COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (ALREADY
GRADED A+)
define community paramedicine - ANSWER-A program that uses paramedics to provide
immediate or scheduled primary, urgent, and/or specialized health care to vulnerable
patient populations by focusing on improving equity in health care access across the
continuum of care.
define community paramedic (CP) - ANSWER-A paramedic who has completed a
formal and recognized educational program and has demonstrated competence in
provision of health education, clinical assessment, and monitoring, point of care
diagnostics and treatment modalities within or beyond the role of traditional emergency
care and transport.
origin of community paramedicine - ANSWER-Community Paramedicine was first
proposed as a model of health care delivery in rural and remote areas over 25 years
ago. Today, community paramedicine has evolved and has proven to be equally as
valuable to rural populations.
EMS services use advanced practice paramedics to decrease the number of patients
using EMS for medical conditions that are handled more efficiently through close
monitoring. In this setting, the focus is effective resource utilization, not primary care in
a rural environment.
Tertiary Prevention - ANSWER-occurs when the disease process is present and has
recognizable signs and symptoms. process as it is an attempt to prevent complete or
unnecessary disability after anatomic and physiologic changes have stabilized. The
therapeutic and rehabilitation measures.
tertiary examples - ANSWER-cardiac rehab
stroke rehab
chronic disease management programs (e.g., for diabetes, arthritis, depression, etc.)
support groups that allow members to share strategies for living well.
Initiatives that can improve tissue and organ donation rates - ANSWER--Public
awareness campaigns
-organ and tissue donor registries, national wait lists of patients, and the collection and
storage of cord blood rich in stem cells. Another initiative that may help to optimize the
deceased organ donor rate is presumed consent,
The 4 E's of Injury Prevention - ANSWER--Education;
, -Economic Incentives;offering free or subsidized safety products
-Engineering/Environment;Environmental modification
-Enforcement;law. Legislation and regulation
Non-urgent Problems - ANSWER-visits are typically defined as visits for conditions for
which a delay of several hours would not increase the likelihood of an adverse outcome
The overall goal of a CP program - ANSWER-promote the patients access to the right
care, delivered by the right provider, at the right time, resulting in the best outcomes and
most effective and efficient use of healthcare resources."
identify patients CP typically see - ANSWER-low acuity patients who lack access to
primary care
elderly patients
patients with mobility issues
residents in more rural areas
palliative patients
those affected by homelessness
any patient group in a community who are identified as having limited access to
healthcare.
Define health equity - ANSWER-Is the absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable
differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially,
economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality
(e.g., sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental
human right
Define determinants of health - ANSWER-The Government of Canada describes
Determinants of health as a broad range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that determine individual and population health. The main
determinants of health include:
List determinants of health - ANSWER-Income and social status
Employment and working conditions
Education and literacy
Childhood experiences
Physical environments
Social supports and coping skills
Healthy behaviors
Access to health services
Biology and genetic endowment
Gender
Culture
Race / Racism
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (ALREADY
GRADED A+)
define community paramedicine - ANSWER-A program that uses paramedics to provide
immediate or scheduled primary, urgent, and/or specialized health care to vulnerable
patient populations by focusing on improving equity in health care access across the
continuum of care.
define community paramedic (CP) - ANSWER-A paramedic who has completed a
formal and recognized educational program and has demonstrated competence in
provision of health education, clinical assessment, and monitoring, point of care
diagnostics and treatment modalities within or beyond the role of traditional emergency
care and transport.
origin of community paramedicine - ANSWER-Community Paramedicine was first
proposed as a model of health care delivery in rural and remote areas over 25 years
ago. Today, community paramedicine has evolved and has proven to be equally as
valuable to rural populations.
EMS services use advanced practice paramedics to decrease the number of patients
using EMS for medical conditions that are handled more efficiently through close
monitoring. In this setting, the focus is effective resource utilization, not primary care in
a rural environment.
Tertiary Prevention - ANSWER-occurs when the disease process is present and has
recognizable signs and symptoms. process as it is an attempt to prevent complete or
unnecessary disability after anatomic and physiologic changes have stabilized. The
therapeutic and rehabilitation measures.
tertiary examples - ANSWER-cardiac rehab
stroke rehab
chronic disease management programs (e.g., for diabetes, arthritis, depression, etc.)
support groups that allow members to share strategies for living well.
Initiatives that can improve tissue and organ donation rates - ANSWER--Public
awareness campaigns
-organ and tissue donor registries, national wait lists of patients, and the collection and
storage of cord blood rich in stem cells. Another initiative that may help to optimize the
deceased organ donor rate is presumed consent,
The 4 E's of Injury Prevention - ANSWER--Education;
, -Economic Incentives;offering free or subsidized safety products
-Engineering/Environment;Environmental modification
-Enforcement;law. Legislation and regulation
Non-urgent Problems - ANSWER-visits are typically defined as visits for conditions for
which a delay of several hours would not increase the likelihood of an adverse outcome
The overall goal of a CP program - ANSWER-promote the patients access to the right
care, delivered by the right provider, at the right time, resulting in the best outcomes and
most effective and efficient use of healthcare resources."
identify patients CP typically see - ANSWER-low acuity patients who lack access to
primary care
elderly patients
patients with mobility issues
residents in more rural areas
palliative patients
those affected by homelessness
any patient group in a community who are identified as having limited access to
healthcare.
Define health equity - ANSWER-Is the absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable
differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially,
economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality
(e.g., sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental
human right
Define determinants of health - ANSWER-The Government of Canada describes
Determinants of health as a broad range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that determine individual and population health. The main
determinants of health include:
List determinants of health - ANSWER-Income and social status
Employment and working conditions
Education and literacy
Childhood experiences
Physical environments
Social supports and coping skills
Healthy behaviors
Access to health services
Biology and genetic endowment
Gender
Culture
Race / Racism
