Ultimate EMT Exam Prep Guide: Test Bank for Prehospital Emergency Care (12th Ed) by Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren, and Brent Q. Hafen

1
Copyright |© |2024 |PearsonJEducation, |Inc.

,TESTBANK |FOR


Prehospital|Emergency|Care,|12th|Edition|byJoseph|J.|mistovich|Keith|JKarren|Brent|Q.|Hafen
Chapter |1-44
Chapter|1emergency|Medical|ServiceSystems,|Research,|and|Public|Health
1) What |is |a |primary |purpose |of |the |modern-day |EMS |system?
A) Provide |a |means |ofJtransport |toJand |from |theJhospital
B) Ensure |that |all |members |of |society |have |equal |access |to |hospitals
C) DecreaseJthe |incidence |of |death |and |disability |related |toJinjury |and |illness
D) Provide |emergency |health |care |services |to |medically |underserved |areas
Answer: |CJD |iff: |2 Page |Ref: |2
|



Objective: | 1-2

2) Most |authorities |agree |that |the |modern-
day |EMS |system |evolvedJafter |the |release |of |which |document?
A) The |Emergency |Medical |Services |Act |of |1973
B) The |white |paper |"Accidental |Death |and |Disability: |The |Neglected |Disease |of |Modern
Society," |in |19 |66
|



C) The |American |Heart |Association's |Guidelines |for |Cardiac |Resuscitation
D) Emergency |Medical |Services: |Agenda |for |the |Future, |in |1996 |Answer:
B |D |iff: |1
| Page |Ref: |2
Objective: | 1-2


3) An |Emergency |Medical |Responder |comes |to |you |and |states |that |they |would |likeJto |work |for
your |em |ergency |ambulanceJservice |on |a |full-
|



time |basis. |KnowingJthe |National |EMS |Scope |of |Practice |Model, |you |inform |them |of |which
element |they |need |toJattain |first?
|



A) They |will |be |able |to |take |care |of |only |patients |withJnon-life-threatening |complaints.
B) They |will |first |need |approval |from |your |ambulanceJservice's |medical |director.
C) They |will |be |ableJtoJwork |only |with |an |AdvancedJEmergency |Medical |Technician |(AEMT)
or |Pa |ramedic.
|



D) They |will |first |have |to |become |anJEmergency |Medical |Technician |(EMT). |Answer: |D

2
Copyright |© |2024 |PearsonJEducation, |Inc.

,Di |ff: |1 PageJRef: |3
|



Objective: | 1-1
4) As |defined |by |the |National |EMS |Scope |of |Practice |Model, |theJfour |levels |of |EMS
practitioners |inc |lude:
|



A) Ambulance |drivers.
B) EMS |medical |director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergencymedical|dispatchers.


Answer:|C |Diff: |1 Page |Ref: |6
|




3
Copyright |© |2024 |PearsonJEducation, |Inc.

, Objective: | 1-3
5) An |Emergency |Medical |Responder |(EMR) |approaches |you |and |states |that
theyareinterested |in |be |coming |an |EMT. |Specifically, |they |ask |what |they |will |be |able |to |do |as
|



an |EMT |that |they |cannot |prese |ntly |do |as |an |EMR. |YouJrespond |by |saying |they |will |be |able
|



to:
|



A) Administer |some |medications.
B) Assist |inJemergency |childbirth.
C) Use |an |automated |external |defibrillator.
D) Obtain|vital
signs. |Answer: | A
|



Diff: |1 Page |Ref: |5-6
Objective: | 1-5


6) You |have |been |dispatched |for |a |61-year-
oldJfemale |in |cardiac |arrest. |Emergency |Medical |Responders |(EMRs) |areJonJthe |scene.
InJyour |co |mmunity, |all |EMS |practitioners |areJtrained |according |to |the |National |EMS
|



Scope |of |Practice |Mod |el. |Given |this, |which |type |of |careJdo |you |expect |the |EMRs |to |be
|



providing?
|



A) Emergencymedication |administration
B) Automated |external |defibrillation
C) IntravenousJtherapy
D) Reading|an
electrocardiogramJ | Answer: |B
|



Diff: |2 Page |Ref: |5-6
Objective: | 1-5


7) An |EMT |withJyour |service |states |that |they |desireJtoJbecome |aJParamedic |because |they
want |to |pro |vide |advanced |care. |Under |theJNational |EMS |ScopeJof |Practice |Model, |which
|



one |of |theseJtypes |of |care |will |they |beJable |to |provide |as |a |Paramedic |that |they |cannot
|



provide |as |anJEMT?
|



A) Use |of |an |automated |blood |pressure |monitoring

4
Copyright |© |2024 |PearsonJEducation, |Inc.