Prehospital Emergency Care 11th Edition by Joseph Mistovich (Author), Keith Karren (Author), Brent Hafen Ph.D. (Author)

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Chapter1011 0 Emergency10Care10Systems,10Research,10and10Public10Health

1) What10is10a10primary10purpose10of10the10modern-day10EMS10system?
A) Provide10a10means10of10transport10to10and10from10the10hospital
B) Ensure10that10all10members10of10society10have10equal10access10to10hospitals
C) Decrease10the10incidence10of10death10and10disability10related10to10injury10and10 illness
D) Provide10emergency10health10care10services10to10medically10underserved1
0areas10Answer:1 0 C

Diff:102 Page10Ref:107
Objective:1 0 1-2

2) Most10authorities10agree10that10the10modern-
day10EMS10system10evolved10after10the10release10of10which10document?
A) The10Emergency10Medical10Services10Act10of101973
B) The10white10paper10"Accidental10Death10and10Disability:10The10Neglected10Disease10of1
0Modern10Society"10in101966

C) The10American10Heart10Association's10Guidelines10for10Cardiac10Resuscitation
D) Emergency10Medical10Services:10Agenda10for10the10Future,10in1
0199610Answer:1 0 B

Diff:101 Page10Ref:103
Objective:1 0 1-2

3) An10Emergency10Medical10Responder10comes10to10you10and10states10that10he10would10like10t
o10work10for10your10emergency10ambulance10service10on10a10full-
time10basis.10Knowing10the10National10EMS10Scope10of10Practice10Model,10you10inform10him10o
f10which10element?
A) He10will10be10able10to10take10care10of10only10patients10with10non-life-threatening10complaints
B) He10will10first10need10approval10from10your10ambulance10service's10medical10director
C) He10will10be10able10to10work10only10with10an10Advanced10EMT10or10paramedic
D) He10will10first10have10to10become10an10Emergency10Medical10Tec
hnician10Answer:1 0 D
Diff:101 Page10Ref:106-7
Objective:1 0 1-1

4) As10defined10by10the10National10EMS10Scope10of10Practice10Model,10the10four10level
s10of10EMS10practitioners10include:
A) Ambulance10drivers
B) EMS10medical10director
C) Paramedics
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,D) Emergency10medical10dispatchers




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,Answer:1 0 C
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, 5) An10Emergency10Medical10Responder10(EMR)10approaches10you10and10states10that10he10is10int
erested10in10becoming10an10EMT.10Specifically,10he10asks10what10he10will10be10able10to10do10as10
an10EMT10that10he10cannot10presently10do10as10an10EMR.10You10respond10by10saying10he10will10b
e10able10to:
A) Administer10some10medications
B) Assist10in10emergency10childbirth
C) Use10an10automated10external10defibrillator
D) Obtain10vital10sig
ns10Answer:1 0 A
Diff:101 Page10Ref:106-7
Objective:1 0 1-5

6) You10have10been10dispatched10for10a1061-year-
old10female10in10cardiac10arrest.10Emergency10Medical10Responders10(EMRs)10are10on10scene.10I
n10your10community,10all10EMS10practitioners10are10trained10according10to10the10National10EMS10
Scope10of10Practice10Model.10Given10this,10which10type10of10care10do10you10expect10the10EMRs10t
o10be10providing?
A) Emergency10medication10administration
B) Automated10external10defibrillation
C) Intravenous10therapy
D) Reading10an10electrocardiogra
m10Answer:1 0 B
Diff:102 Page10Ref:106
Objective:1 0 1-5

7) An10EMT10with10your10service10states10that10she10desires10to10become10a10paramedic10because10s
he10wants10to10provide10advanced10care.10Under10the10National10EMS10Scope10of10Practice10Model
,10which10one10of10these10types10of10care10will10she10be10able10to10provide10as10a10paramedic10that10s
he10cannot10provide10as10an10EMT?
A) Automated10blood10pressure10monitoring
B) Assistance10with10emergency10childbirth
C) Interfacility10transports
D) IV10therap
y10Answer:1 0
D
Diff:101 Page10Ref:107
Objective:1 0 1-5

8) Which10statement10made10by10an10EMT10requires10immediate10intervention10by10a10superi
or10or10the10service10supervisor?
A) "I10always10wear10my10seat10belt10whenever10I10am10in10the10patient10compartment10of10the10
ambulance,10unless10I10have10to10remove10it10to10care10for10a10patient."
B) "I10drive10as10fast10as10I10can10to10get10to10the10scene10of10an10emergency,10especially10if10a10
child10is10sick10or10injured10according10to10dispatch10information."
C) "When10I10am10driving10with10lights10and10sirens,10I10instruct10my10partner10that10he10will10need10
to10handle10all10radio10communications."
D) "I10put10exam10gloves10on10for10every10patient10I10contact,10even10if10he10or10she10does10not10ha
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