Chapter 1-4 EMT Exam Questions With Accurate Answers.
Designated agent - accurate answers-An emt or person authorized by a
medical director to give medicine and provide emergency care. An extension
of Medical Directors license to practice medicine.
Medical director - accurate answers-Physician who assumes ultimate
responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the ems system
Medical direction - accurate answers-Oversight of patient-care aspects by
medical director. Offline and online direction
Protocols - accurate answers-List of steps such as assessments and
interventions to e taken in different situations. Developed by medical director
Standing orders - accurate answers-Policy or protocol issued by medical
director that authorizes emt and others to perform particular skills incertain
situations
Off-line medical direction - accurate answers-Standing orders ossued that
allows emts to give certain medication or perform procedures without
speaking to medical director or physician
On-line medical direction - accurate answers-Orders from the on duty
physician given directly to emt in field by radio or phone
911 system - accurate answers-System for telephone access to report
emergencies. Dispatcher takes information and alerts ems, fire, or police.
Patient outcomes - accurate answers-Long term survival of patients
Evidence-based - accurate answers-Description of medical techniques or
practices that are supported by scientific evidence
What makes up ems system - accurate answers-Emd,emr, emts, paramedics,
and er personnell
Who helped establish the Red Cross - accurate answers-clara barton
, What was founded in 1970 to establish professional standards - accurate
answers-National registry of emergency medical technicians
Quality improvement - accurate answers-Process of continuous self-review
with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that
require improvement
Pathogens - accurate answers-Organisms that cause infection such as viruses
and bacteria
Standard precautions - accurate answers-Strictform of infection control that is
based on assumption that all blood and body fluids are infectious
Personal protective equipment - accurate answers-Equipment that protects
the ems worker from infection
Contamination - accurate answers-Introduction of dangerous chemicals,
disease, or infectious materials
Ryan white care act - accurate answers-Mandates a procedure by which
emergency response personnel can seek to find outbif they have been exposed
to potentially lfe threatening diseases
Alarm reaction - accurate answers-First stage of stress
Resistance - accurate answers-Second stage of stress
Exhaustion - accurate answers-Third stage of stress
Acute stress reaction - accurate answers-Linked to catastrophes such as
natural disasters, plane crash, or coworkers death. Develops within a short
time following incident
Delayed stress reaction - accurate answers-Ptsd. Triggered by specific
incident. Symptoms may not become evident for days or months followong
incident
Designated agent - accurate answers-An emt or person authorized by a
medical director to give medicine and provide emergency care. An extension
of Medical Directors license to practice medicine.
Medical director - accurate answers-Physician who assumes ultimate
responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the ems system
Medical direction - accurate answers-Oversight of patient-care aspects by
medical director. Offline and online direction
Protocols - accurate answers-List of steps such as assessments and
interventions to e taken in different situations. Developed by medical director
Standing orders - accurate answers-Policy or protocol issued by medical
director that authorizes emt and others to perform particular skills incertain
situations
Off-line medical direction - accurate answers-Standing orders ossued that
allows emts to give certain medication or perform procedures without
speaking to medical director or physician
On-line medical direction - accurate answers-Orders from the on duty
physician given directly to emt in field by radio or phone
911 system - accurate answers-System for telephone access to report
emergencies. Dispatcher takes information and alerts ems, fire, or police.
Patient outcomes - accurate answers-Long term survival of patients
Evidence-based - accurate answers-Description of medical techniques or
practices that are supported by scientific evidence
What makes up ems system - accurate answers-Emd,emr, emts, paramedics,
and er personnell
Who helped establish the Red Cross - accurate answers-clara barton
, What was founded in 1970 to establish professional standards - accurate
answers-National registry of emergency medical technicians
Quality improvement - accurate answers-Process of continuous self-review
with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that
require improvement
Pathogens - accurate answers-Organisms that cause infection such as viruses
and bacteria
Standard precautions - accurate answers-Strictform of infection control that is
based on assumption that all blood and body fluids are infectious
Personal protective equipment - accurate answers-Equipment that protects
the ems worker from infection
Contamination - accurate answers-Introduction of dangerous chemicals,
disease, or infectious materials
Ryan white care act - accurate answers-Mandates a procedure by which
emergency response personnel can seek to find outbif they have been exposed
to potentially lfe threatening diseases
Alarm reaction - accurate answers-First stage of stress
Resistance - accurate answers-Second stage of stress
Exhaustion - accurate answers-Third stage of stress
Acute stress reaction - accurate answers-Linked to catastrophes such as
natural disasters, plane crash, or coworkers death. Develops within a short
time following incident
Delayed stress reaction - accurate answers-Ptsd. Triggered by specific
incident. Symptoms may not become evident for days or months followong
incident
