Emergency Care Test
Bank: Chapters 1-3
Overview
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Quality improvement - correct answersQuality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-
review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that require improvement,
with subsequent action plans to make necessary changes.
Earliest documented emergency medical service - correct answersThe earliest documented
emergency medical service was in 1790 when the French began transporting wounded soldiers
from the scenes of battle to waiting physicians.
National Highway Safety Act - correct answersIn 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged
the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standards and
assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care.
Centralized coordination of emergency medical access - correct answersCentralized
coordination of emergency medical access, transportation, and care most refers to resource
management.
,Trauma system - correct answersAn organized, coordinated effort between facilities and
responders within a defined geographic area to deliver a full range of care to injured patients.
Resource management - correct answersThe centralized coordination of an emergency
response so that all victims have equal access to basic emergency care and are transported by
certified personnel, in a licensed and equipped ambulance, to an appropriate facility.
Central deployment - correct answersThe centralized coordination of emergency medical
access, transportation, and care within an EMS system.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - correct answersThe agency
responsible for establishing EMS system assessment programs with set standards.
Peer review - correct answersA process where research is submitted to a professional journal
and reviewed by several of the researcher's peers to ensure accuracy and high quality.
Medical journals - correct answersPublications that present original, peer-reviewed research.
EMS magazines - correct answersPublications that may not present original, peer-reviewed
research and can include opinion pieces.
Modern EMS system - correct answersDeveloped to provide hospital-quality care at the
emergency scene and during transport.
Emergency department - correct answersThe most common gateway for hospital services for
patients who need emergency medical assistance.
Emergency medical services system - correct answersNot generally involved with hospital
services other than the emergency department.
Surgical services department - correct answersNot the common gateway for hospital services
for emergency medical assistance.
Emergency medical dispatch center - correct answersNot the common gateway for hospital
services for emergency medical assistance.
Emergency Medical Dispatcher - correct answersResponsible for coordinating the appropriate
EMS response and potentially providing important instructions to the person calling for
assistance.
Enhanced 911 - correct answersA system capable of automatically identifying the caller's phone
number and location.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - correct answersConsidered the minimum level of
certification for ambulance personnel in most areas.
, Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - correct answersBelow the EMT certification level, and
below the minimum usually expected for ambulance personnel.
Advanced EMT (AEMT) - correct answersProvides basic-level care and transportation as well as
some advanced-level care, such as use of advanced airway devices and administration of some
fluids and medications.
Paramedic - correct answersPerforms all of the skills of the EMT and AEMT plus advanced-level
skills, providing the most advanced level of prehospital care.
Emergency Ambulance Driver - correct answersNot a recognized level of certification for
personnel responsible for direct patient care.
Cardiac care responder - correct answersNot a recognized level of EMS training.
Minimum level of certification for ambulance personnel - correct answersEmergency Medical
Technician (EMT).
Level of EMS training emphasizing activation of the EMS system - correct answersEmergency
Medical Responder, which provides immediate care for life-threatening injuries.
Level of EMS training emphasizing use of advanced airway devices - correct answersAdvanced
EMT (AEMT).
Most advanced pre-hospital care level - correct answersParamedic.
Data display 911 - correct answersDoes not refer to a system capable of identifying a caller's
location.
Priority dispatch 911 - correct answersRefers more to an internal communication center
protocol than a system for displaying locations and phone numbers.
Advanced 911 - correct answersAn emergency texting system rather than a system for locating
callers.
Basic-level medical and trauma care - correct answersProvided by EMTs.
Immediate care for life-threatening problems - correct answersEmphasized by Emergency
Medical Responders.
Advanced-level skills in prehospital care - correct answersPerformed by Paramedics.
Intravenous and intraosseous administration - correct answersTypes of advanced-level care
provided by Advanced EMTs.
Bank: Chapters 1-3
Overview
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Quality improvement - correct answersQuality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-
review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that require improvement,
with subsequent action plans to make necessary changes.
Earliest documented emergency medical service - correct answersThe earliest documented
emergency medical service was in 1790 when the French began transporting wounded soldiers
from the scenes of battle to waiting physicians.
National Highway Safety Act - correct answersIn 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged
the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standards and
assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care.
Centralized coordination of emergency medical access - correct answersCentralized
coordination of emergency medical access, transportation, and care most refers to resource
management.
,Trauma system - correct answersAn organized, coordinated effort between facilities and
responders within a defined geographic area to deliver a full range of care to injured patients.
Resource management - correct answersThe centralized coordination of an emergency
response so that all victims have equal access to basic emergency care and are transported by
certified personnel, in a licensed and equipped ambulance, to an appropriate facility.
Central deployment - correct answersThe centralized coordination of emergency medical
access, transportation, and care within an EMS system.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - correct answersThe agency
responsible for establishing EMS system assessment programs with set standards.
Peer review - correct answersA process where research is submitted to a professional journal
and reviewed by several of the researcher's peers to ensure accuracy and high quality.
Medical journals - correct answersPublications that present original, peer-reviewed research.
EMS magazines - correct answersPublications that may not present original, peer-reviewed
research and can include opinion pieces.
Modern EMS system - correct answersDeveloped to provide hospital-quality care at the
emergency scene and during transport.
Emergency department - correct answersThe most common gateway for hospital services for
patients who need emergency medical assistance.
Emergency medical services system - correct answersNot generally involved with hospital
services other than the emergency department.
Surgical services department - correct answersNot the common gateway for hospital services
for emergency medical assistance.
Emergency medical dispatch center - correct answersNot the common gateway for hospital
services for emergency medical assistance.
Emergency Medical Dispatcher - correct answersResponsible for coordinating the appropriate
EMS response and potentially providing important instructions to the person calling for
assistance.
Enhanced 911 - correct answersA system capable of automatically identifying the caller's phone
number and location.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - correct answersConsidered the minimum level of
certification for ambulance personnel in most areas.
, Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - correct answersBelow the EMT certification level, and
below the minimum usually expected for ambulance personnel.
Advanced EMT (AEMT) - correct answersProvides basic-level care and transportation as well as
some advanced-level care, such as use of advanced airway devices and administration of some
fluids and medications.
Paramedic - correct answersPerforms all of the skills of the EMT and AEMT plus advanced-level
skills, providing the most advanced level of prehospital care.
Emergency Ambulance Driver - correct answersNot a recognized level of certification for
personnel responsible for direct patient care.
Cardiac care responder - correct answersNot a recognized level of EMS training.
Minimum level of certification for ambulance personnel - correct answersEmergency Medical
Technician (EMT).
Level of EMS training emphasizing activation of the EMS system - correct answersEmergency
Medical Responder, which provides immediate care for life-threatening injuries.
Level of EMS training emphasizing use of advanced airway devices - correct answersAdvanced
EMT (AEMT).
Most advanced pre-hospital care level - correct answersParamedic.
Data display 911 - correct answersDoes not refer to a system capable of identifying a caller's
location.
Priority dispatch 911 - correct answersRefers more to an internal communication center
protocol than a system for displaying locations and phone numbers.
Advanced 911 - correct answersAn emergency texting system rather than a system for locating
callers.
Basic-level medical and trauma care - correct answersProvided by EMTs.
Immediate care for life-threatening problems - correct answersEmphasized by Emergency
Medical Responders.
Advanced-level skills in prehospital care - correct answersPerformed by Paramedics.
Intravenous and intraosseous administration - correct answersTypes of advanced-level care
provided by Advanced EMTs.
