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Chapterm.1-44
Chapterm.1 Emergencym.Medicalm.Servicem.Systems,m.Research,m.andm.Publicm.Health
1) Whatm.ism.am.primarym.purposem.ofm.them.modern-daym.EMSm.system?
A) Providem.am.meansm.ofm.transportm.tom.andm.fromm.them.hospital
B) Ensurem.thatm.allm.membersm.ofm.societym.havem.equalm.accessm.tom.hospitals
C) Decreasem.them.incidencem.ofm.deathm.andm.disabilitym.relatedm.tom.injurym.andm.illness
D) Providem.emergencym.healthm.carem.servicesm.tom.medicallym.underserved
m.areasm.Answer: m . C
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Objective:m . m . 1-2
2) Mostm.authoritiesm.agreem.thatm.them.modern-
daym.EMSm.systemm.evolvedm.afterm.them.releasem.ofm.whichm.document?
A) Them.Emergencym.Medicalm.Servicesm.Actm.ofm.1973
B) Them.whitem.paperm."Accidentalm.Deathm.andm.Disability:m.Them.Neglectedm.Diseasem.ofm.Modernm.
Society,"m.inm.1966
C) Them.Americanm.Heartm.Association'sm.Guidelinesm.form.Cardiacm.Resuscitation
D) Emergencym.Medicalm.Services:m.Agendam.form.them.Future,m.in
m.1996m.Answer:m . B
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.2
Objective:m . m . 1-2
3) Anm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Responderm.comesm.tom.youm.andm.statesm.thatm.theym.wouldm.likem.
tom.workm.form.yourm.emergencym.ambulancem.servicem.onm.am.full-
timem.basis.m.Knowingm.them.Nationalm.EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Model,m.youm.informm.themm.
ofm.whichm.elementm.theym.needm.tom.attainm.first?
A) Theym.willm.bem.ablem.tom.takem.carem.ofm.onlym.patientsm.withm.non-life-threateningm.complaints.
B) Theym.willm.firstm.needm.approvalm.fromm. yourm.ambulancem.service'sm.medicalm.director.
C) Theym.willm.bem.ablem.tom.workm.onlym.withm.anm.Advancedm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Technicianm.(
AEMT)m.orm.Paramedic.
D) Theym.willm.firstm.havem.tom.becomem.anm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Technicianm
.(EMT).m.Answer: m . D
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.3
Objective:m . m . 1-1
4) Asm.definedm.bym.them.Nationalm.EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Model,m.them.fourm.levelsm.ofm.EMSm.
practitionersm.include:
A) Ambulancem.drivers.
B) EMSm.medicalm.director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergencym.medicalm.dispatcher
s.m.Answer:m . C
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,Objective:m . m . 1-3
5) Anm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Responderm.(EMR)m.approachesm.youm.andm.statesm.thatm.theym.arem.int
erestedm.inm.becomingm.anm.EMT.m.Specifically,m.theym.askm.whatm.theym.willm.bem.ablem.tom.dom.asm.a
nm.EMTm.thatm.theym.cannotm.presentlym.dom.asm.anm.EMR.m.Youm.respondm.bym.sayingm.theym.willm.
bem.ablem.to:
A) Administerm.somem.medications.
B) Assistm.inm.emergencym.childbirth.
C) Usem.anm.automatedm.externalm.defibrillator.
D) Obtainm.vitalm.sig
ns.
Answer:m . m . A
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.5-6
Objective:m . m . 1-5
6) Youm.havem.beenm.dispatchedm.form.am.61-year-
oldm.femalem.inm.cardiacm.arrest.m.Emergencym.Medicalm.Respondersm.(EMRs)m.arem.onm.them.sce
ne.m.Inm.yourm.community,m.allm.EMSm.practitionersm.arem.trainedm.accordingm.tom.them.Nationalm.
EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Model.m.Givenm.this,m.whichm.typem.ofm.carem.dom.youm.expectm.them.E
MRsm.tom.bem.providing?
