CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC EXAM 1 WITH ALL
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL
COMPLETE EXAM|ALREADY GRADED A+ (ALREADY
GRADED A+)
What is considered a major contributor to the significant decrease in mortality of wounded soldiers
during the Korean War?
A. Aeromedical evacuations
B. Military Medics
C. Battlefield surgeons
D. Introduction of the tourniquet ✔Correct Answer-A. Aeromedical evacuations
A person's ability to withstand negative pressure or "bounce back" from difficulties is known as:
A. Stress Management
B. Resilience
C. EAP
D. Emotional well-being ✔Correct Answer-B. Resilience
While assessing and treating a patient what is the appropriate way of managing the patient's family?
A. Ask them to step out of the room until you're finished
B. Have the POA sign a release of presence for everyone
C. Move quickly to reduce their anxiety and ease their minds.
D. Ask the patient and family if they'd like to be present. ✔Correct Answer-D. Ask the patient and
family if they'd like to be present.
________ is the reaction of the mind and body to a demand for change.
A. Burnout
B. Stress
C. Strain
D. Morbidity ✔Correct Answer-B. Stress
What the purpose of a quality assurance and improvement (QA&I) program?
A. Ensure compliance with medical protocols
B. Identify clinicians who are not good enough for CCT
C. Generate data and improve the service provided
D. Identify safety benchmarks to help purchase new equipment ✔Correct Answer-C. Generate data
and improve the service provided
What portion of the crew's safety apparel must meet or exceed OSHA standards?
A. Leather Boots
B. Head and eye protection
C. Reflective materials on uniforms
D. Flame-retardant flight suits ✔Correct Answer-B. Head and eye protection
,The three steps of the QA&I process are to define quality, collect and gather data, and:
A. Get an understanding of the underlying issue
B. Report back to crews about their performance
C. Allow the medical director to remediate clinicians
D. Prepare the information for CAMTS annual audits ✔Correct Answer-A. Get an understanding of
the underlying issue
How do critical care transport services ensure that there providers maintain proficiency?
A. Numerous education offerings
B. Mandatory competency training
C. Vigorous recruiting practices
D. Encouraging lifelong learning ✔Correct Answer-B. Mandatory competency training
Which of the following would indicate to dispatch that the interfacility transport requires critical care
transport?
A. Infusion pump with electrolytes
B. Wound vacuum
C. Continuous telemetry
D. Intra-aortic balloon pump ✔Correct Answer-D. Intra-aortic balloon pump
How do CCTPs initiate communication with patients and their families?
A. Obtain necessary signatures
B. Allow transferring providers to coordinate it
C. Determine if the patient's condition allows time
D. Introduce themselves and each crew member ✔Correct Answer-D. Introduce themselves and
each crew member
Provide data from your transport system and participating in a database that compares it to other
transport systems is:
A. Benchmarking
B. Quality Improvement
C. Comprehensive Systemic Evaluation
D. Prohibited by CAMTS ✔Correct Answer-B. Quality Improvement
With the following protects patient from being transferred to another facility, without being
stabilized to the fullest extent by the transferring facility?
A. EMTALA
B. Patient Rights
C. HIPAA
D. COBRA ✔Correct Answer-A. EMTALA
Court action resulting from an EMTALA violation __________ a malpractice lawsuit.
A. Does not prevent patients from filing
,B. Protects clinicians from
C. Protects patients from
D. Can occur only after filing ✔Correct Answer-A. Does not prevent patients from filing
The body of law that defines offenses against the rules of the "state" is known as ___________ law
A. Criminal
B. Civil
C. Health Care
D. Federal ✔Correct Answer-A. Criminal
When a CCTP utilizes the organizations protocols, he or she is operating under:
A. Written physician orders
B. Online medical control
C. Off-line medical control
D. Verbal physician orders ✔Correct Answer-C. Off-line medical control
When a person with decision-making capacity is refusing care that you believe to be in their best
interests, you should:
A. Enlist the help of law enforcement to restrain the person as you provide the necessary care
B. Wait with the person until they change their mind
C. Ust the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
D. Immediately desist in caring for the person to avoid charges of battery ✔Correct Answer-C. Ust
the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
In order to file a(n) ________, an attorney must prove that there was a duty to act, a breach of duty,
and that harm resulted from the breath of duty.
A. Negligence claim
B. Malpractice lawsuit
C. Abandonment claim
D. Libel civil lawsuit ✔Correct Answer-A. Negligence claim
What is necessary for a CCTP to act outside of his or her protocols?
