Understanding Pathophysiology 7th edition by Huether, McCance Test Bank All well solved complete (questions and answers) solution in this test bank

Prehospital Emergency Care 11th Eds. by Joseph J. y, y, y, y, y, y, y,




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Chapter1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose ofthe modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y,




B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y,




D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved y, y, y, y, y, y, y,




areasAnswer: C
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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whichdocument?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
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ModernSociety" in 1966
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C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in y, y, y, y, y, y, y,




1996Answer: B
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for
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your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope
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ofPractice Model, you inform him of which element?
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A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
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C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
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D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
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TechnicianAnswer: D
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
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EMSpractitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers y,




B) EMS medical y,




directorC) Paramedics
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D) Emergency medical dispatchers
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,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested
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inbecoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
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presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications y, y,




B) Assist in emergencychildbirth y, y, y,




C) Use an automated external defibrillator
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D) Obtain vital y,




signsAnswer: A
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6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
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Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained
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according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do
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youexpect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration y, y,




B) Automated external defibrillation y, y,




C) Intravenous therapy y,




D) Reading an y,




electrocardiogramAnswer: B
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7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants
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toprovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these
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types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Automated blood pressure monitoring y, y, y,




B) Assistance with emergency childbirth y, y, y,




C) Interfacility transports y,




D) IV
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8) Which statement made byan EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or
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theservice supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the
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ambulance,unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick
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orinjured according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct mypartner that he will need to handle
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allradio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for everypatient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known
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orsuspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B y ,




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