Paramedic: Preparatory Division
Exam-Graded A
Paramedics may function only under the direction and license of the EMS system's
A: Town Council
B: Company Owner
C: Medical Director
D: Board of Directors - ANSWER-C. medical director.
The emergency roles and responsibilities of the paramedic include:
A: Public Education
B: Health Promotion
C: Participation in injury and illness prevention program
D: All of the above - ANSWER-D: All of the above
The combined roles and responsibilities of paramedic practice is known as:
A. Primary care
B. Paramedicine
C. Integrated care
D. Community medicine - ANSWER-B. Paramedicine
The first EMS provider that may initiate lifesaving care to critical patients while awaiting
additional EMS response is referred to as a(n):
A. AEMT
B. Paramedic
C. EMR
D. EMT - ANSWER-C. EMR
For the paramedic, the patient's and public's interests must be above personal,
corporate, or financial interests. This is an example of:
A. Duty to act
B. Personal etiquette
C. Professional ethics
D. Standard of care - ANSWER-C. Professional ethics
Which of the following would most likely benefit from an EMS helicopter?
,A. A rural community
B. A cardiac arrest patient
C. A stable patient
D. An urban community - ANSWER-A. A rural community
Which document includes instructional guidelines that have taken paramedic education
to a much higher level?
A. National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians: EMT Instructional Guidelines
B. Department of transportation: EMS instructional guidelines
C. Department of health and human services: emergency instructional guidelines
D. National emergency medical services education standards: paramedic instructional
guidelines - ANSWER-D. National emergency medical services education standards:
paramedic instructional guidelines
Your medical Director is seeking paramedics interested in receiving specialized training
to allow some patients to receive primary care in their homes. This would be an
example of:
A. A concept not supported by the current NEMSES
B. Misuse of EMS resources
C. Expanded scope of practice
D. An unnecessary expense for patients - ANSWER-C. An expanded scope of practice
Emerging roles of the paramedic include:
A. Accurately documenting patient care activities
B. Communicating with medical direction
C. Providing advanced life support
D. Participation in public education - ANSWER-D. Participation in public education
Which of the following is an obligation of all paramedics?
A. Critical care inter-facility transport
B. Training in expanded scope of practice
C. Law enforcement
D. Illness and injury prevention - ANSWER-D. Illness and injury prevention
Which of the following agencies developed and published the 2009 EMS Instructional
Guidelines?
A. The National Association of State EMS Training Coordinators
B. The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
C. The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
,D. The United States Department of Transportation - ANSWER-D. The United States
Department of Transportation
Which of the following aspects of the paramedic's work most appropriately falls into the
category of public health?
A. Administrating care to a patient who has suffered a heart attack
B. Taking steps to prevent a terrorist attack
C. Educating the public on illness prevention
D. Providing life-saving measure after a traffic accident - ANSWER-C. Educating the
public on illness prevention
A major advance in the education of out-of-hospital personnel was the:
A. Establishment of the National Registry computer-based certification exam
B. Passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
C. Formation of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
D. The 2009 publication National EMS Services Education Standards - ANSWER-D. the
2009 publication National EMS Services Education Standards
Safety inspections, accident prevention, and medical screening of employees are some
of the responsibilities for paramedics working in:
A. Community clinics
B. Industrial medicine
C. Sports medicine
D. Correctional institutions - ANSWER-B. Industrial medicine
Many traditional EMS treatments and practices have been abandoned or refined
because of:
A. Legislation
B. Research
C. Patient complaints
D. Lawsuits - ANSWER-B. Research
Which of the following best describes the paramedics expected level of functioning in
the dynamic prehospital setting?
A. Acts independently
B. Under direct supervision of fire command
C. Under telephone or radio supervision by nursing personnel
D. Under direct supervision of the medical director - ANSWER-A. Acts independently
Many professional sports teams have found paramedics to be effective complements to
their:
, A. Rehabilitation programs
B. Team physicians
C. Athletic trainers
D. Physical therapists - ANSWER-C. Athletic trainers
To legally function as a paramedic, one must:
A. Have fulfilled the specific requirements of an appropriate credentialing body
B. Be able to function independently in a non-structured, constantly changing
environment
C. Have a successfully completed an accredited EMT education program
D. Strive to maintain quality healthcare, regardless of cost or impact on one's EMS
system - ANSWER-A. Have fulfilled the specific requirements of an appropriate
credentialing body
Which of the following statements about a paramedics skill competency is true?
A. All skills should be reviewed equally, regardless of critically
B. High frequency, low critically, skills should be reviewed often
C. Low frequency, hi critically skills should be rarely reviewed
D. Frequent review of infrequently use skills as critical to ensure competency -
ANSWER-D. Frequent review of infrequently used skills is critical to ensure competency
What is one of the emerging roles and responsibilities of a paramedic in the 21st
century?
A. Third party biller
B. Internet education
C. Managed health care
D. Health promotion - ANSWER-D. Health promotion
To practice, paramedics must be approved by a state or provincial agency and the:
A. National association of EMTs
B. EMS systems medical director
C. NREMT
D. State medical director - ANSWER-B. EMS systems medical director
Which of the following is used to continuously evaluate and improve the EMS system?
