EMT Chapter 1 Questions With Correct Solutions.
Medical Direction - accurate answers-Oversight of the patient care aspects of
an EMS system by the Medical Director.
Evidence-Based - accurate answers-Medical techniques or practices that are
supported by scientific evidence confirming their safety and efficacy.
Patient Outcomes - accurate answers-The long-term survival of patients.
Protocols - accurate answers-List of steps, such as assessments and
interventions, to be taken in different situations.
The modern EMS system in the United States began in the: - accurate answers-
1960s. (The National Highway Safety Act charged the U.S. Department of
Transportation, or DOT, with developing EMS standards. Most EMT courses
are based on models developed by the D.O.T.).
After World War II, who was the person who usually provided ambulance
transport? - accurate answers-The local undertaker.
The National Highway Safety Act charged which government entity with
developing an EMS system and upgrading prehospital care? - accurate
answers-The U.S. Department of Transportation.
What year was the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
established? - accurate answers-1970.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Technical Assistance
Program provides a set of recommended standards for EMS systems for its
assessment program. What is one of its ten standards? - accurate answers--
Medical direction
- Regulation and policy
- Resource management
- Human resources and training
- Transportation
- Facilities
- Communications
- Public information and education
, - Trauma systems
- Evaluation
You have just become an EMS instructor, and now you are teaching a helmet
safety awareness class for a local elementary school. This activity would be in
support of which assessment standard for the Technical Assistance Program?
- accurate answers-Public information and education.
In the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Technical
Assistance Program transportation standard, a critical component is safety
and reliability of: - accurate answers-Ambulance transportation.
One aspect of the regulation and policy standard of the NHTSA Technical
Assistance Program is that each state should have: - accurate answers-A lead
EMS agency.
The Technical Assistance Program assessment standard specifying that each
patient must be transported in a timely manner to the closest appropriate
medical facility is: - accurate answers-Facilities.
You are charged with revising the destination protocol for trauma patients in
your EMS system. Having this policy in place helps fulfill which of the
Technical Assistance Program assessment standards? - accurate answers-
Trauma systems.
An enhanced 911 system allows the emergency dispatcher to: - accurate
answers-immediately access the phone number and address from which the
call is being made.
From the patient's perspective, care begins with: - accurate answers-The
initial phone call to the EMD (emergency medical dispatcher).
What capability distinguishes trauma centers from less-specialized hospitals?
- accurate answers-Surgical teams are available 24 hours a day.
A 911 system that allows the call taker to automatically view the caller's
location and phone number is known as: - accurate answers-Enhanced 911.
Medical Direction - accurate answers-Oversight of the patient care aspects of
an EMS system by the Medical Director.
Evidence-Based - accurate answers-Medical techniques or practices that are
supported by scientific evidence confirming their safety and efficacy.
Patient Outcomes - accurate answers-The long-term survival of patients.
Protocols - accurate answers-List of steps, such as assessments and
interventions, to be taken in different situations.
The modern EMS system in the United States began in the: - accurate answers-
1960s. (The National Highway Safety Act charged the U.S. Department of
Transportation, or DOT, with developing EMS standards. Most EMT courses
are based on models developed by the D.O.T.).
After World War II, who was the person who usually provided ambulance
transport? - accurate answers-The local undertaker.
The National Highway Safety Act charged which government entity with
developing an EMS system and upgrading prehospital care? - accurate
answers-The U.S. Department of Transportation.
What year was the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
established? - accurate answers-1970.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Technical Assistance
Program provides a set of recommended standards for EMS systems for its
assessment program. What is one of its ten standards? - accurate answers--
Medical direction
- Regulation and policy
- Resource management
- Human resources and training
- Transportation
- Facilities
- Communications
- Public information and education
, - Trauma systems
- Evaluation
You have just become an EMS instructor, and now you are teaching a helmet
safety awareness class for a local elementary school. This activity would be in
support of which assessment standard for the Technical Assistance Program?
- accurate answers-Public information and education.
In the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Technical
Assistance Program transportation standard, a critical component is safety
and reliability of: - accurate answers-Ambulance transportation.
One aspect of the regulation and policy standard of the NHTSA Technical
Assistance Program is that each state should have: - accurate answers-A lead
EMS agency.
The Technical Assistance Program assessment standard specifying that each
patient must be transported in a timely manner to the closest appropriate
medical facility is: - accurate answers-Facilities.
You are charged with revising the destination protocol for trauma patients in
your EMS system. Having this policy in place helps fulfill which of the
Technical Assistance Program assessment standards? - accurate answers-
Trauma systems.
An enhanced 911 system allows the emergency dispatcher to: - accurate
answers-immediately access the phone number and address from which the
call is being made.
From the patient's perspective, care begins with: - accurate answers-The
initial phone call to the EMD (emergency medical dispatcher).
What capability distinguishes trauma centers from less-specialized hospitals?
- accurate answers-Surgical teams are available 24 hours a day.
A 911 system that allows the call taker to automatically view the caller's
location and phone number is known as: - accurate answers-Enhanced 911.
