Professional Practice Test #1 Questions & Answers

Which year did the Ambulance Services go from being under the authority of the Board of Police to the Public Health Department? - ANSWERS1933 Which City formed the first Ambulance in Ontario? - ANSWERSToronto In what year was the Ambulance Act legislated? - ANSWERS1966 Who suggested for the service to be reviewed provincially in 1966? What came of it? - ANSWERSDr. Norman McNally. Ambulance Act. Why was the establishment of FCC in significant? - ANSWERSFundamentals of Casualty Care" Course (FCC). A 160 hour standardized provincial training course (mandatory to attend), taught at CFB. Ontario staff would then have one standardized way of doing things. In what year did the EMCA come to be? - ANSWERS(Emergency Medical Care Assistant). 1975. Which college was the first to provide an AEC program? - ANSWERSHumber (1 year). In what year was the ALS Standard established? - ANSWERS1990. Levels of care were defined. Which three cities were the first to offer an ACP program? - ANSWERSHamilton, Toronto and Ottawa. In what year did the Community College change the length of the program from 1 to 2 years? - ANSWERS1999. In what year did the responsibility for the proper provision of land ambulance services transition over to the UTM? - ANSWERSUpper Tier Municipality. January 1st, 2001. True or False. After we graduate, we are licensed to practice paramedicine? - ANSWERSFalse. You must be employed by a service or working under a base hospital, there is no such thing as a license as of yet. Where is the MOHLTC EHS head office located? - ANSWERSToronto What does the MOHLTC EHS provide? - ANSWERS1. Paramedic and ambulance dispatcher education/training. 2. Paramedic and land ambulance operator certification (reaccredited every 3 years) 3. Development of provincial patient care, vehicle, and equipment policies, procedures and standards. How many MOHLTC EHS regional offices are there? - ANSWERSFive. The first number in a vehicle number indicates what? - ANSWERSRegion. (Waterloo is 2, Toronto 3). Which MOHLTC EHS regional office do we fall under? - ANSWERSSouthwest Field Office. What do the five MOHLTC EHS field offices do? - ANSWERSOversee U.T.M's, EMS, C.A.C.C.'s What does CRCIB stand for? - ANSWERSCertification and Regulatory Compliance and Investigation Branch. What does CRCIB do? - ANSWERSInvestigation related to EMS, BH, C.A.C.C. How many U.T.M - ANSWERS50 U.T.M. (8 first nations). There are no UTM's in the far North so what do they use instead? - ANSWERSDSSAB. District Social Services Association Boards --No equivalent existed in the North so the provincial government passed legislation in 1998 to create District Social Services Administration Boards. Who acts in an advisory capacity to the Ministry of Health on matters relating to ambulance based pre-hospital emergency care? - ANSWERSBase Hospital. What does a BH do? - ANSWERS1. Primary Responsibility: Monitor and evaluate ambulance based pre-hospital emergency care. 2. Certification, decertification, recertification, deactivation and reactivation of each paramedic. 3. Designate a qualified emergency physician to act as the Program Medical Director. 4. Continuing medical education for each paramedic.