PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE
12TH EDITION (EMT) TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS.
____ permits patient care to begin at the scene of the injury or illness, and EMS is part of a
continuum of patient care that extends from the time of injury or illness until rehabilitation or
discharge - Answer EMS Systems
The modern EMS Systems has evolved from its beginnings in what year? - Answer 1960s
In what year did the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council published a report
entitled Accidental Deaths and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society - Answer
1966
Identified severe deficiencies in the delivery of prehospital care in the United States and made
recommendation in tended to change ambulance systems, training requirements, and the
provision of prehospital care - Answer White Paper
What Act required each state to establish a highway safety program that met prescribed federal
standards and included emergency services - Answer The Highway Safety Act of 1966
What Act provided access to millions of dollars of funding geared to EMS systems planning and
implementation, personnel availability, and training. - Answer The Emergency Medical
Services Systems Act of 1973
What year what Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures were developed - Answer
1960s
What year did the American Heart Association began to teach CPR and Basic life support -
Answer 1970s
What year did the National Registry of EMTs released the National Emergency Medical Services
Education and Practice Blueprint - Answer 1993
, What year did the NHTSA and Health Resources and Services Administration published the
National EMS core Content which defines the domain of knowledge found in the National EMS
Scope of Practice Model - Answer 2005
What year did the NHTSA published the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which defines
four levels of EMS licensure - Answer 2006
What year did the Institute of Medicine report, The future of EMS care: EMS at the crossroads,
recommended that all state governments adopt a common scope of practice that allows for
reciprocity between states, national accreditation for all paramedic programs, and national
citification - Answer 2006
Each state must have laws, regulation, policies, and procedure that's govern its EMS systems. -
Answer Regulation and Policy
Each state must have central control of EMS resources so that each locality and all patients have
equal access to acceptable emergency care - Answer Resource Management
All personnel who staff ambulances and transport patients its must be trained to at least the
EMT level - Answer Human Resources and Training
Patients must be provided with safe, reliable transportation by ground or air ambulance -
Answer Transportation
Each seriously ill or injured patient must be delivered in a timely manner to an appropriate
medical facility - Answer Communications
EMS personnel should participate in programs designed to educate the public in the prevention
of injuries an how to properly and appropriately access the EMS system - Answer Public
information and education
Each EMS system must have a physician as a medical director to provide medical oversight that
includes overseeing patient care - Answer Medical Director
Each state must develop a system of specialized care for Trauma patients, including one or more
trauma centers and rehabilitation programs - Answer Trauma Systems
12TH EDITION (EMT) TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS.
____ permits patient care to begin at the scene of the injury or illness, and EMS is part of a
continuum of patient care that extends from the time of injury or illness until rehabilitation or
discharge - Answer EMS Systems
The modern EMS Systems has evolved from its beginnings in what year? - Answer 1960s
In what year did the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council published a report
entitled Accidental Deaths and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society - Answer
1966
Identified severe deficiencies in the delivery of prehospital care in the United States and made
recommendation in tended to change ambulance systems, training requirements, and the
provision of prehospital care - Answer White Paper
What Act required each state to establish a highway safety program that met prescribed federal
standards and included emergency services - Answer The Highway Safety Act of 1966
What Act provided access to millions of dollars of funding geared to EMS systems planning and
implementation, personnel availability, and training. - Answer The Emergency Medical
Services Systems Act of 1973
What year what Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures were developed - Answer
1960s
What year did the American Heart Association began to teach CPR and Basic life support -
Answer 1970s
What year did the National Registry of EMTs released the National Emergency Medical Services
Education and Practice Blueprint - Answer 1993
, What year did the NHTSA and Health Resources and Services Administration published the
National EMS core Content which defines the domain of knowledge found in the National EMS
Scope of Practice Model - Answer 2005
What year did the NHTSA published the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which defines
four levels of EMS licensure - Answer 2006
What year did the Institute of Medicine report, The future of EMS care: EMS at the crossroads,
recommended that all state governments adopt a common scope of practice that allows for
reciprocity between states, national accreditation for all paramedic programs, and national
citification - Answer 2006
Each state must have laws, regulation, policies, and procedure that's govern its EMS systems. -
Answer Regulation and Policy
Each state must have central control of EMS resources so that each locality and all patients have
equal access to acceptable emergency care - Answer Resource Management
All personnel who staff ambulances and transport patients its must be trained to at least the
EMT level - Answer Human Resources and Training
Patients must be provided with safe, reliable transportation by ground or air ambulance -
Answer Transportation
Each seriously ill or injured patient must be delivered in a timely manner to an appropriate
medical facility - Answer Communications
EMS personnel should participate in programs designed to educate the public in the prevention
of injuries an how to properly and appropriately access the EMS system - Answer Public
information and education
Each EMS system must have a physician as a medical director to provide medical oversight that
includes overseeing patient care - Answer Medical Director
Each state must develop a system of specialized care for Trauma patients, including one or more
trauma centers and rehabilitation programs - Answer Trauma Systems
