EMERGENCY CARE & TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK & INJURED (CHAPTER 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

EMERGENCY CARE & TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK
& INJURED (CHAPTER 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Advanced EMT
Answer:
An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy,
and the administration of certain emergency medications.

Question:
2. AEMT
Answer:
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (Abb)

Question:
3. Advanced Life Support
Answer:
Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT.

Question:
4. ALS
Answer:
Advanced life support (Abb)

Question:
5. Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer:
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination.

Question:
6. ADA
Answer:
Americans with Disabilities Act (Abb)

Question:
7. Automated External Defibrillator
Answer:
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias [ventricular fibrillation & ventricular
tachycardia] and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.

Question:
8. AED

, Answer:
Automated external defibrillator (Abb)

Question:
9. Certification
Answer:
A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain
predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.

Question:
10. Continuous Quality Improvement
Answer:
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.

Question:
11. CQI
Answer:
Continuous quality improvement (Abb)

Question:
12. Emergency Medical Dispatch
Answer:
A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance
and in providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.

Question:
13. EMD
Answer:
Emergency medical dispatch (Abb)

Question:
14. Emergency Medical Responder
Answer:
The first trained individual, such as a police officer, firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the
scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.

Question:
15. EMR
Answer:
Emergency medical responder (Abb)

Question:
16. Emergency Medical Services
Answer:
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to
provide pre-hospital emergency care to the sick and injured.