Test Bank - Prehospital Emergency Care 12th Edition
Author: Mistovich & Karre, All 46 Chapters Covered, A+
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, Test Bank for Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th edition (Mistovich et al.)
Table of Contents:
PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4. Documentation
5. Communication
6. Lifting and Moving Patients
PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
8. Pathophysiology
PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
9. Life Span Development
PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND
OXYGENATION
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
PART 6: ASSESSMENT
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment
PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION
ADMINISTRATION
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
15. Shock and Resuscitation
PART 9: MEDICINE
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Psychiatric Emergencies
PART 10: TRAUMA
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
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, 29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Chest Trauma
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
38. Pediatrics
39. Geriatrics
40. Patients with Special Challenges
41. The Combat Veteran
PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
44. Hazardous Materials
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents
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, Prehospital Emergency Care, 11e (Mistovich et al.)
Chapter 1: Emergency Care 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: 7
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: 3
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to
work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National
EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of which element?
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
Technician Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-1
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels
1
Author: Mistovich & Karre, All 46 Chapters Covered, A+
Graded Latest Edition
FULL TEST BANK!!!
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, Test Bank for Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th edition (Mistovich et al.)
Table of Contents:
PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4. Documentation
5. Communication
6. Lifting and Moving Patients
PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
8. Pathophysiology
PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
9. Life Span Development
PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND
OXYGENATION
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
PART 6: ASSESSMENT
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment
PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION
ADMINISTRATION
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
15. Shock and Resuscitation
PART 9: MEDICINE
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Psychiatric Emergencies
PART 10: TRAUMA
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
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, 29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Chest Trauma
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
38. Pediatrics
39. Geriatrics
40. Patients with Special Challenges
41. The Combat Veteran
PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
44. Hazardous Materials
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents
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, Prehospital Emergency Care, 11e (Mistovich et al.)
Chapter 1: Emergency Care 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: 7
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: 3
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to
work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National
EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of which element?
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
Technician Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-1
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels
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