EMS 131 Final and NREMT Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What sets forth the standards for EMS? - ✔✔National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) Technical Assistance Program
What are the EMS standards? - ✔✔Regulation and Policy, resource management,
human resources and training, transportation, facilities, communications, public
information and education, medical direction, trauma systems, evaluation
What is an EMR? - ✔✔Emergency medical responder - the first person at a scene,
responsible for activating the EMS system
What is an EMT? - ✔✔Emergency Medical Technician - provides basic level medical
and trauma care and transportation
What is an AEMT? - ✔✔Advanced Emergency Medical Technician - basic and advanced
level of care and transportation
What is a paramedic? - ✔✔Most advanced level of prehospital care
What are the roles and responsibilities of an EMT? - ✔✔Personal safety, safety of the
crew, patient and bystanders, patient assessment, patient care, lifting and moving,
transport, transfer of care, patient advocacy
Quality Improvement - ✔✔a process of continuous self-review with the purpose of
identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement
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,Medical director - ✔✔a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-
care aspects of the EMS system
medical direction - ✔✔Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the
Medical Director.
Designated Agent - ✔✔an EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to
give medications and provide emergency care. The transfer of such authorization to a
designated agent is an extension of the Medical Director's license to practice medicine.
standing orders - ✔✔a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes
EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations
off-line medical direction - ✔✔Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that
allow EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without
speaking to the Medical Director or another physician.
on-line medical direction - ✔✔Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an
EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
What is the EMS role in public health? - ✔✔Injury prevention for geriatric patients,
injury prevention for youth, public vaccination programs, disease surveillance
Standard Precautions - ✔✔A strict form of infection control that is based on the
assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious.
Personal Protective Equipment - ✔✔Specialized clothing or equipment, worn by an
employee for protection against infectious materials (as defined by OSHA).
Hand cleaning in EMS - ✔✔Hand washing, alcohol-based cleaners
hepatitis - ✔✔inflammation of the liver
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, Tuberculosis - ✔✔An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body,
especially the lungs
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - ✔✔The most advanced, and fatal, stage
of an HIV infection.
Ebola - ✔✔A contagious viral disease originating in Africa. It is transmitted by blood
and body fluids and causes body organs and vessels to leak blood, usually resulting in
death.
OSHA 3106 - ✔✔Includes infection exposure control plan, adequate education and
training, hepatitis B vaccination, methods of control, housekeeping, labeling,
postexposure evaluation and follow-up
Ryan White CARE Act - ✔✔requires notification and assistance to medics who have
been exposed to certain diseases
Airborne disease exposure - ✔✔you will be notified by your designated officer when
you have been exposed to an airborne disease
Bloodborne or other infectious disease exposure - ✔✔You may submit a request for a
determination whether or not you have been exposed to an infectious disease
Tuberculosis compliance mandate - ✔✔safe to assume anyone with productive cough
may be infected
When are you required to wear N-95 or HEPA respirators? - ✔✔Caring for a patient
suspected of having TB, transporting an individual from such a setting in a closed
vehicle, performing high-risk procedures such as endotracheal suctioning and
intubation
Tuberculin skin test - ✔✔a test to determine past or present tuberculosis infection,
previously called purified protein derivative (PPD)
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What sets forth the standards for EMS? - ✔✔National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) Technical Assistance Program
What are the EMS standards? - ✔✔Regulation and Policy, resource management,
human resources and training, transportation, facilities, communications, public
information and education, medical direction, trauma systems, evaluation
What is an EMR? - ✔✔Emergency medical responder - the first person at a scene,
responsible for activating the EMS system
What is an EMT? - ✔✔Emergency Medical Technician - provides basic level medical
and trauma care and transportation
What is an AEMT? - ✔✔Advanced Emergency Medical Technician - basic and advanced
level of care and transportation
What is a paramedic? - ✔✔Most advanced level of prehospital care
What are the roles and responsibilities of an EMT? - ✔✔Personal safety, safety of the
crew, patient and bystanders, patient assessment, patient care, lifting and moving,
transport, transfer of care, patient advocacy
Quality Improvement - ✔✔a process of continuous self-review with the purpose of
identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement
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,Medical director - ✔✔a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-
care aspects of the EMS system
medical direction - ✔✔Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the
Medical Director.
Designated Agent - ✔✔an EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to
give medications and provide emergency care. The transfer of such authorization to a
designated agent is an extension of the Medical Director's license to practice medicine.
standing orders - ✔✔a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes
EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations
off-line medical direction - ✔✔Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that
allow EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without
speaking to the Medical Director or another physician.
on-line medical direction - ✔✔Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an
EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
What is the EMS role in public health? - ✔✔Injury prevention for geriatric patients,
injury prevention for youth, public vaccination programs, disease surveillance
Standard Precautions - ✔✔A strict form of infection control that is based on the
assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious.
Personal Protective Equipment - ✔✔Specialized clothing or equipment, worn by an
employee for protection against infectious materials (as defined by OSHA).
Hand cleaning in EMS - ✔✔Hand washing, alcohol-based cleaners
hepatitis - ✔✔inflammation of the liver
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, Tuberculosis - ✔✔An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body,
especially the lungs
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - ✔✔The most advanced, and fatal, stage
of an HIV infection.
Ebola - ✔✔A contagious viral disease originating in Africa. It is transmitted by blood
and body fluids and causes body organs and vessels to leak blood, usually resulting in
death.
OSHA 3106 - ✔✔Includes infection exposure control plan, adequate education and
training, hepatitis B vaccination, methods of control, housekeeping, labeling,
postexposure evaluation and follow-up
Ryan White CARE Act - ✔✔requires notification and assistance to medics who have
been exposed to certain diseases
Airborne disease exposure - ✔✔you will be notified by your designated officer when
you have been exposed to an airborne disease
Bloodborne or other infectious disease exposure - ✔✔You may submit a request for a
determination whether or not you have been exposed to an infectious disease
Tuberculosis compliance mandate - ✔✔safe to assume anyone with productive cough
may be infected
When are you required to wear N-95 or HEPA respirators? - ✔✔Caring for a patient
suspected of having TB, transporting an individual from such a setting in a closed
vehicle, performing high-risk procedures such as endotracheal suctioning and
intubation
Tuberculin skin test - ✔✔a test to determine past or present tuberculosis infection,
previously called purified protein derivative (PPD)
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