EMS 105 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS.
You should inform online medical control when patients refuse care.
T/F
True
Correct. You should inform online medical control when patients refuse care.
Falsifying information on the PCR may result in suspension and/or revocation of your
certification or license.
T/F
True
Correct. Falsifying information can lead to suspension and/or revocation of your certification or
license.
When completing a PCR, you should include your opinions about the mechanism of injury
and which injuries are most severe.
T/F
False
Correct. You should only write fact-based findings.
Evaluation and continuous quality improvement are factors in writing a PCR.
T/F
True
Correct. Evaluation and continuous quality improvement are factors in writing a PCR.
________ radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.
,VHF
UHF
Multiplex
Trunking
UHF
Correct. UHF (Ultra high frequency) radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.
VHF (very high frequency)
most of these type of radios operate between 30 and 300 MHz
What should you do if a patient refuses treatment or transport?
Contact medical control.
Ask law enforcement to take him into custody.
Immediately stop patient care and leave.
Find another person to continue medical care.
When a patient refuses treatment or transport, you should contact medical control.
As you radio the hospital to give a report on your patient, which of the following should
you do?
Provide as much detail as possible.
Use code words to protect the patient's identity.
Speak as quickly as possible.
Remain objective and impartial.
You should remain objective and impartial.
After you submit the electronic PCR for a call, you realize that you accidentally
documented the wrong vital signs. What should you do?
Leave the record as it is and seek legal advice.
Notify your agency's information technology department.
Follow your agency's directions for making an amendment.
Say nothing and hope that the error goes unnoticed.
, You should follow your agency's directions and make an amendment to the PCR.
What is therapeutic communication?
A means by which a patient can efficiently relate levels of pain.
Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their
feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
Anything that dampens or obscures the true meaning of a message.
The recorded portion of an EMT's patient interaction, either written or electronic, that
becomes part of the patient's permanent medical record.
Therapeutic communication involves verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that
encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
Radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that are located in a fixed place is
known as what?
Cell phone
Interoperable communications system
Mobile data terminal (MDT)
Base station
A base station is radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that are located in a fixed
place.
When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when
interacting with people of a different culture, what is this referred to?
Stereotyping
Ethnocentrism
Cultural imposition
Rapport
Ethnocentrism is when a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when
interacting with people of a different culture.
Encouraging this patient to provide more information about his injury is an example of
which therapeutic communication technique?
CORRECT ANSWERS.
You should inform online medical control when patients refuse care.
T/F
True
Correct. You should inform online medical control when patients refuse care.
Falsifying information on the PCR may result in suspension and/or revocation of your
certification or license.
T/F
True
Correct. Falsifying information can lead to suspension and/or revocation of your certification or
license.
When completing a PCR, you should include your opinions about the mechanism of injury
and which injuries are most severe.
T/F
False
Correct. You should only write fact-based findings.
Evaluation and continuous quality improvement are factors in writing a PCR.
T/F
True
Correct. Evaluation and continuous quality improvement are factors in writing a PCR.
________ radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.
,VHF
UHF
Multiplex
Trunking
UHF
Correct. UHF (Ultra high frequency) radios operate between 300 MHz and 3,000 MHz.
VHF (very high frequency)
most of these type of radios operate between 30 and 300 MHz
What should you do if a patient refuses treatment or transport?
Contact medical control.
Ask law enforcement to take him into custody.
Immediately stop patient care and leave.
Find another person to continue medical care.
When a patient refuses treatment or transport, you should contact medical control.
As you radio the hospital to give a report on your patient, which of the following should
you do?
Provide as much detail as possible.
Use code words to protect the patient's identity.
Speak as quickly as possible.
Remain objective and impartial.
You should remain objective and impartial.
After you submit the electronic PCR for a call, you realize that you accidentally
documented the wrong vital signs. What should you do?
Leave the record as it is and seek legal advice.
Notify your agency's information technology department.
Follow your agency's directions for making an amendment.
Say nothing and hope that the error goes unnoticed.
, You should follow your agency's directions and make an amendment to the PCR.
What is therapeutic communication?
A means by which a patient can efficiently relate levels of pain.
Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their
feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
Anything that dampens or obscures the true meaning of a message.
The recorded portion of an EMT's patient interaction, either written or electronic, that
becomes part of the patient's permanent medical record.
Therapeutic communication involves verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that
encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
Radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that are located in a fixed place is
known as what?
Cell phone
Interoperable communications system
Mobile data terminal (MDT)
Base station
A base station is radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that are located in a fixed
place.
When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when
interacting with people of a different culture, what is this referred to?
Stereotyping
Ethnocentrism
Cultural imposition
Rapport
Ethnocentrism is when a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when
interacting with people of a different culture.
Encouraging this patient to provide more information about his injury is an example of
which therapeutic communication technique?
