TEST BANK – Nancy Caroline’s
Emergency Care in the Streets
9th Edition | Complete Verified
Chapters 1–53 (Newest 2026
Version)
EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANSWER: B. Emergency Medical Services
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4
The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of
Malaga in:
a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
ANSWER: D. At the end of 1400
DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4
,(CoAEMSP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands
for:
a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions c.
Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS People
ANSWER: A. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS
Professions
DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10
A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMS
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
ANSWER: A. NREMT
DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9
What is Reciprocity?
a. Granting certification to a provider from same state or agency
b. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
c. Granting certification to a provider both from same or another state
d. No need of granting certification from any state
ANSWER: B. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
Select the correct ranking:
a. The Dispatcher, EMT, Paramedic, Advanced EMT, Emergency Medical
Responder
b. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, The
Dispatcher
c. Paramedic, Advanced EMT, EMT, Emergency Medical Responder, The
Dispatcher
,d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
Paramedic
ANSWER: D. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
Paramedic
DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13
Who launched the first rescue squad called Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?
a. Nancy Lee Caroline
b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
d. Dr. David Boyde
ANSWER: C. Julian Stanley Wise
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6
The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANSWER: B. US DOT
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8
At the emergency scene, what would be the initial assessment of patient?
a. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
b. Pulse, Skin, Blood test
c. Pupil, Respiration, Temperature
d. Blood pressure, Allergen test, Pulse
ANSWER: A. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
If a patient is facing diminished breath sounds and distented necks veins and his
radial pulses are weakening and increasing in rate and you insert an oral airway
and starts ventilating him with bagmaskdevice and 100% oxygen but still the
, patient is feeling difficult to breath. So with further findings, you assessed that
he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?
a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing
ANSWER: C. Perform needle thoracotomy
DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?
a. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
b. Response, Preparation, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
c. Scene Management, Preparation, Response, Patient Assessment
d. Patient Assessment, Scene Management, Response, Preparation
ANSWER: A. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 19
A treatment plan for specific illness or injury:
a. Direct Medical Control
b. Standing order
c. Protocol
d. Indirect Medical Control
ANSWER: C. Protocol
DIF: EASY REF: Pg. 21
CQI stands for:
a. Control Quality Improvement
b. Continuous Quality Improvement
c. Control Quantity Improvement
d. Continuous Quantity Improvement
ANSWER: B. Continuous Quality Improvement
DIF: EASYREF: Pg. 22
Emergency Care in the Streets
9th Edition | Complete Verified
Chapters 1–53 (Newest 2026
Version)
EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANSWER: B. Emergency Medical Services
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4
The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of
Malaga in:
a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
ANSWER: D. At the end of 1400
DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4
,(CoAEMSP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands
for:
a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions c.
Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS People
ANSWER: A. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS
Professions
DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10
A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMS
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
ANSWER: A. NREMT
DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9
What is Reciprocity?
a. Granting certification to a provider from same state or agency
b. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
c. Granting certification to a provider both from same or another state
d. No need of granting certification from any state
ANSWER: B. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
Select the correct ranking:
a. The Dispatcher, EMT, Paramedic, Advanced EMT, Emergency Medical
Responder
b. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, The
Dispatcher
c. Paramedic, Advanced EMT, EMT, Emergency Medical Responder, The
Dispatcher
,d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
Paramedic
ANSWER: D. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
Paramedic
DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13
Who launched the first rescue squad called Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?
a. Nancy Lee Caroline
b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
d. Dr. David Boyde
ANSWER: C. Julian Stanley Wise
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6
The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANSWER: B. US DOT
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8
At the emergency scene, what would be the initial assessment of patient?
a. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
b. Pulse, Skin, Blood test
c. Pupil, Respiration, Temperature
d. Blood pressure, Allergen test, Pulse
ANSWER: A. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
If a patient is facing diminished breath sounds and distented necks veins and his
radial pulses are weakening and increasing in rate and you insert an oral airway
and starts ventilating him with bagmaskdevice and 100% oxygen but still the
, patient is feeling difficult to breath. So with further findings, you assessed that
he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?
a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing
ANSWER: C. Perform needle thoracotomy
DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?
a. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
b. Response, Preparation, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
c. Scene Management, Preparation, Response, Patient Assessment
d. Patient Assessment, Scene Management, Response, Preparation
ANSWER: A. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 19
A treatment plan for specific illness or injury:
a. Direct Medical Control
b. Standing order
c. Protocol
d. Indirect Medical Control
ANSWER: C. Protocol
DIF: EASY REF: Pg. 21
CQI stands for:
a. Control Quality Improvement
b. Continuous Quality Improvement
c. Control Quantity Improvement
d. Continuous Quantity Improvement
ANSWER: B. Continuous Quality Improvement
DIF: EASYREF: Pg. 22