A) Emergencym.medicationm.administration
B) Automatedm.externalm.defibrillation
C) Intravenousm.therapy
D) Readingm.anm.electrocardiogra
mm.Answer:m . B
Diff:m.2 Pagem.Ref:m.5-6
Objective:m . m . 1-5
7) Anm.EMTm.withm.yourm.servicem.statesm.thatm.theym.desirem.tom.becomem.am.Paramedicm.becausem.t
heym.wantm.tom.providem.advancedm.care.m.Underm.them.Nationalm.EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Mode
l,m.whichm.onem.ofm.thesem.typesm.ofm.carem.willm.theym.bem.ablem.tom.providem.asm.am.Paramedicm.that
m.theym.cannotm.providem.asm.anm.EMT?
A) Usem.ofm.anm.automatedm.bloodm.pressurem.monitoring
B) Assistancem.withm.emergencym.childbirth
C) Providingm.interfacilitym.transports
D) Initiatingm.intravenousm.(IV)m.thera
pym.Answer:m . D
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.6
Objective:m . m . 1-5
8) Whichm.statementm.madem.bym.anm.EMTm.requiresm.immediatem.interventionm.bym.am.superiorm.orm.
them.servicem.supervisor?
A) "Im.alwaysm.wearm.mym.seatm.beltm.wheneverm.Im.amm.inm.them.patientm.compartmentm.ofm.them.ambula
nce,m.unlessm.Im.havem.tom.removem.itm.tom.carem.form.am.patient."
B) "Im.drivem.asm.fastm.asm.Im.canm.tom.getm.tom.them.scenem.ofm.anm.emergency,m.especiallym.ifm.am.childm.ism
.sickm.orm.injuredm.accordingm.tom.dispatchm.information."
C) "Whenm.Im.amm.drivingm.withm.lightsm.andm.sirens,m.Im.instructm.mym.partnerm.thatm.hem.willm.need
m.to m.handlem.allm.radiom.communications."
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, D) "Im.putm.examm.glovesm.onm.form.everym.patientm.Im.contact,m.evenm.ifm.hem.orm.shem.doesm.notm.ha
vem.am.knownm.orm.suspectedm.infectiousm.disease."
Answer:m . m . B
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.7
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.m.Hafen
Chapterm.1-44
Chapterm.1 Emergencym.Medicalm.Servicem.Systems,m.Research,m.andm.Publicm.Health
1) Whatm.ism.am.primarym.purposem.ofm.them.modern-daym.EMSm.system?
A) Providem.am.meansm.ofm.transportm.tom.andm.fromm.them.hospital
B) Ensurem.thatm.allm.membersm.ofm.societym.havem.equalm.accessm.tom.hospitals
C) Decreasem.them.incidencem.ofm.deathm.andm.disabilitym.relatedm.tom.injurym.andm.illness
D) Providem.emergencym.healthm.carem.servicesm.tom.medicallym.underserved
m.areasm.Answer: m . C
Diff:m.2 Pagem.Ref:m.2
Objective:m . m . 1-2
2) Mostm.authoritiesm.agreem.thatm.them.modern-
daym.EMSm.systemm.evolvedm.afterm.them.releasem.ofm.whichm.document?
A) Them.Emergencym.Medicalm.Servicesm.Actm.ofm.1973
B) Them.whitem.paperm."Accidentalm.Deathm.andm.Disability:m.Them.Neglectedm.Diseasem.ofm.Modernm.
Society,"m.inm.1966
C) Them.Americanm.Heartm.Association'sm.Guidelinesm.form.Cardiacm.Resuscitation
D) Emergencym.Medicalm.Services:m.Agendam.form.them.Future,m.in
m.1996m.Answer:m . B
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.2
Objective:m . m . 1-2
3) Anm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Responderm.comesm.tom.youm.andm.statesm.thatm.theym.wouldm.likem.
tom.workm.form.yourm.emergencym.ambulancem.servicem.onm.am.full-
timem.basis.m.Knowingm.them.Nationalm.EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Model,m.youm.informm.themm.
ofm.whichm.elementm.theym.needm.tom.attainm.first?
A) Theym.willm.bem.ablem.tom.takem.carem.ofm.onlym.patientsm.withm.non-life-threateningm.complaints.
B) Theym.willm.firstm.needm.approvalm.fromm. yourm.ambulancem.service'sm.medicalm.director.
