TEST BANK
Paramedic Care, Principles and
Practice, Volume 1, 6th Edition by
Bryan E. Bledsoe
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 31)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1.Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Emergency Medicine
2.EMS Systems
3.Roles and Responsibilities of the EMS Practitioner
4.EMS Safety and Wellness
5.EMS Research
6.Public Health
7.Medical-Legal Aspects of Out-of-Hospital Care
8.Ethics in EMS
9.EMS System Communications
10.Ground EMS Operations
11.Air Medical Operations
12.Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
13.Rescue Awareness and Operations
14.Hazardous Materials
15.Terrorism
16.Crime Scene Awareness
17.Rural EMS
18.Human Lifespan Development
19.Pathophysiology
20.Emergency Pharmacology
21.Intravenous Access and Medication Administration
22.Airway Management and Ventilation
23.Scene Size Up
24.Primary Assessment
25.Therapeutic Communications
26.History Taking
27.Secondary Assessment
28.Patient Monitoring Technology
29.Patient Assessment in the Field
30.Documentation
31.Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch31-1)
Paramedic Care: Principles and Practice, V. 1-2, 6e (Bledsoe)
Volume 1 EMS Foundations
Chapter 31 Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making
1) Critical thinking is a thought process used to:
A) defend one's actions in a CQI review process.
B) establish credibility with an emergency physician.
C) analyze and evaluate information.
D) focus on a situation's most important aspect.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1002-1003
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 1
2) After considering the information you have collected, you determine the most likely cause of
your patient's condition. This step in the critical decision-making process is called:
A) reflecting on the incident.
B) applying the principles.
C) interpreting the data.
D) forming a concept.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1006-1007
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 2
3) The first step in critical thinking is:
A) Knowledge.
B) Understanding.
C) Application.
D) Analysis.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1003
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 2
4) The window of time a patient has to receive some specific intervention for maximal benefit is
known as:
A) Indication for action.
B) Interventional window.
C) Rule in criteria.
D) Care time frame.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1013
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 1
1
, 5) The ability to critically evaluate a patient's condition and formulate a treatment plan rests on
all of the following EXCEPT:
A) an excellent working knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
B) identifying and dealing with medical ambiguity.
C) strictly following protocols.
D) the ability to focus on and analyze data.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1106-1107
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 3
6) With your field diagnosis in mind, you develop a treatment plan for your patient. This part of
the critical decision-making process is called:
A) synthesis.
B) action.
C) forming a concept.
D) instituting the care plan.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1004
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 4
7) Typically, new EMS practitioners lack this quality that seasoned practitioners develop over
time:
A) pattern recognition.
B) sixth sense.
C) patient trust.
D) physician trust.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1005
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 4
8) The paramedic is assessing a patient's breath sounds and hears wheezing. Whereas a new
paramedic may think the sound is from asthma, the experienced paramedic may also
automatically think about pneumonia, allergies, cardiac asthma, toxic inhalation, or a large
pulmonary emboli. This expanded understanding of what the significance of the wheezing means
is what step in the critical thinking process?
A) Knowledge
B) Application
C) Synthesis
D) Understanding
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1003
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 3
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Paramedic Care, Principles and
Practice, Volume 1, 6th Edition by
Bryan E. Bledsoe
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 31)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1.Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Emergency Medicine
2.EMS Systems
3.Roles and Responsibilities of the EMS Practitioner
4.EMS Safety and Wellness
5.EMS Research
6.Public Health
7.Medical-Legal Aspects of Out-of-Hospital Care
8.Ethics in EMS
9.EMS System Communications
10.Ground EMS Operations
11.Air Medical Operations
12.Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
13.Rescue Awareness and Operations
14.Hazardous Materials
15.Terrorism
16.Crime Scene Awareness
17.Rural EMS
18.Human Lifespan Development
19.Pathophysiology
20.Emergency Pharmacology
21.Intravenous Access and Medication Administration
22.Airway Management and Ventilation
23.Scene Size Up
24.Primary Assessment
25.Therapeutic Communications
26.History Taking
27.Secondary Assessment
28.Patient Monitoring Technology
29.Patient Assessment in the Field
30.Documentation
31.Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch31-1)
Paramedic Care: Principles and Practice, V. 1-2, 6e (Bledsoe)
Volume 1 EMS Foundations
Chapter 31 Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making
1) Critical thinking is a thought process used to:
A) defend one's actions in a CQI review process.
B) establish credibility with an emergency physician.
C) analyze and evaluate information.
D) focus on a situation's most important aspect.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1002-1003
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 1
2) After considering the information you have collected, you determine the most likely cause of
your patient's condition. This step in the critical decision-making process is called:
A) reflecting on the incident.
B) applying the principles.
C) interpreting the data.
D) forming a concept.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1006-1007
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 2
3) The first step in critical thinking is:
A) Knowledge.
B) Understanding.
C) Application.
D) Analysis.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1003
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 2
4) The window of time a patient has to receive some specific intervention for maximal benefit is
known as:
A) Indication for action.
B) Interventional window.
C) Rule in criteria.
D) Care time frame.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1013
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 1
1
, 5) The ability to critically evaluate a patient's condition and formulate a treatment plan rests on
all of the following EXCEPT:
A) an excellent working knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
B) identifying and dealing with medical ambiguity.
C) strictly following protocols.
D) the ability to focus on and analyze data.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1106-1107
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 3
6) With your field diagnosis in mind, you develop a treatment plan for your patient. This part of
the critical decision-making process is called:
A) synthesis.
B) action.
C) forming a concept.
D) instituting the care plan.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1004
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 4
7) Typically, new EMS practitioners lack this quality that seasoned practitioners develop over
time:
A) pattern recognition.
B) sixth sense.
C) patient trust.
D) physician trust.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 1005
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 4
8) The paramedic is assessing a patient's breath sounds and hears wheezing. Whereas a new
paramedic may think the sound is from asthma, the experienced paramedic may also
automatically think about pneumonia, allergies, cardiac asthma, toxic inhalation, or a large
pulmonary emboli. This expanded understanding of what the significance of the wheezing means
is what step in the critical thinking process?
A) Knowledge
B) Application
C) Synthesis
D) Understanding
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 1003
Standard: Preparatory Research
Objective: 3
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