Test Bank For Prehospital Emergency Care 11th Edition by Joseph Mistovich ||ISBN:9780134704456

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TestBank
Chapter1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health

1) What is a primarypurpose ofthe modern-dayEMS system?
A) Provide a means oftransportto and fromthe hospital
B) Ensure that allmembers ofsocietyhave equal access to hospitals y,
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disabilityrelated to injuryand illness
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D) Provideemergencyhealthcare servicesto medicallyunderserved
areasAnswer: C
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-dayEMS systemevolved after the release of
whichdocument?
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A) The Emergency MedicalServices Act of 1973
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C) The American Heart Association'sGuidelines forCardiac Resuscitation
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D) EmergencyMedicalServices: Agenda forthe Future, in
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
ofPractice Model, you informhim of which element?
A) He willbe able totakecareofonlypatients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) Hewill first need approvalfromyour ambulance service's medicaldirector
C) He willbe able to workonlywith an Advanced EMT or paramedic
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y,




TechnicianAnswer: D
y, y,




Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-1

4) As defined bythe National EMS ScopeofPractice Model, the four levels of y,




EMSpractitioners include:
y,




A) Ambulancedrivers
B) EMS medical
directorC) Paramedicsy, y,




D) Emergencymedicaldispatchers y,

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Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-3
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5) An EmergencyMedicalResponder (EMR) approaches you and statesthat he is interested
y,




inbecoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
y,




presentlydo as an EMR. Yourespond bysaying he will be able to:
A) Administersome medications
B) Assist inemergencychildbirth
C) Use an automated externaldefibrillator
D) Obtainvital
signsAnswer: A y,




Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-5

6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained
according tothe NationalEMS ScopeofPractice Model. Given this, whichtype ofcare do
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youexpect the EMRsto be providing?
y,




A) Emergencymedication administration
B) Automated externaldefibrillation y,
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C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an y,




electrocardiogramAnswer: B ,
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Objective: 1-5
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7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants
y, y,




toprovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these
types ofcare willshe be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
A) Automated blood pressure monitoring y,




B) Assistancewithemergencychildbirth
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C) Interfacilitytransports
D) IV
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Objective: 1-5
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8) Whichstatement made byan EMT requires immediate intervention bya superioror
thes ervice supervisor?
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A) "I alwayswear myseat belt whenever I aminthe patient compartment of the y,




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 tothe scene ofan emergency, especially if a child is sick
orinjured according to dispatch information."
C) "When I amdriving with lights and sirens, I instruct mypartner that he willneed to handle
allradio communications."
y,




D) "I put exam gloves on for everypatient Icontact, even if he or she does not have a known
y,




orsuspected infectious disease."
Answer: B
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