under
the same or similar circumstances
Duty to Act - ANSWER ✔ - an obligation to provide care to a patient
Good Samaritan - ANSWER ✔ - a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
Expressed Consent - ANSWER ✔ - Permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally
competent adult before emergency treatment may be provided
Implied Consent - ANSWER ✔ - The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or guardian
would give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when
care is needed.
Treatment of a Minor - ANSWER ✔ - Must be given by legal guardian
Involuntary - ANSWER ✔ - Mentally incompetent person
Advanced Directive - ANSWER ✔ - a legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide
guidance to the health care team if the individual should become unable to make decisions regarding his
or her medical care; may also be called a living will or durable power of attorney for health care
Polst - ANSWER ✔ - Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment. May include order for DO NOT
RESUSCITATE
PCR - ANSWER ✔ - Prehospital care report
Emergency Move - ANSWER ✔ - a move made when there is an immediate danger to the patient.
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