Emergency Care Test Bank: Key
Concepts And Questions: 12th
Edition By Mistovich & Karren Over
500 Solved Questions
Ability to dominate the patient - correct answers not a required personality trait
for EMTs.
Ability to lift and carry 200 pounds - correct answers not a necessary ability; EMTs
are not expected to lift over 125 pounds.
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations - correct answer Critical personal trait
for an EMT.
Ability to speak clearly - correct answer important requirement for giving and
receiving oral and written instructions.
Able to listen to others - correct answer Includes being compassionate,
empathetic, accurate with interviews, and inspiring confidence.
Abuse of alcohol - correct answer generally leads to cumulative issues rather than
acute stress reactions.
,Acceptance (Stage of Grief) - correct answer a person who has reached
acceptance of the situation would not be cursing or ordering emergency providers
to move quicker.
Accidental Exposure and Contamination Guide - correct answer does not provide
information on all common hazardous materials, including placard identification,
nor is it standard issue on all ambulances.
Acquired immunity - correct answer Immunity developed after an exposure.
Acute stress reaction - correct answer a reaction that occurs simultaneously with
or shortly after a critical incident, such as an injury of a coworker.
Adrenal gland enlargement - correct answer a condition that occurs during the
exhaustion stage of stress.
Advanced 911 - correct answer Advanced 911 is an emergency texting system
rather than a system for locating callers.
Advanced EMT - correct answer The Advanced EMT (AEMT) provides basic-level
care and transportation as well as some advanced-level care, such as use of
advanced airway devices and administration of some fluids and medications,
which may include intravenous and intraosseous administration.
Advanced training - correct answer the level of education and experience that
physicians have compared to EMTs.
Advocate - correct answerEMTs should speak up for their patients and support
them in getting appropriate care.
AIDS - correct answer Common signs include rapid weight loss and night sweats or
fevers, but a productive cough is not generally related.
Alarm reaction stage - correct answer the stage of the body's response to stress
where pupil dilation, heart rate increases, and bronchial passage dilation are all
common.
,Alcohol-based hand cleaners - correct answer considered effective except when
hands are visibly soiled or when anthrax is present.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizer recommendation - correct answer The CDC
recommends using it after contact with patients who have blood borne diseases,
respiratory illness, or treating hepatitis B patients, except when hands are visibly
soiled.
All crew members - correct answer Responsible for keeping themselves, the
patient(s), and bystanders safe.
Altered mental status patient scenario - correct answer you are dispatched to a
female with altered mental status who appears to have been beaten unconscious.
Ambiguous and Uncertain - correct answer false reassurances are usually direct
and certain.
Ambulance services - correct answer another common setting where EMTs are
employed.
Amnesia for stressful events - correct answers an incorrect effect of the stress
triad; amnesia is not a recognized effect.
Anger (Stage of Death) - correct answer this patient is not exhibiting the behavior
of someone in the anger stage.
Anger (Stage of Grief) - correct answer the anger stage of grief is commonly
vented on family members and EMS personnel.
Anger Stage of Grief - correct answer the patient's wife is in the anger stage of
grief, not the denial stage.
Anxiety - correct answer a feeling of worry or unease that can be a symptom of
stress.
, Assistant - correct answer Helps a patient with tasks but may not speak up for
them.
Assuring personal safety - correct answer a very important responsibility for
EMTs, but not a role in the quality improvement process.
Atrophy of the adrenal glands - correct answers an incorrect effect of the stress
triad; during the third stage, the adrenal glands actually become enlarged.
Awareness of problems with color vision - correct answer not related to the
qualities that make up a person's character.
Bargaining (Stage of Death) - correct answering the mind of the patient,
bargaining may seem to postpone death and will commonly include phrases like,
'At least let me...' or 'But first I want....'
Basic principle when lifting a patient - correct answer Know your lifting limits.
Being a member of the QI committee - correct answer not an expected role for an
EMT in the quality improvement process.
Best course of action for violent patient - correct answerLeave immediately to a
safe area and then call for police assistance.
Best response to a partner risking his life - correct answerHe is not only putting
his life at risk, but also placing the lives of the professional rescuers unnecessarily
at risk.
Best way to prove worth of special bandages - correct answerPerform a literature
search to see what studies have been done on the special bandages and report
the findings to the Medical Director.
Bleach Wipes - correct answerIn cases where soap and water and alcohol-based
hand cleaners are not immediately available, bleach wipes should be used.
Bleeding gastric ulcers - correct answerA condition that can occur during the
exhaustion stage of stress.
