TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson, All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

Table of Contents SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS 1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care 2 Well-Being of the EMT 3. Lifting and Moving Patients 4. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues 5. Medical Terminology 6. Anatomy and Physiology 7. Principles of Pathophysiology 8. Life Span Development SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION 9 Airway Management 10. Respiration and Artificial Ventilation SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT 11. Scene Size-Up 12. Primary Assessment 13. Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices 14. Principles of Assessment 15. Secondary Assessment 16. Reassessment 17. Communication and Documentation SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES 18. General Pharmacology 19. Respiratory Emergencies 20. Cardiac Emergencies 21. Resuscitation 22. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status 23. Allergic Reaction 24. Infectious Diseases and Sepsis 25. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies 26. Abdominal Emergencies 27. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide 28. Hematologic and Renal Emergencies SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES 29. Bleeding and Shock 30. Soft-Tissue Trauma 31. Chest and Abdominal Trauma 32. Musculoskeletal Trauma 33. Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine 34. Multisystem Trauma 35. Environmental Emergencies SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 36. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies 37. Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges SECTION 7: OPERATIONS 38. EMS Operations 39. Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management 40. Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication 41. EMS Response to Terrorism Chapter 1 1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliest documented emergency medical service? A) The Spanish B) The Egyptians C) The Mayans D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documented emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B) INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were not responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical care. C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared. D) CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 1790 when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of battle to waiting physicians. 2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards? A) U.S. Department of Transportation B) U.S. Department of the Interior C) U.S. Department of Health Services D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care. B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the management and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources. The Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards. C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States Department of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical service standards. D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged with developing EMS standards. 3) Which of the following agencies is responsible for establishing EMS system assessment programs? A) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) B) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) C) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) D) United States Health Services Agency (HSA) - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is not responsible for EMS system assessment programs. B) INCORRECT. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) does not establish EMS system assessment programs. C) CORRECT. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Technical Assistance Program has established assessment programs with set standards for EMS systems. D) INCORRECT. The United States Department of Health and Human Services has no oversight of EMS systems. 4) Centralized coordination of emergency medical access, transportation, and care most refers to which of the following? A) Emergency preparedness plan B) Trauma system C) Resource management D) Central deployment - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. Emergency preparedness plans are usually developed to guide the actions of a specific group of people at the outset of an emergency, with the goal of protecting people and/or property. They generally will not address the specifics of medical care or transport. B) INCORRECT. A trauma system is an organized, coordinated effort between facilities and responders within a defined geographic area to deliver a full range of care to injured patients. It does not address the coordination of basic (non-trauma) emergency care or transportation. C) CORRECT. Resource management refers to the centralized coordination of an emergency response so that all victims have equal access to basic emergency care and are transported by certified personnel, in a licensed and equipped ambulance, to an appropriate facility. D) INCORRECT. The centralized coordination of emergency medical access, transportation, and care within an EMS system is not referred to as central deployment.