Test Bank for Prehospital Emergency Care 11th Edition By Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren, Brent Hafen 9780134704456 Chapter 1-46 | Complete Guide A+

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1) What is a primarypurpose ofthe modern-dayEMS system?
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A) Provide a means oftransportto and fromthe hospital g g g g g g


B) Ensure that allmembers ofsocietyhave equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disabilityrelated to injuryand illness
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D) Provideemergencyhealthcare servicesto medicallyunderserved
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areasAnswer: C
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Objective: 1-2

2) Most authorities agree that the modern-dayEMS systemevolved after the release of
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whichdocument?
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A) TheEmergencyMedicalServices Act of1973
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B)
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C) The American Heart Association'sGuidelines forCardiac Resuscitation
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D) EmergencyMedicalServices: Agenda forthe Future, in g g g g


1996Answer: B
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Objective: 1-2

3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for
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your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope
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ofPractice Model, you informhim of which element?
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A) He willbe able totakecareofonlypatients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) Hewillfirst need approvalfromyour ambulance service's medicaldirector
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C) He willbe able to workonlywith an Advanced EMT or paramedic
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D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
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TechnicianAnswer: D
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Objective: 1-1

4) As defined bythe National EMS ScopeofPractice Model, the four levels of
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EMSpractitioners include:
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A) Ambulancedrivers
B) EMS medical g


directorC) Paramedics
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D) Emergencymedicaldispatchers
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,Answer: C
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,5) An EmergencyMedicalResponder (EMR) approaches you and statesthat he is interested
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ginbecoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
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gpresentlydo as an EMR. Yourespond bysaying he will be able to: g g g g g g g g g g


A) Administersome medications g


B) Assist inemergencychildbirth g


C) Use an automated externaldefibrillator g g g


D) Obtainvital
signsAnswer:
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A
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Objective: 1-5

6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
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gResponders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained
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gaccording tothe NationalEMS ScopeofPractice Model. Given this, whichtype ofcare do
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gyouexpect the EMRsto be providing?
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A) Emergencymedication administration g


B) Automated externaldefibrillation y,




C) Intravenous therapy g


D) Reading an y,




electrocardiogramAnswer: B
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Objective: 1-5

7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants
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gtoprovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these
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gtypes ofcare willshe be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Automated blood pressuremonitoring y, g


B) Assistancewithemergencychildbirth
C) Interfacilitytransports
D) IV
therapyAnsw
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Objective: 1-5

8) Whichstatement made byanEMT requires immediate intervention bya superioror g g g g g g g g


thes ervice supervisor?
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A) "I alwayswear myseat belt whenever I aminthe patient compartment of the
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gambulance,unless I have to remove it to care for a patient." ,
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B) "I drive as fast as I canto get tothe scene ofanemergency, especially if a child is sick
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gorinjured according to dispatch information." g g g g


C) "When I amdriving with lights and sirens, I instruct mypartner that he willneed to handle
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gallradio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for everypatient Icontact, even if he or she does not have a known
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orsuspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B
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