Concepts And Questions: 12th
Edition By Mistovich & Karren Over
500 Solved Questions
Ability to dominate the patient - correct answers not a required personality trait
for EMTs.
Ability to lift and carry 200 pounds - correct answers not a necessary ability; EMTs
are not expected to lift over 125 pounds.
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations - correct answer Critical personal trait
for an EMT.
Ability to speak clearly - correct answer important requirement for giving and
receiving oral and written instructions.
Able to listen to others - correct answer Includes being compassionate,
empathetic, accurate with interviews, and inspiring confidence.
Abuse of alcohol - correct answer generally leads to cumulative issues rather than
acute stress reactions.
,Acceptance (Stage of Grief) - correct answer a person who has reached
acceptance of the situation would not be cursing or ordering emergency providers
to move quicker.
Accidental Exposure and Contamination Guide - correct answer does not provide
information on all common hazardous materials, including placard identification,
nor is it standard issue on all ambulances.
Acquired immunity - correct answer Immunity developed after an exposure.
Acute stress reaction - correct answer a reaction that occurs simultaneously with
or shortly after a critical incident, such as an injury of a coworker.
Adrenal gland enlargement - correct answer a condition that occurs during the
exhaustion stage of stress.
Advanced 911 - correct answer Advanced 911 is an emergency texting system
rather than a system for locating callers.
Advanced EMT - correct answer The Advanced EMT (AEMT) provides basic-level
care and transportation as well as some advanced-level care, such as use of
advanced airway devices and administration of some fluids and medications,
which may include intravenous and intraosseous administration.
Advanced training - correct answer the level of education and experience that
physicians have compared to EMTs.
Advocate - correct answerEMTs should speak up for their patients and support
them in getting appropriate care.
AIDS - correct answer Common signs include rapid weight loss and night sweats or
fevers, but a productive cough is not generally related.
Alarm reaction stage - correct answer the stage of the body's response to stress
where pupil dilation, heart rate increases, and bronchial passage dilation are all
common.
,Alcohol-based hand cleaners - correct answer considered effective except when
hands are visibly soiled or when anthrax is present.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizer recommendation - correct answer The CDC
recommends using it after contact with patients who have blood borne diseases,
respiratory illness, or treating hepatitis B patients, except when hands are visibly
soiled.
All crew members - correct answer Responsible for keeping themselves, the
patient(s), and bystanders safe.
Altered mental status patient scenario - correct answer you are dispatched to a
female with altered mental status who appears to have been beaten unconscious.
Ambiguous and Uncertain - correct answer false reassurances are usually direct
and certain.
Ambulance services - correct answer another common setting where EMTs are
employed.
Amnesia for stressful events - correct answers an incorrect effect of the stress
triad; amnesia is not a recognized effect.
Anger (Stage of Death) - correct answer this patient is not exhibiting the behavior
of someone in the anger stage.
Anger (Stage of Grief) - correct answer the anger stage of grief is commonly
vented on family members and EMS personnel.
Anger Stage of Grief - correct answer the patient's wife is in the anger stage of
grief, not the denial stage.
Anxiety - correct answer a feeling of worry or unease that can be a symptom of
stress.
, Assistant - correct answer Helps a patient with tasks but may not speak up for
them.
Assuring personal safety - correct answer a very important responsibility for
EMTs, but not a role in the quality improvement process.
Atrophy of the adrenal glands - correct answers an incorrect effect of the stress
triad; during the third stage, the adrenal glands actually become enlarged.
Awareness of problems with color vision - correct answer not related to the
qualities that make up a person's character.
Bargaining (Stage of Death) - correct answering the mind of the patient,
bargaining may seem to postpone death and will commonly include phrases like,
'At least let me...' or 'But first I want....'
Basic principle when lifting a patient - correct answer Know your lifting limits.
Being a member of the QI committee - correct answer not an expected role for an
EMT in the quality improvement process.
Best course of action for violent patient - correct answerLeave immediately to a
safe area and then call for police assistance.
Best response to a partner risking his life - correct answerHe is not only putting
his life at risk, but also placing the lives of the professional rescuers unnecessarily
at risk.
Best way to prove worth of special bandages - correct answerPerform a literature
search to see what studies have been done on the special bandages and report
the findings to the Medical Director.
Bleach Wipes - correct answerIn cases where soap and water and alcohol-based
hand cleaners are not immediately available, bleach wipes should be used.
Bleeding gastric ulcers - correct answerA condition that can occur during the
exhaustion stage of stress.
