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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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our emergency ambulance service on a full-
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7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want to p
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rovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types
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of care will they be able to provide as a Paramedic that they cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service su
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pervisor?
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ave to remove it to care for a patient."
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9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of their role and responsibilities rel
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ated to being an EMT?
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A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
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C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
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D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my partner." A
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nswer: C b r
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10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency. O
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n scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and the
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n dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding f
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rom the head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
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A) Do not enter the scene until it has been controlled by law enforcement.
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B) Quietly enter the home and quickly move the patient to the ambulance.
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C) Remove the husband from the house, then provide emergency care to the wife.
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D) Enter the home to protect the patient while waiting for the police to arrive. A
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nswer: A b r
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11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
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A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital environment.
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration.
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12) You have arrived on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. A car has gone off the road and into a uti
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lity pole. The pole is broken and wires are hanging just above the car. You do not see any sparking
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or arcing of the wires. The driver of the car is slumped over the steering wheel and not moving. Se
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veral bystanders around the car are yelling for you to help. Which steps represent the correct order
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of your response?
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Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J. Mistovich Keith J Karren Brent Q. Hafen
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Chapter 1-44 br
Chapter 1 br Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health br br br br br br br
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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Answer: C b r
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Objective: 1-2 b r b r
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," in
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1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 br br br br br br br br br
Answer: B b r
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for y
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our emergency ambulance service on a full-
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time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of which ele
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ment they need to attain first?
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A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
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B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
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C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or P
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aramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
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Answer: D b r
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Objective: 1-1 b r b r
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitioners in
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clude:
A) Ambulance drivers. br
B) EMS medical director. br br
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers. br br br
Answer: C b r
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,Objective: 1-3 b r b r
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in b
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ecoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot pre
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sently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications. br br
B) Assist in emergency childbirth. br br br
C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
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D) Obtain vital signs. br br
Answer: A b r b r
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5-6
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Objective: 1-5 b r b r
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
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old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In your c
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ommunity, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice M
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odel. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration br br
B) Automated external defibrillation br br
C) Intravenous therapy br
D) Reading an electrocardiogram br br br
Answer: B b r
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Objective: 1-5 b r b r
7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want to p
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rovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types
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of care will they be able to provide as a Paramedic that they cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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B) Assistance with emergency childbirth br br br
C) Providing interfacility transports br br
D) Initiating intravenous (IV) therapy br br br br
Answer: D b r
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
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Objective: 1-5 b r b r
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service su
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pervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance, unless I h
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ave to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured acco
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rding to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all ra
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dio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or su
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spected infectious disease." br br
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9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of their role and responsibilities rel
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ated to being an EMT?
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A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
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B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no matter what."
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C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
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D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my partner." A
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nswer: C b r
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Objective: 1-7 b r b r
10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency. O
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n scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and the
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n dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding f
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rom the head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
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A) Do not enter the scene until it has been controlled by law enforcement.
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B) Quietly enter the home and quickly move the patient to the ambulance.
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C) Remove the husband from the house, then provide emergency care to the wife.
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D) Enter the home to protect the patient while waiting for the police to arrive. A
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nswer: A b r
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Objective: 1-7 b r b r
11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
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A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital environment.
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B) Ambulances are easily identified. br br br
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers.
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration.
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12) You have arrived on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. A car has gone off the road and into a uti
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lity pole. The pole is broken and wires are hanging just above the car. You do not see any sparking
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or arcing of the wires. The driver of the car is slumped over the steering wheel and not moving. Se
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veral bystanders around the car are yelling for you to help. Which steps represent the correct order
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of your response?
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A) Clear the bystanders, allow the fire department to secure the wires, access the patient, extricate th
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e patient, transport
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B) Access the patient, clear the bystanders, allow the fire department to secure the wires, extricate th
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e patient, transport
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e patient, transport
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