A. Verbal orders from the transferring physician
B. Generally accepted international guidelines
C. Health system standard operating procedures
D. Medical command physician orders ✔Correct Answer-D. Medical command physician orders
Your pediatric CCT unit arrives at a regional hospital to transport a three day old infant with an
atrioventricular septal defect that is extremely unstable. As you enter the room of the level one
NICU, the parents are alarmed and agitated. Uninformed, and confused about the transport the
father says "This hospital is the best in the state," and declines the transport. How do you manage
this patient?
A. Discuss the concerns with the family and sending physician
B. Attempt to obtain consent from the mother
C. Notify child protective services about the paternal negligence
, D. Get a signed refusal of care from the father ✔Correct Answer-A. Discuss the concerns with the
family and sending physician
During a fixed wing flight over the Atlantic Ocean, your patient develops a worsening electrolyte
abnormality. This is not covered under your standing orders. How do you manage this patient if your
communication system is unable to reach medical control.?
A. Follow the current treatment plan
B. Manage the patient within you scope of practice
C. Obtain written consent for treatment outside of protocols
D. Draw more blood from another site and rerun the labs ✔Correct Answer-B. Manage the patient
within you scope of practice
While landing at a scene for a PR event, a firefighter walked directly beneath the helicopter across
the LZ. What type of incident occurred?
A. Near miss
B. Safety culture violation
C. Call mitigation
D. Adverse drug event ✔Correct Answer-A. Near miss
What is needed to develop a safety culture?
A. Identifying fault and applying disciplinary action
B. Monthly audits of safety mechanisms in place
C. Acknowledging that organizations engage in high-risk behavior
C. Holding crews accountable for their peers' actions ✔Correct Answer-C. Acknowledging that
organizations engage in high-risk behavior
Which of the following is likely to increase the likelihood of a medication error?
A. Performance of dose calculations
B. Use of electronic patient charts
C. Accidental IV removal en route
D. Medication administration on scene ✔Correct Answer-A. Performance of dose calculations
A nurse at a transferring facility was ordered to hang a gram of vancomycin. She initiated a
vecuronium infusion instead. What type of medication error is this?
A. LASA
B. Wrong-side procedure
C. Transition error
D. Sentinel event ✔Correct Answer-A. LASA
Which of the following is a systemic approach to understanding the causes of serious adverse events
that helps identify system flaws that must be corrected in order to mitigate future incidents?
A. Huddle
B. Debriefing
C. Root cause analysis
D. Six Sigma ✔Correct Answer-C. Root cause analysis
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL
COMPLETE EXAM|ALREADY GRADED A+ (ALREADY
GRADED A+)
What is considered a major contributor to the significant decrease in mortality of wounded soldiers
during the Korean War?
A. Aeromedical evacuations
B. Military Medics
C. Battlefield surgeons
D. Introduction of the tourniquet ✔Correct Answer-A. Aeromedical evacuations
A person's ability to withstand negative pressure or "bounce back" from difficulties is known as:
A. Stress Management
B. Resilience
C. EAP
D. Emotional well-being ✔Correct Answer-B. Resilience
While assessing and treating a patient what is the appropriate way of managing the patient's family?
A. Ask them to step out of the room until you're finished
B. Have the POA sign a release of presence for everyone
C. Move quickly to reduce their anxiety and ease their minds.
D. Ask the patient and family if they'd like to be present. ✔Correct Answer-D. Ask the patient and
family if they'd like to be present.
________ is the reaction of the mind and body to a demand for change.
A. Burnout
B. Stress
C. Strain
D. Morbidity ✔Correct Answer-B. Stress
What the purpose of a quality assurance and improvement (QA&I) program?
A. Ensure compliance with medical protocols
B. Identify clinicians who are not good enough for CCT
C. Generate data and improve the service provided
D. Identify safety benchmarks to help purchase new equipment ✔Correct Answer-C. Generate data
and improve the service provided
What portion of the crew's safety apparel must meet or exceed OSHA standards?
A. Leather Boots
B. Head and eye protection
C. Reflective materials on uniforms
D. Flame-retardant flight suits ✔Correct Answer-B. Head and eye protection
,The three steps of the QA&I process are to define quality, collect and gather data, and:
A. Get an understanding of the underlying issue
B. Report back to crews about their performance
C. Allow the medical director to remediate clinicians
D. Prepare the information for CAMTS annual audits ✔Correct Answer-A. Get an understanding of
the underlying issue
How do critical care transport services ensure that there providers maintain proficiency?
A. Numerous education offerings
B. Mandatory competency training
C. Vigorous recruiting practices
D. Encouraging lifelong learning ✔Correct Answer-B. Mandatory competency training
Which of the following would indicate to dispatch that the interfacility transport requires critical care
transport?
