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,Chapter 1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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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
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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Answer: C
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Diff: 2
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Objective: 1-2 B
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which
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document?
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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 Modern
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Society" 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 1996 B B B B B B B B
Answer: B
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Diff: 1
B Page Ref: 3 B B
Objective: 1-2 B
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 of
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Practice 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 Technician
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Answer: D
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Diff: 1
B Page Ref: 6-7 B B
Objective: 1-1 B
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
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practitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers B
B) EMS medical director B B
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers B B
Answer: C
B B
Diff: 1
B Page Ref: 6-7 B B
Objective: 1-3 B
,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested in
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becoming 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 B B
B) Assist in emergency childbirth B B B
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
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D) Obtain vital signs B B
Answer: A
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Diff: 1 B Page Ref: 6-7 B B
Objective: 1-5 B
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 you
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expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration B B
B) Automated external defibrillation B B
C) Intravenous therapy B
D) Reading an electrocardiogram B B
Answer: B
B B
Diff: 2 B Page Ref: 6 B B
Objective: 1-5 B
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants to
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provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types
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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 B B B
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth B B B
C) Interfacility transports B
D) IV therapy
B
Answer: D
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Diff: 1 B Page Ref: 7 B B
Objective: 1-5 B
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the
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service supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance,
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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 or
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injured according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all radio
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communications."
B
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or
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suspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B B
Diff: 1 B Page Ref: 9 B B
Objective: 1-7 B
, 9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role and
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responsibilities related to being an EMT?
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A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
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B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no matter what."
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C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
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D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my
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partner."
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Answer: C B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 8-9
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Objective: 1-7 B
10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency.
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On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and
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then dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding
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from the head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
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A) Do not enter the scene until it has been controlled by law enforcement
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B) Quietly enter the home and quickly move the patient to the ambulance
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C) Remove the husband from the house, then provide emergency care to the wife
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D) Enter the home to protect the patient while waiting for the police to arrive
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Answer: A
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
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Objective: 1-7 B
11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
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A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital
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environment
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B) Ambulances are easily identified B B B
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration
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Answer: A
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 17
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Objective: 1-15 B
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,Chapter 1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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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
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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Answer: C
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Diff: 2
B Page Ref: 7 B B
Objective: 1-2 B
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which
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document?
B
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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Society" 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 1996 B B B B B B B B
Answer: B
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Diff: 1
B Page Ref: 3 B B
Objective: 1-2 B
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 of
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Practice 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 Technician
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Answer: D
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Diff: 1
B Page Ref: 6-7 B B
Objective: 1-1 B
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
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practitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers B
B) EMS medical director B B
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers B B
Answer: C
B B
Diff: 1
B Page Ref: 6-7 B B
Objective: 1-3 B
,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested in
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becoming 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:
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
A) Administer some medications B B
B) Assist in emergency childbirth B B B
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
B B B B
D) Obtain vital signs B B
Answer: A
B B
Diff: 1 B Page Ref: 6-7 B B
Objective: 1-5 B
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 you
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expect the EMRs to be providing?
B B B B B B
A) Emergency medication administration B B
B) Automated external defibrillation B B
C) Intravenous therapy B
D) Reading an electrocardiogram B B
Answer: B
B B
Diff: 2 B Page Ref: 6 B B
Objective: 1-5 B
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants to
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provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types
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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 B B B
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth B B B
C) Interfacility transports B
D) IV therapy
B
Answer: D
B B
Diff: 1 B Page Ref: 7 B B
Objective: 1-5 B
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the
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service supervisor?
B B
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance,
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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 or
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
injured according to dispatch information."
B B B B B
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all radio
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
communications."
B
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
suspected infectious disease."
B B B
Answer: B B
Diff: 1 B Page Ref: 9 B B
Objective: 1-7 B
, 9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role and
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responsibilities related to being an EMT?
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A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
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B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no matter what."
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C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
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D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or my
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partner."
B
Answer: C B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 8-9
B B B
Objective: 1-7 B
10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency.
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On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
then dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding
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from the head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
B B B B B B B B B B
A) Do not enter the scene until it has been controlled by law enforcement
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B) Quietly enter the home and quickly move the patient to the ambulance
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C) Remove the husband from the house, then provide emergency care to the wife
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D) Enter the home to protect the patient while waiting for the police to arrive
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Answer: A
B B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
B B B
Objective: 1-7 B
11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
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A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital
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environment
B
B) Ambulances are easily identified B B B
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
B B B B B B
D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration
B B B B B B B B B B
Answer: A
B B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 17
B B B
Objective: 1-15 B
