Chapter 17 (EMT) Test Questions with Answers Rated A
Which of the following BEST describes a base station? A two-way radio at a
fixed
site
1. Which of the following BEST describes a mobile radio? A two-way radio that is
mounted in a vehicle
2. Which of the following BEST describes a portable ra- A two-way radio that can
dio? be carried on a belt clip
3. Which of the following BEST describes a repeater? A device that receives and
amplifies a signal that
must be carried over long
distances
4. You are treating a 32-year-old man who is deaf. You Make sure the patient can
need to find out why he called for an ambulance. What see your lips when you
is the BEST way to communicate with this patient? speak.
5. Which of the following agencies assigns and licenses The Federal Communica-
radio frequencies? tions Commission
6. Which of the following may vary from one ambulance All of the above
service to another?
7. Which of the following is NOT considered a principle of Speak as quickly as possi-
proper radio usage in EMS? ble.
8. During your radio report to the hospital, which of Patient's name
the following pieces of information should NOT be
relayed?
9. How many parts does a standard medical radio report 12
have as described in your textbook?
, Chapter 17 (EMT) Test Questions with Answers Rated A
10. Which of the following is NOT part of a medical radio Address at which the pa-
report? tient was located
11. Which of the following information does NOT need to Estimated time of arrival at
be provided to the dispatcher? the hospital
12. When giving a radio report to the hospital, which of the The patient is a
following should be stated first? 55-year-old male.
13. Which of the following is NOT appropriate for inclusion Name of the patient's
in the radio report to the receiving hospital? health insurance provider
14. You have received an order from medical direction that Politely question the
you feel would be detrimental to your patient. Which physician.
of the following should you do?
15. Medical direction has requested that you administer Repeat the order back to
70 grams of activated charcoal to an overdose patient. the physician to make sure
Which of the following should you do next? you understood correctly.
16. Which of the following is NOT a required time to com- You are stopping to get
municate your location to the dispatch center? lunch.
17. You are treating a patient with a possible fractured "I will do my best, but it
ankle. The patient appears to be in a lot of pain and is may hurt while we put the
uneasy. As you are getting ready to splint the patient's splint on."
leg, he asks you if it is going to hurt. Which of the
following is the BEST response?
18. You are responding to a nursing home for an Place yourself at eye-level,
85-year-old patient complaining of difficulty breath- identify yourself, and ask
ing. How would you initiate contact with this patient? the patient what she would
like to be called.
Which of the following BEST describes a base station? A two-way radio at a
fixed
site
1. Which of the following BEST describes a mobile radio? A two-way radio that is
mounted in a vehicle
2. Which of the following BEST describes a portable ra- A two-way radio that can
dio? be carried on a belt clip
3. Which of the following BEST describes a repeater? A device that receives and
amplifies a signal that
must be carried over long
distances
4. You are treating a 32-year-old man who is deaf. You Make sure the patient can
need to find out why he called for an ambulance. What see your lips when you
is the BEST way to communicate with this patient? speak.
5. Which of the following agencies assigns and licenses The Federal Communica-
radio frequencies? tions Commission
6. Which of the following may vary from one ambulance All of the above
service to another?
7. Which of the following is NOT considered a principle of Speak as quickly as possi-
proper radio usage in EMS? ble.
8. During your radio report to the hospital, which of Patient's name
the following pieces of information should NOT be
relayed?
9. How many parts does a standard medical radio report 12
have as described in your textbook?
, Chapter 17 (EMT) Test Questions with Answers Rated A
10. Which of the following is NOT part of a medical radio Address at which the pa-
report? tient was located
11. Which of the following information does NOT need to Estimated time of arrival at
be provided to the dispatcher? the hospital
12. When giving a radio report to the hospital, which of the The patient is a
following should be stated first? 55-year-old male.
13. Which of the following is NOT appropriate for inclusion Name of the patient's
in the radio report to the receiving hospital? health insurance provider
14. You have received an order from medical direction that Politely question the
you feel would be detrimental to your patient. Which physician.
of the following should you do?
15. Medical direction has requested that you administer Repeat the order back to
70 grams of activated charcoal to an overdose patient. the physician to make sure
Which of the following should you do next? you understood correctly.
16. Which of the following is NOT a required time to com- You are stopping to get
municate your location to the dispatch center? lunch.
17. You are treating a patient with a possible fractured "I will do my best, but it
ankle. The patient appears to be in a lot of pain and is may hurt while we put the
uneasy. As you are getting ready to splint the patient's splint on."
leg, he asks you if it is going to hurt. Which of the
following is the BEST response?
18. You are responding to a nursing home for an Place yourself at eye-level,
85-year-old patient complaining of difficulty breath- identify yourself, and ask
ing. How would you initiate contact with this patient? the patient what she would
like to be called.
