PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, 11TH EDITION MISTOVICH, KEITH TEST BANK

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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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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) TheAmerican Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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Answer: B
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for your
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emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice
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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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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 v




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C) Paramedics
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Answer: C
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,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 v v




B) Assist in emergency childbirth v v v




C) Use an automated external defibrillator
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D) Obtain vitalsigns v v




Answer: 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 according
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to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the
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EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration v v




B) Automated external defibrillation v v




C) Intravenous therapy v




D) Readingan electrocardiogram v v




Answer: B
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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 v v v




B) Assistance with emergency childbirth v v v




C) Interfacility transports v




D) IVtherapy v




Answer: D
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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 Iam 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 injured
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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."
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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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, 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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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 then
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dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding from
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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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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 v v v




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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