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Who are the EMS providers trained to administer basic lifesaving care while awaiting arrival
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of more highly trained EMS providers who will transport the patient?
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B.) First-aid assistants
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C.) Emergency Medical Technicians
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D.) Basic Emergency Medical Technicians -
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En route to the hospital, your patient says she really needs to use the restroom. As the triage
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C.) Patient Advocacy
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Which one of the following is within the scope of practice of Advanced EMTs?
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A.) Giving medications to stop preterm labor
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B.) Starting IVs
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C.) Manual defibrillation
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D.) Endotracheal intubation -
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B.) Starting IVs
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Which one of the following events marks the history of present-day EMS system
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A.) The Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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B.) Publication of EMS at the Crossroads
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C.) Publication of "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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D.) The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act -
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C.) Publication of "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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Society"
The origins of the modern EMS system arose from public concern over:
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A.) infectious disease
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B.) deaths from terrorism incidents
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C.) maternal and infant mortality
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Goals for the development of the EMS system were published in 1996 in the:
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A.) EMS Agenda for the Future
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,B.) National Standard Curriculum
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C.) Statewide Technical Assistance Program Standards
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D.) EMS Scope of Practice -
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A.) EMS Agenda for the Future
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Dr. Jeff Clawson is recognized for his contribution to the development of:
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A.) automobile extrication techniques
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B.) EMS dispatch standards
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C.) shock recognition and management
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D.) the National Registry of EMT's -
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B.) EMS dispatch standards
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An EMS education program that has been evaluated by an official third-party organization
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and meets certain standards is:
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B.) certified
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An Advanced EMT who attends a program to learn about new medication that will be
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introduced for use in his EMS service is participating in what type of education?
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A.) continuing
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B.) remedial
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C.) initial
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D.) refresher -
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A.) Continuing
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In the city of Avon, a BLS rescue squad that can reach a patient in 2 to 3 minutes is
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dispatched at the same time as a transporting Advanced EMT ambulance that can reach the
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patient in 5 to 7 minutes. This is best described as:
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A.) a third service response
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B.) tiered response
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C.) dual role
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D.) system status management -
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B.) tiered response
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A centralized location at which all requests for emergency services in a certain area are
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received is called a(n): d d d d
A.) medical priority dispatch center
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C.) public safety answering point
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D.) enhanced 911 nucleus -
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C.) Public safety answering point
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Which one of the following is an example of concurrent medical direction?
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A.) Protocols
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C.) Continous quality improvement
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D.) Medical treatment orders over the radio -
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A small, rural hospital that meets certain criteria and can stabilize critical patients for transfer
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to a facility with a higher level of care is a:
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A.) critical access hospital
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B.) specialty hospital
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C.) trauma hospital
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D.) resource hospital -
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A.) Critical Access Hospital
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The document published every 10 years that describes health goals for the nation is:
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A.) EMS Agenda for the Future
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B.) Accidental Death and Disability
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C.) Healthy People
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D.) EMS at the crossroads -
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C.) Healthy People
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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the most basic needs of human beings are:
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When exposure to a stressor results in improved performance, this is best described as a state
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of:
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C.) eustress
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The hormone directly responsible for the signs and symptoms of the fight-or-flight response
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is:
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C.) insulin
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The stress hormones cortisol and epinephrine are released from the:
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A.) Hypothalamus
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B.) Adrenal glands
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C.) limbic system
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D.) Pituitary glands -
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B.) Adrenal glands
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An Advanced EMT experiences nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, and depression six weeks
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after caring for a badly burned child who later died. What he is experiencing is best described
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as:
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Who are the EMS providers trained to administer basic lifesaving care while awaiting arrival
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of more highly trained EMS providers who will transport the patient?
