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AAOS EMT Chapter 1 &Chapter 2
Questions and Correct Answers
Question: advanced EMT (AEMT)
Answer: An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life
support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain
emergency medications.
Question: advanced life support (ALS)
Answer: Advanced lifesaving procedures.
Question: American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Answer: Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals
with disabilities against discrimination.
Question: automated external defibrillator (AED)
Answer: A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmia and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
Question: certification
Answer: A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to
provide safe and ethical care.
Question: continuous quality improvement (CQI)
Answer: A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all
aspects of an EMS system.
Question: emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
Answer: A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units
to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with
vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
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Question: emergency medical responder (EMR)
Answer: The first trained individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter,
lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to
provide initial medical assistance.
Question: emergency medical services (EMS)
Answer: A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts
of several professionals and agencies to provide prehosptial emergency
care to the sick and injured.
Question: emergency medical technician (EMT)
Answer: An individual who has training in basic life support, including
automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and
assisting patients with certain medications.
Question: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Answer: Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in
limiting availability of patients' health care information and penalizing
violations of patient privacy.
Question: intravenous (IV) therapy
Answer: The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Question: licensure
Answer: The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a
regulated act.
Question: medical control
Answer: Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell
phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-
lines/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program.
Question: medical director
Pretest - Stuvia US
AAOS EMT Chapter 1 &Chapter 2
Questions and Correct Answers
Question: advanced EMT (AEMT)
Answer: An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life
support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain
emergency medications.
Question: advanced life support (ALS)
Answer: Advanced lifesaving procedures.
Question: American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Answer: Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals
with disabilities against discrimination.
Question: automated external defibrillator (AED)
Answer: A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmia and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
Question: certification
Answer: A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is
evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to
provide safe and ethical care.
Question: continuous quality improvement (CQI)
Answer: A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all
aspects of an EMS system.
Question: emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
Answer: A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units
to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with
vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Question: emergency medical responder (EMR)
Answer: The first trained individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter,
lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to
provide initial medical assistance.
Question: emergency medical services (EMS)
Answer: A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts
of several professionals and agencies to provide prehosptial emergency
care to the sick and injured.
Question: emergency medical technician (EMT)
Answer: An individual who has training in basic life support, including
automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and
assisting patients with certain medications.
Question: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Answer: Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in
limiting availability of patients' health care information and penalizing
violations of patient privacy.
Question: intravenous (IV) therapy
Answer: The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Question: licensure
Answer: The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a
regulated act.
Question: medical control
Answer: Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell
phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-
lines/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program.
Question: medical director
Pretest - Stuvia US
