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TEST BANK FOR Prehospital Emergency Care 12th Edition by Joseph Mistovich, Keith Karren, Brent Hafen ISBN: 978-0138223861 COMPLETE GUIDE ALL CHAPTERS COVERED 100% VERIFIED A+ GRADE ASSURED!!!!NEW LATEST UPDATE!!!!!

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Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J. Mistovich Keith J Karren Brent Q. Hafen
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Chapter 1-44 pn




Chapter 1 pn Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health pn pn pn pn pn pn pn




1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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Answer: C p n



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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
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day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," i
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C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 pn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn



Answer: B p n



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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for
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your emergency ambulance service on a full-
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time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of which el
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ement they need to attain first?
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A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
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B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
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C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or
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Paramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
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Answer: D p n



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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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B) EMS medical director. pn pn



C) Paramedics.
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5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in
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becoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot
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presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications. pn pn



B) Assist in emergency childbirth. pn pn pn



C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
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D) Obtain vital signs. pn pn



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6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
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old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In your
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community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice
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Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration pn pn



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Answer: B
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7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want to
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provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these ty
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pes of 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
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B) Assistance with emergency childbirth pn pn pn



C) Providing interfacility transports pn pn



D) Initiating intravenous (IV) therapy pn pn pn pn



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8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service
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supervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance, unless I
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have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured ac
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cording to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all
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radio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or
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suspected infectious disease." pn pn



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9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of their role and responsibilities r
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elated to being an EMT?
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A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
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B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no matter what."
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C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
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D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my partner."
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10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency.
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On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and
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then dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleed
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ing from the head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
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A) Do not enter the scene until it has been controlled by law enforcement.
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B) Quietly enter the home and quickly move the patient to the ambulance.
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C) Remove the husband from the house, then provide emergency care to the wife.
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D) Enter the home to protect the patient while waiting for the police to arrive.
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11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
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A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital environment.
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B) Ambulances are easily identified. pn pn pn



C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers.
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration.
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12) You have arrived on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. A car has gone off the road and into a
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utility pole. The pole is broken and wires are hanging just above the car. You do not see any spar
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king or arcing of the wires. The driver of the car is slumped over the steering wheel and not movi
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ng. Several bystanders around the car are yelling for you to help. Which steps represent the corre
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ct order of your response?
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A) Clear the bystanders, allow the fire department to secure the wires, access the patient, extricate t
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he patient, transport
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B) Access the patient, clear the bystanders, allow the fire department to secure the wires, extricate t
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he patient, transport
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C) Clear the bystanders, access the patient, extricate the patient, transport, allow the fire
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department to secure the wires pn pn pn pn



D) Access the patient, allow the fire department to secure the wires, clear the bystanders, extricate t
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he patient, transport
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