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Components of the quality improvements process, as identified by the institute of
Medicine, include all of the following, except:
a) Safety
b) Timeliness
c) Teamwork
d) Efficiency - Answers - ✔✔c) teamwork
Communication with a physician via two-way radio or wireless telephone is an example
of:
a) Indirect medical control
b) Online medical control
c) Off-line medical control
d) Standard operating protocol - Answers - ✔✔b) online medical control
Common functions of the EMS medical director include all of the following, EXCEPT:
a) Responding to the scene of an emergency
b) Ensuring that quality patient care is provided
c) Establishing medical policies and procedures
d) Providing direction during an EMR's initial training - Answers - ✔✔a) responding to
the scene of an emergency
Which of following statements regarding an EMR's attitude and conduct is NOT correct?
a) As an EMR, you will be judged by your attitude and conduct
b) A stern tone of voice will ensure that you gain your patient's confidence
c) Information regarding the patient should not be shared w your family
d) Maintaining a neat and professional appearance provides reassurance - Answers -
✔✔b) a stern tone of voice will ensure that you gain your patient's confidence
When documenting the events of an emergency call, the EMR should include the:
A) patient's presumptive diagnosis
b) Treatment provided by the paramedics
c) Names of all personnel at the scene
d) Treatment provided before EMS arrival - Answers - ✔✔d) treatment provided before
EMS arrival
You are the first medically trained person to arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle crash.
The patient is conscious and is bleeding heavily from the head. He is still in the vehicle,
which has power lines draped across the hood. You should:
a) Carefully remove the patient from the vehicle without touching any metal
b) Ask the patient to crawl out of the vehicle carefully without touching metal
c) Advise the patient to remain still and immediately contact the power company
, d) put on rubber gloves and carefully move the power lines away from the car - Answers
- ✔✔c) advise the patient to remain still and immediately contact the power company
Upon arriving at the scene of a multiple-patient incident, the EMR's primary
responsibility is to:
a) Advise the dispatcher that additional resources will be needed
b) Quickly gain access to all patients and begin immediate treatment
c) Protect bystanders from any hazards that may exist at the scene
d) Assess the environment to detect possible threats to his or her safety - Answers -
✔✔d) assess the environment to detect possible threats to his or her safety
Roles and Responsibilities of the EMR include all of the following, EXCEPT:
a) Prompt and safe response to the scene
b) Ensuring the safety self and other
c) Transporting the patient to the hospital
d) Adequately assessing every patient - Answers - ✔✔c) transporting the patient to the
hospital
A crucial piece of equipment that the EMR should have available includes a:
a) bag-mask device
b) Portable hydraulic jack
c) Mechanical suction device
d) Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation device - Answers - ✔✔d) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
device
The EMR must possess the ability to:
a) Treat patients using limited equipment
b) Sustain a patient's life for several hours
c) Avoid improvisation whenever possible
d) Function at the same level as a paramedic - Answers - ✔✔a) treat patients using
limited equipment
Skills commonly performed by the EMR include all of the following, EXCEPT:
a) Treating shock
b) Splinting fractures
c) Bleeding control
d) Intravenous therapy - Answers - ✔✔d) intravenous therapy
To provide the best possible care for the patient:
a) All EMS personnel must function effectively as a team.
b) A paramedic must be present at each and every emergency
c) The patient must receive rapid transport to the closest hospital
d) The medical director must be notified during every emergency - Answers - ✔✔a) all
EMS personnel must function effectively as a team.