COMMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PREP:
CHAPTER 1 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1. The role of the community paramedic is working on the patient:
A) in a hospital setting.
B) en route to a hospital.
C) at an accident site.
D) in the patient's home. - ANSWER-D) in the patient's home.
As a community paramedic, you are certain to:
A) need a physician's license.
B) perform chronic disease management.
C) work under the direction of a medical director.
D) need to study only the NHTSA's standard curricula. - ANSWER-C) work under the
direction of a medical director.
A state's public health department performs a(n) _____ assessment annually, which
helps to focus the community paramedicine program on the specific health care issues
facing a community.
A) community needs
B) population
C) targeted
D) accessibility - ANSWER-A) community needs
The term "community paramedicine" was first used in conjunction with the _____
project.
A) Nova Scotia
B) Red River
C) Shiloh Junction
D) MIH - ANSWER-B) Red River
In community paramedicine, who serves as liaison between the paramedics and the
health care organizations who request their services?
A) The medical director
B) The paramedics
C) The primary care physician
, D) The case worker - ANSWER-A) The medical director
What can be said of community paramedicine in the wider health care field?
A) It is among the least regarded institutions.
B) It tends to stand alone and disconnected from other branches of health care.
C) The addition of social workers and case workers is diluting the profession's
effectiveness.
D) It requires paramedics who can work cooperatively to integrate into the health care
structure. - ANSWER-D) It requires paramedics who can work cooperatively to integrate
into the health care structure.
Which of the following are the most likely to help refer new patients to the community
paramedicine program, if the program shows itself to be competent, committed, and an
effective communicator?
A) Nurses
B) Social workers
C) Physicians
D) Case workers - ANSWER-C) Physicians
Community paramedicine shifts to, or activates, the local EMS system when a patient:
A) is house-bound.
B) has a medical condition that becomes emergent on-site.
C) has entered a hospital.
D) goes from acute symptoms to chronic symptoms. - ANSWER-B) has a medical
condition that becomes emergent on-site.
What is the typical relationship between local community paramedics and local home
health care nurses/providers?
A) Antagonistic competition
B) Unidirectional, with paramedics only referring patients to home health care providers
C) Bidirectional, with paramedics and home health care providers referring patients to
each other as needed
D) Does not exist - ANSWER-C) Bidirectional, with paramedics and home health care
providers referring patients to each other as needed
Which of the following factors makes community paramedicine particularly applicable in
Australia?
A) A number of isolated/highly rural populations
B) High GDP
C) An overall healthy populace
CHAPTER 1 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1. The role of the community paramedic is working on the patient:
A) in a hospital setting.
B) en route to a hospital.
C) at an accident site.
D) in the patient's home. - ANSWER-D) in the patient's home.
As a community paramedic, you are certain to:
A) need a physician's license.
B) perform chronic disease management.
C) work under the direction of a medical director.
D) need to study only the NHTSA's standard curricula. - ANSWER-C) work under the
direction of a medical director.
A state's public health department performs a(n) _____ assessment annually, which
helps to focus the community paramedicine program on the specific health care issues
facing a community.
A) community needs
B) population
C) targeted
D) accessibility - ANSWER-A) community needs
The term "community paramedicine" was first used in conjunction with the _____
project.
A) Nova Scotia
B) Red River
C) Shiloh Junction
D) MIH - ANSWER-B) Red River
In community paramedicine, who serves as liaison between the paramedics and the
health care organizations who request their services?
A) The medical director
B) The paramedics
C) The primary care physician
, D) The case worker - ANSWER-A) The medical director
What can be said of community paramedicine in the wider health care field?
A) It is among the least regarded institutions.
B) It tends to stand alone and disconnected from other branches of health care.
C) The addition of social workers and case workers is diluting the profession's
effectiveness.
D) It requires paramedics who can work cooperatively to integrate into the health care
structure. - ANSWER-D) It requires paramedics who can work cooperatively to integrate
into the health care structure.
Which of the following are the most likely to help refer new patients to the community
paramedicine program, if the program shows itself to be competent, committed, and an
effective communicator?
A) Nurses
B) Social workers
C) Physicians
D) Case workers - ANSWER-C) Physicians
Community paramedicine shifts to, or activates, the local EMS system when a patient:
A) is house-bound.
B) has a medical condition that becomes emergent on-site.
C) has entered a hospital.
D) goes from acute symptoms to chronic symptoms. - ANSWER-B) has a medical
condition that becomes emergent on-site.
What is the typical relationship between local community paramedics and local home
health care nurses/providers?
A) Antagonistic competition
B) Unidirectional, with paramedics only referring patients to home health care providers
C) Bidirectional, with paramedics and home health care providers referring patients to
each other as needed
D) Does not exist - ANSWER-C) Bidirectional, with paramedics and home health care
providers referring patients to each other as needed
Which of the following factors makes community paramedicine particularly applicable in
Australia?
A) A number of isolated/highly rural populations
B) High GDP
C) An overall healthy populace
