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1. EMS standards were developed by who in 1996?: DOT
2. The NREMT was founded in 1970 with the purpose of...: Establishing Profes-
sional Standards
3. The physician who delegated medical practice to EMT: Medical Director
4. The Evaluation and Improvement in an EMS system is known as..: Quality
Improvement
5. System with the capability of identifying the location of the caller: enhanced
911
6. Your first responsibility as an EMT at any call..: Personal safety
7. One of your responsibilities as an EMT that deals with building rapport and
understanding of patient's condition: Patient Advocacy
8. When you pass information about the patient to hospital personnel, you are
fulfilling the EMT responsibility of: Transfer of care
9. Continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the sys-
tem that require improvement: quality improvement
10. List of steps, such as assessments na interventions written by the Medical
Direction: protocols
11. Oversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director: medical direction
12. A policy or protocol issued by a medical director that authorizes EMTs and
others to perform particular skills in certain situations: standing orders
13. Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allow EMTs to I've
certain medications or perform certain procedure without talking with the
medical director: off-line medical directions
14. Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by
radio or telephone: on-line medical directions
15. The long term survival of patients: patient outcomes
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16. Description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by sci-
entific evidence or their safety and efficacy, rather than merely on supposition
and tradition: evidence-baed
17. The organisms that cause infection, such as viruses and bacteria: -
Pathogens
18. Can be contracted by exposure to the patient's blood and sometimes other
body fluids, especially when they come in contact with an open wound or
sore on the EMT's hands, face, or other exposed parts including mucous
membranes, such as those in the nose, mouth or eye: blood borne pathogens
19. Are spreader by tiny droplets sprayed during breathing, coughing or
sneezing: air borne pathogens
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