FDNY EMS FINAL EXAM Part 1 with
verified answers
Certification - correct answer ✔Exam is used to ensure all health care
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providers have at least the same basic level of knowledge and skill
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Licensure - correct answer ✔The process by which states ensure applicant
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competency in an examination setting.z z z z
Medical director - correct answer ✔A physician who assumes ultimate
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responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
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Medical control - correct answer ✔provided either off-line (indirect) or online
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(direct), as authorized by the medical director.
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Online = Directions given over the phone or radio
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Offline = standing orders
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Consent - correct answer ✔To give permission
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Decision making capacity - correct answer ✔Ability to understand the
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information and to make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
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Expressed Consent (actual consent) - correct answer ✔Type of consent given
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when patient verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to
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provide care or transport. May also be nonverbal
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, Informed consent - correct answer ✔Permission for treatment given by a
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competent patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to
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treatment have been explained. z z z
Implied consent - correct answer ✔A patient who is unconscious or otherwise
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incapable to make a rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and
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should never be used unless there is a threat to life or a limb.
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Foraman magnum - correct answer ✔The opening at the base of the skull
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through which the spinal cord passes from the brain
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The face is composed of how many bones? - correct answer ✔14 bones
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Spinal column has how many vertebrae? - correct answer ✔33 bones make
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the vertebrae
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7, 12, 5, 5, 4 - correct answer ✔Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and
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coccygeal ( Coccyx) z z
Skeletal muscle - correct answer ✔A muscle that is attached to the bones of
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the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones. Voluntary
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Smooth muscle - correct answer ✔Involuntary muscle found inside many
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internal organs of the body
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verified answers
Certification - correct answer ✔Exam is used to ensure all health care
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providers have at least the same basic level of knowledge and skill
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Licensure - correct answer ✔The process by which states ensure applicant
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competency in an examination setting.z z z z
Medical director - correct answer ✔A physician who assumes ultimate
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responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
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Medical control - correct answer ✔provided either off-line (indirect) or online
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(direct), as authorized by the medical director.
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Online = Directions given over the phone or radio
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Offline = standing orders
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Consent - correct answer ✔To give permission
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Decision making capacity - correct answer ✔Ability to understand the
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information and to make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
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Expressed Consent (actual consent) - correct answer ✔Type of consent given
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when patient verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to
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provide care or transport. May also be nonverbal
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, Informed consent - correct answer ✔Permission for treatment given by a
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competent patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to
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treatment have been explained. z z z
Implied consent - correct answer ✔A patient who is unconscious or otherwise
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incapable to make a rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and
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should never be used unless there is a threat to life or a limb.
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Foraman magnum - correct answer ✔The opening at the base of the skull
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through which the spinal cord passes from the brain
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The face is composed of how many bones? - correct answer ✔14 bones
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-Maxillae, Zygomas, Orbit, Mandible z z z
Spinal column has how many vertebrae? - correct answer ✔33 bones make
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the vertebrae
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7, 12, 5, 5, 4 - correct answer ✔Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and
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coccygeal ( Coccyx) z z
Skeletal muscle - correct answer ✔A muscle that is attached to the bones of
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the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones. Voluntary
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Smooth muscle - correct answer ✔Involuntary muscle found inside many
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internal organs of the body
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