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1. All of the following are open-ended questions EXCEPT:
A. What happened today?
B. Do you remember the collision?
C. What is a normal blood pressure for you?
D. What medications do you take?: B. Do you remember the collision?
2. All of the following are closed-ended questions EXCEPT:
A. Are you pregnant?
B. Have you been sick in the past few days?
C. How much do you weight?
D. Do you have asthma?: C. How much do you weight?
3. All of the following are part of EMS communications EXCEPT:
A. emergency medical dispatcher
B. a citizen notifier
C. computer-aided dispatch (CAD)
D. online medical control with base station physician: C. computer-aided dispatch (CAD)
4. All of the following cause a distortion of the signal of transmission of EKG to
hospital base stations EXCEPT:
A. loose EKG electrodes
B. 60-cycle interference
C. ventricular fibrillation
D. weak batteries and geographic factors: C. ventricular fibrillation
5. Federal oversight of emergency medical communication is accomplished by:
A. civil defense
B. the Department of Homeland Security
C. the Federal Emergency Management Agency
D. the Federal Communication Commission: D. the Federal Emergency Management Commis-
sion
6. Which of the following would suggest a mental impairment when first ad-
dressing you patient?
A. the patient responds with a coherent speech
B. the patient does not turn and look at you when you speak
C. the patient waits a second before answering your questions
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D. the patient has meaningful response to your greeting: C. the patient waits a second
before answering your questions
7. When assessing a patient's memory, which of the following is not a useful
tool?
A. asking the patient's name
B. asking the patient what he/she has for breakfast the day before
C. asking the patient where he is
D. asking the patient what happened to him/her: B. asking the patient what he/she has for
breakfast the day before
8. What is the best way to convert honesty to your patient?
A. using frequent and direct eye contact
B. patting the patient on the arm
C. kneeling on the floor in front of the patient
D. always having a smile on your face: A. using frequent and direct eye contact
9. Which of the following cultures considers direct eye contract rude?
A. Islamic
B. French
C. Brazilian
D. Asian: D. Asian
10. When treating a patient from another culture, what is a good rule of thumb?
A. always use hand gestures
B. never use hand gestures
C. always use medical terms
D. use pet names: B. never use hand gestures
11. What is the best mean for calling the base from skyscraper or row down-
town?
A. UHF
B. VHF
C. cell phone
D. all of the above: A. UHF
12. What is the best mean for calling the base from a rural, winded area?
A. UHF
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1. All of the following are open-ended questions EXCEPT:
A. What happened today?
B. Do you remember the collision?
C. What is a normal blood pressure for you?
D. What medications do you take?: B. Do you remember the collision?
2. All of the following are closed-ended questions EXCEPT:
A. Are you pregnant?
B. Have you been sick in the past few days?
C. How much do you weight?
D. Do you have asthma?: C. How much do you weight?
3. All of the following are part of EMS communications EXCEPT:
A. emergency medical dispatcher
B. a citizen notifier
C. computer-aided dispatch (CAD)
D. online medical control with base station physician: C. computer-aided dispatch (CAD)
4. All of the following cause a distortion of the signal of transmission of EKG to
hospital base stations EXCEPT:
A. loose EKG electrodes
B. 60-cycle interference
C. ventricular fibrillation
D. weak batteries and geographic factors: C. ventricular fibrillation
5. Federal oversight of emergency medical communication is accomplished by:
A. civil defense
B. the Department of Homeland Security
C. the Federal Emergency Management Agency
D. the Federal Communication Commission: D. the Federal Emergency Management Commis-
sion
6. Which of the following would suggest a mental impairment when first ad-
dressing you patient?
A. the patient responds with a coherent speech
B. the patient does not turn and look at you when you speak
C. the patient waits a second before answering your questions
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D. the patient has meaningful response to your greeting: C. the patient waits a second
before answering your questions
7. When assessing a patient's memory, which of the following is not a useful
tool?
A. asking the patient's name
B. asking the patient what he/she has for breakfast the day before
C. asking the patient where he is
D. asking the patient what happened to him/her: B. asking the patient what he/she has for
breakfast the day before
8. What is the best way to convert honesty to your patient?
A. using frequent and direct eye contact
B. patting the patient on the arm
C. kneeling on the floor in front of the patient
D. always having a smile on your face: A. using frequent and direct eye contact
9. Which of the following cultures considers direct eye contract rude?
A. Islamic
B. French
C. Brazilian
D. Asian: D. Asian
10. When treating a patient from another culture, what is a good rule of thumb?
A. always use hand gestures
B. never use hand gestures
C. always use medical terms
D. use pet names: B. never use hand gestures
11. What is the best mean for calling the base from skyscraper or row down-
town?
A. UHF
B. VHF
C. cell phone
D. all of the above: A. UHF
12. What is the best mean for calling the base from a rural, winded area?
A. UHF
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