,Emergency care
Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets – 9TH EDITION Test Bank
CHAPTER 1
1.EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4
2.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 DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4
3.(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 DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10
4.A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMS
,Emergency care
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
ANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9
5.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 DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
6.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 DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6
7.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 DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13
8.The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
, Emergency care
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8
9.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 DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
10. 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 bag-mask device 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 DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
11. 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
Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets – 9TH EDITION Test Bank
CHAPTER 1
1.EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4
2.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 DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4
3.(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 DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10
4.A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMS
,Emergency care
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
ANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9
5.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 DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
6.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 DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6
7.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 DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13
8.The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
, Emergency care
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8
9.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 DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
10. 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 bag-mask device 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 DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
11. 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