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A.) Emergency Medical Responders
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B.) First-aid assistants
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C.) Emergency Medical Technicians
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D.) Basic Emergency Medical Technicians -
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En route to the hospital, your patient says she really needs to use the restroom. As the triage
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nurse assigns your patient to a bed, you ask if it is okay if you help the patient to the restroom
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represented by your actions? d d d d
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B.) Integrity d d
C.) Patient Advocacy
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D.) Time management -
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C.) Patient advocacy
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Which one of the following is within the scope of practice of Advanced EMTs?
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A.) Giving medications to stop preterm labor
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B.) Starting IVs
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C.) Manual defibrillation
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D.) Endotracheal intubation -
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B.) Starting IVs
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Which one of the following events marks the history of present-day EMS system
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A.) The Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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B.) Publication of EMS at the Crossroads
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C.) Publication of "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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Society" d
D.) The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act -
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C.) Publication of "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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Society"
The origins of the modern EMS system arose from public concern over:
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A.) infectious disease
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B.) deaths from terrorism incidents
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C.) maternal and infant mortality
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D.) highway traffic deaths -
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D.) Highway traffic deaths
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Goals for the development of the EMS system were published in 1996 in the:
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A.) EMS Agenda for the Future
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,B.) National Standard Curriculum
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C.) Statewide Technical Assistance Program Standards
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D.) EMS Scope of Practice -
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A.) EMS Agenda for the Future
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Dr. Jeff Clawson is recognized for his contribution to the development of:
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A.) automobile extrication techniques
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B.) EMS dispatch standards
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C.) shock recognition and management
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D.) the National Registry of EMT's -
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B.) EMS dispatch standards
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An EMS education program that has been evaluated by an official third-party organization
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and meets certain standards is:
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A.) registered
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B.) certified
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C.) licensed
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D.) accredited -
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D.) Accredited
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An Advanced EMT who attends a program to learn about new medication that will be
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introduced for use in his EMS service is participating in what type of education?
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A.) continuing
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B.) remedial
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C.) initial
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D.) refresher -
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In the city of Avon, a BLS rescue squad that can reach a patient in 2 to 3 minutes is
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dispatched at the same time as a transporting Advanced EMT ambulance that can reach the
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patient in 5 to 7 minutes. This is best described as:
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A.) a third service response
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B.) tiered response
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C.) dual role
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D.) system status management -
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B.) tiered response
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A centralized location at which all requests for emergency services in a certain area are
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received is called a(n): d d d d
A.) medical priority dispatch center
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B.) system status management hub
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C.) public safety answering point
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D.) enhanced 911 nucleus -
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C.) Public safety answering point
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Which one of the following is an example of concurrent medical direction?
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A.) Protocols
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B.) Scope of Practice
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C.) Continous quality improvement
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D.) Medical treatment orders over the radio -
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A small, rural hospital that meets certain criteria and can stabilize critical patients for transfer
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to a facility with a higher level of care is a:
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A.) critical access hospital
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B.) specialty hospital
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C.) trauma hospital
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D.) resource hospital -
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The document published every 10 years that describes health goals for the nation is:
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A.) EMS Agenda for the Future
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B.) Accidental Death and Disability
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C.) Healthy People
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D.) EMS at the crossroads -
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C.) Healthy People
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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the most basic needs of human beings are:
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A.) Physiologic
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D.) Social -
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When exposure to a stressor results in improved performance, this is best described as a state
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of:
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B.) distress
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C.) eustress
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D.) cumulative stress -
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C.) Eustress
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The hormone directly responsible for the signs and symptoms of the fight-or-flight response
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is:
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B.) adrenocorticotropic hormone
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C.) insulin
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D.) epinephrine -
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D.) Epinephrine
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The stress hormones cortisol and epinephrine are released from the:
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A.) Hypothalamus
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B.) Adrenal glands
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C.) limbic system
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D.) Pituitary glands -
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An Advanced EMT experiences nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, and depression six weeks
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after caring for a badly burned child who later died. What he is experiencing is best described
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as:
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