A. Infusion pump with electrolytes
B. Wound vacuum
C. Continuous telemetry
D. Intra-aortic balloon pump ✔Correct Answer-D. Intra-aortic balloon pump
How do CCTPs initiate communication with patients and their families?
A. Obtain necessary signatures
B. Allow transferring providers to coordinate it
C. Determine if the patient's condition allows time
D. Introduce themselves and each crew member ✔Correct Answer-D. Introduce themselves and
each crew member
Provide data from your transport system and participating in a database that compares it to other
transport systems is:
A. Benchmarking
B. Quality Improvement
C. Comprehensive Systemic Evaluation
D. Prohibited by CAMTS ✔Correct Answer-B. Quality Improvement
With the following protects patient from being transferred to another facility, without being
stabilized to the fullest extent by the transferring facility?
A. EMTALA
B. Patient Rights
C. HIPAA
D. COBRA ✔Correct Answer-A. EMTALA
Court action resulting from an EMTALA violation __________ a malpractice lawsuit.
A. Does not prevent patients from filing
,B. Protects clinicians from
C. Protects patients from
D. Can occur only after filing ✔Correct Answer-A. Does not prevent patients from filing
The body of law that defines offenses against the rules of the "state" is known as ___________ law
A. Criminal
B. Civil
C. Health Care
D. Federal ✔Correct Answer-A. Criminal
When a CCTP utilizes the organizations protocols, he or she is operating under:
A. Written physician orders
B. Online medical control
C. Off-line medical control
D. Verbal physician orders ✔Correct Answer-C. Off-line medical control
When a person with decision-making capacity is refusing care that you believe to be in their best
interests, you should:
A. Enlist the help of law enforcement to restrain the person as you provide the necessary care
B. Wait with the person until they change their mind
C. Ust the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
D. Immediately desist in caring for the person to avoid charges of battery ✔Correct Answer-C. Ust
the tools at your disposal to try to convince the person
In order to file a(n) ________, an attorney must prove that there was a duty to act, a breach of duty,
and that harm resulted from the breath of duty.
A. Negligence claim
B. Malpractice lawsuit
C. Abandonment claim
D. Libel civil lawsuit ✔Correct Answer-A. Negligence claim
What is necessary for a CCTP to act outside of his or her protocols?
A. Verbal orders from the transferring physician
B. Generally accepted international guidelines
C. Health system standard operating procedures
D. Medical command physician orders ✔Correct Answer-D. Medical command physician orders
Your pediatric CCT unit arrives at a regional hospital to transport a three day old infant with an
atrioventricular septal defect that is extremely unstable. As you enter the room of the level one
NICU, the parents are alarmed and agitated. Uninformed, and confused about the transport the
father says "This hospital is the best in the state," and declines the transport. How do you manage
this patient?
A. Discuss the concerns with the family and sending physician
B. Attempt to obtain consent from the mother
C. Notify child protective services about the paternal negligence
, D. Get a signed refusal of care from the father ✔Correct Answer-A. Discuss the concerns with the
family and sending physician
During a fixed wing flight over the Atlantic Ocean, your patient develops a worsening electrolyte
abnormality. This is not covered under your standing orders. How do you manage this patient if your
communication system is unable to reach medical control.?
A. Follow the current treatment plan
B. Manage the patient within you scope of practice
C. Obtain written consent for treatment outside of protocols
D. Draw more blood from another site and rerun the labs ✔Correct Answer-B. Manage the patient
within you scope of practice
While landing at a scene for a PR event, a firefighter walked directly beneath the helicopter across
the LZ. What type of incident occurred?
A. Near miss
B. Safety culture violation
C. Call mitigation
D. Adverse drug event ✔Correct Answer-A. Near miss
What is needed to develop a safety culture?
A. Identifying fault and applying disciplinary action
B. Monthly audits of safety mechanisms in place
C. Acknowledging that organizations engage in high-risk behavior
C. Holding crews accountable for their peers' actions ✔Correct Answer-C. Acknowledging that
organizations engage in high-risk behavior
Which of the following is likely to increase the likelihood of a medication error?
A. Performance of dose calculations
B. Use of electronic patient charts
C. Accidental IV removal en route
D. Medication administration on scene ✔Correct Answer-A. Performance of dose calculations
A nurse at a transferring facility was ordered to hang a gram of vancomycin. She initiated a
vecuronium infusion instead. What type of medication error is this?
A. LASA
B. Wrong-side procedure
C. Transition error
D. Sentinel event ✔Correct Answer-A. LASA
Which of the following is a systemic approach to understanding the causes of serious adverse events
that helps identify system flaws that must be corrected in order to mitigate future incidents?
A. Huddle
B. Debriefing
C. Root cause analysis
D. Six Sigma ✔Correct Answer-C. Root cause analysis