A. Civil litigation
B. Quality improvement
C. Depositions
D. Progressive discipline - ANSWER-B. Quality improvement
Exam-Graded A
Paramedics may function only under the direction and license of the EMS system's
A: Town Council
B: Company Owner
C: Medical Director
D: Board of Directors - ANSWER-C. medical director.
The emergency roles and responsibilities of the paramedic include:
A: Public Education
B: Health Promotion
C: Participation in injury and illness prevention program
D: All of the above - ANSWER-D: All of the above
The combined roles and responsibilities of paramedic practice is known as:
A. Primary care
B. Paramedicine
C. Integrated care
D. Community medicine - ANSWER-B. Paramedicine
The first EMS provider that may initiate lifesaving care to critical patients while awaiting
additional EMS response is referred to as a(n):
A. AEMT
B. Paramedic
C. EMR
D. EMT - ANSWER-C. EMR
For the paramedic, the patient's and public's interests must be above personal,
corporate, or financial interests. This is an example of:
A. Duty to act
B. Personal etiquette
C. Professional ethics
D. Standard of care - ANSWER-C. Professional ethics
Which of the following would most likely benefit from an EMS helicopter?
,A. A rural community
B. A cardiac arrest patient
C. A stable patient
D. An urban community - ANSWER-A. A rural community
Which document includes instructional guidelines that have taken paramedic education
to a much higher level?
A. National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians: EMT Instructional Guidelines
B. Department of transportation: EMS instructional guidelines
C. Department of health and human services: emergency instructional guidelines
D. National emergency medical services education standards: paramedic instructional
guidelines - ANSWER-D. National emergency medical services education standards:
paramedic instructional guidelines
Your medical Director is seeking paramedics interested in receiving specialized training
to allow some patients to receive primary care in their homes. This would be an
example of:
A. A concept not supported by the current NEMSES
B. Misuse of EMS resources
C. Expanded scope of practice
D. An unnecessary expense for patients - ANSWER-C. An expanded scope of practice
Emerging roles of the paramedic include:
A. Accurately documenting patient care activities
B. Communicating with medical direction
C. Providing advanced life support
D. Participation in public education - ANSWER-D. Participation in public education
Which of the following is an obligation of all paramedics?
A. Critical care inter-facility transport
B. Training in expanded scope of practice
C. Law enforcement
D. Illness and injury prevention - ANSWER-D. Illness and injury prevention
Which of the following agencies developed and published the 2009 EMS Instructional
Guidelines?
A. The National Association of State EMS Training Coordinators
B. The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
C. The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
,D. The United States Department of Transportation - ANSWER-D. The United States
Department of Transportation
Which of the following aspects of the paramedic's work most appropriately falls into the
category of public health?
A. Administrating care to a patient who has suffered a heart attack
B. Taking steps to prevent a terrorist attack
C. Educating the public on illness prevention
D. Providing life-saving measure after a traffic accident - ANSWER-C. Educating the
public on illness prevention
A major advance in the education of out-of-hospital personnel was the:
A. Establishment of the National Registry computer-based certification exam
B. Passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
C. Formation of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
D. The 2009 publication National EMS Services Education Standards - ANSWER-D. the
2009 publication National EMS Services Education Standards
Safety inspections, accident prevention, and medical screening of employees are some
of the responsibilities for paramedics working in:
A. Community clinics
B. Industrial medicine
C. Sports medicine
D. Correctional institutions - ANSWER-B. Industrial medicine
Many traditional EMS treatments and practices have been abandoned or refined
because of:
A. Legislation
B. Research
C. Patient complaints
D. Lawsuits - ANSWER-B. Research
Which of the following best describes the paramedics expected level of functioning in
the dynamic prehospital setting?
A. Acts independently
B. Under direct supervision of fire command
C. Under telephone or radio supervision by nursing personnel
D. Under direct supervision of the medical director - ANSWER-A. Acts independently
Many professional sports teams have found paramedics to be effective complements to
their:
, A. Rehabilitation programs
B. Team physicians
C. Athletic trainers
D. Physical therapists - ANSWER-C. Athletic trainers
To legally function as a paramedic, one must:
A. Have fulfilled the specific requirements of an appropriate credentialing body
B. Be able to function independently in a non-structured, constantly changing
environment
C. Have a successfully completed an accredited EMT education program
D. Strive to maintain quality healthcare, regardless of cost or impact on one's EMS
system - ANSWER-A. Have fulfilled the specific requirements of an appropriate
credentialing body
Which of the following statements about a paramedics skill competency is true?
A. All skills should be reviewed equally, regardless of critically
B. High frequency, low critically, skills should be reviewed often
C. Low frequency, hi critically skills should be rarely reviewed
D. Frequent review of infrequently use skills as critical to ensure competency -
ANSWER-D. Frequent review of infrequently used skills is critical to ensure competency
What is one of the emerging roles and responsibilities of a paramedic in the 21st
century?
A. Third party biller
B. Internet education
C. Managed health care
D. Health promotion - ANSWER-D. Health promotion
To practice, paramedics must be approved by a state or provincial agency and the:
A. National association of EMTs
B. EMS systems medical director
C. NREMT
D. State medical director - ANSWER-B. EMS systems medical director
Which of the following is used to continuously evaluate and improve the EMS system?
A. Civil litigation
B. Quality improvement
C. Depositions
D. Progressive discipline - ANSWER-B. Quality improvement