C) Theym.willm.bem.ablem.tom.workm.onlym.withm.anm.Advancedm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Technicianm.(
AEMT)m.orm.Paramedic.
D) Theym.willm.firstm.havem.tom.becomem.anm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Technicianm
.(EMT).m.Answer: m . D
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.3
Objective:m . m . 1-1
4) Asm.definedm.bym.them.Nationalm.EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Model,m.them.fourm.levelsm.ofm.EMSm.
practitionersm.include:
A) Ambulancem.drivers.
B) EMSm.medicalm.director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergencym.medicalm.dispatcher
s.m.Answer:m . C
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,Objective:m . m . 1-3
5) Anm.Emergencym.Medicalm.Responderm.(EMR)m.approachesm.youm.andm.statesm.thatm.theym.arem.int
erestedm.inm.becomingm.anm.EMT.m.Specifically,m.theym.askm.whatm.theym.willm.bem.ablem.tom.dom.asm.a
nm.EMTm.thatm.theym.cannotm.presentlym.dom.asm.anm.EMR.m.Youm.respondm.bym.sayingm.theym.willm.
bem.ablem.to:
A) Administerm.somem.medications.
B) Assistm.inm.emergencym.childbirth.
C) Usem.anm.automatedm.externalm.defibrillator.
D) Obtainm.vitalm.sig
ns.
Answer:m . m . A
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.5-6
Objective:m . m . 1-5
6) Youm.havem.beenm.dispatchedm.form.am.61-year-
oldm.femalem.inm.cardiacm.arrest.m.Emergencym.Medicalm.Respondersm.(EMRs)m.arem.onm.them.sce
ne.m.Inm.yourm.community,m.allm.EMSm.practitionersm.arem.trainedm.accordingm.tom.them.Nationalm.
EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Model.m.Givenm.this,m.whichm.typem.ofm.carem.dom.youm.expectm.them.E
MRsm.tom.bem.providing?
A) Emergencym.medicationm.administration
B) Automatedm.externalm.defibrillation
C) Intravenousm.therapy
D) Readingm.anm.electrocardiogra
mm.Answer:m . B
Diff:m.2 Pagem.Ref:m.5-6
Objective:m . m . 1-5
7) Anm.EMTm.withm.yourm.servicem.statesm.thatm.theym.desirem.tom.becomem.am.Paramedicm.becausem.t
heym.wantm.tom.providem.advancedm.care.m.Underm.them.Nationalm.EMSm.Scopem.ofm.Practicem.Mode
l,m.whichm.onem.ofm.thesem.typesm.ofm.carem.willm.theym.bem.ablem.tom.providem.asm.am.Paramedicm.that
m.theym.cannotm.providem.asm.anm.EMT?
A) Usem.ofm.anm.automatedm.bloodm.pressurem.monitoring
B) Assistancem.withm.emergencym.childbirth
C) Providingm.interfacilitym.transports
D) Initiatingm.intravenousm.(IV)m.thera
pym.Answer:m . D
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.6
Objective:m . m . 1-5
8) Whichm.statementm.madem.bym.anm.EMTm.requiresm.immediatem.interventionm.bym.am.superiorm.orm.
them.servicem.supervisor?
A) "Im.alwaysm.wearm.mym.seatm.beltm.wheneverm.Im.amm.inm.them.patientm.compartmentm.ofm.them.ambula
nce,m.unlessm.Im.havem.tom.removem.itm.tom.carem.form.am.patient."
B) "Im.drivem.asm.fastm.asm.Im.canm.tom.getm.tom.them.scenem.ofm.anm.emergency,m.especiallym.ifm.am.childm.ism
.sickm.orm.injuredm.accordingm.tom.dispatchm.information."
C) "Whenm.Im.amm.drivingm.withm.lightsm.andm.sirens,m.Im.instructm.mym.partnerm.thatm.hem.willm.need
m.to m.handlem.allm.radiom.communications."
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, D) "Im.putm.examm.glovesm.onm.form.everym.patientm.Im.contact,m.evenm.ifm.hem.orm.shem.doesm.notm.ha
vem.am.knownm.orm.suspectedm.infectiousm.disease."
Answer:m . m . B
Diff:m.1 Pagem.Ref:m.7
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