TEST BANK Prehospital Emergency
Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J.
Mistovich Keith J Karen Brent Q. Hafen
All Chapter 1-44 with Answers| A+ Pass
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, Chapter 1 Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after 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
1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996
Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for your
emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
you inform them of which element they need to attain first?
A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or
Paramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Objective: 1-1
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitioners
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, A) Ambulance drivers.
B) EMS medical director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers.
Answer: C
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in
becoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot
presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:
A) Administer some medications.
B) Assist in emergency 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-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to
the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be
providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
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7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want to
provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types of
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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
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth
C) Providing interfacility transports
D) Initiating intravenous
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Objective: 1-5
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service
supervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance, unless I
have to remove it to care for a patient."
B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured
according to dispatch information."
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all
radio communications."
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or
suspected infectious disease."
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-7
9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of their role and responsibilities
related to being an EMT?
A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no matter what." C) "My
safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my partner."
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-7
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10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency. On
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scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and then
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Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J.
Mistovich Keith J Karen Brent Q. Hafen
All Chapter 1-44 with Answers| A+ Pass
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1|Page
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, Chapter 1 Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after 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
1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996
Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for your
emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
you inform them of which element they need to attain first?
A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or
Paramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Objective: 1-1
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitioners
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include:
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, A) Ambulance drivers.
B) EMS medical director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers.
Answer: C
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in
becoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot
presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:
A) Administer some medications.
B) Assist in emergency 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-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to
the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be
providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
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7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want to
provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types of
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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
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth
C) Providing interfacility transports
D) Initiating intravenous
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Objective: 1-5
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service
supervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance, unless I
have to remove it to care for a patient."
B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured
according to dispatch information."
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all
radio communications."
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or
suspected infectious disease."
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-7
9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of their role and responsibilities
related to being an EMT?
A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no matter what." C) "My
safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my partner."
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-7
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10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency. On
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scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and then
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