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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
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areas Answer: C
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Objective: 1-2 t r t r
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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which 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
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Modern 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 trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr
1996 Answer: B
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
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Objective: 1-2 t r t r
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to
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work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National
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EMS Scope of 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
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Technician Answer: D
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-1 t r t r
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
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EMS practitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers trtr
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C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers trtr trtr
Answer: C
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-3 t r t r
,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is
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interested in becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as
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an EMT that he cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be
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able to:
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A) Administer some medications trtr trtr
B) Assist in emergency childbirth trtr trtr trtr
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
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D) Obtain vital signs trtr trtr
Answer: A
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-5 t r t r
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency
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Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners
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are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which
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type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration trtr trtr
B) Automated external defibrillation trtr trtr
C) Intravenous therapy trtr
D) Reading an electrocardiogram trtr trtr
Answer: B
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Objective: 1-5 t r t r
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she
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wants to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
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which one of these types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she
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cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Automated blood pressure monitoring trtr trtr trtr
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth trtr trtr trtr
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D) IV therapy trtr
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Objective: 1-5 t r t r
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior
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or the service supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the
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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 to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child
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is sick or 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
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handle all radio 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
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known or suspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B t r t r
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Objective: 1-7 t r t r
, 9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her
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role and 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
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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
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or my partner."
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Answer: C t r t r
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Objective: 1-7 t r t r
10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical
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emergency. On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her
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husband in the driveway and then dragged back into the house. They state that the patient
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appeared unconscious and was bleeding from the head. Which action would the EMTs
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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
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arrive Answer: A
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Objective: 1-7 t r t r
11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health
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care? trtr
A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-
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hospital environment trtr
B) Ambulances are easily identified trtr trtr trtr
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication
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administration Answer: A
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Objective: 1-15 t r t r
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,Chapter 1 trtr t r t r Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr
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
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areas Answer: C
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
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Objective: 1-2 t r t r
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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which 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
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Modern 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 trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr trtr
1996 Answer: B
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
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Objective: 1-2 t r t r
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to
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work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National
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EMS Scope of 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
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Technician Answer: D
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-1 t r t r
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
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EMS practitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers trtr
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C) Paramedics
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Answer: C
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-3 t r t r
,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is
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interested in becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as
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an EMT that he cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be
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able to:
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A) Administer some medications trtr trtr
B) Assist in emergency childbirth trtr trtr trtr
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
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D) Obtain vital signs trtr trtr
Answer: A
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-5 t r t r
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency
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Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners
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are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which
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type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration trtr trtr
B) Automated external defibrillation trtr trtr
C) Intravenous therapy trtr
D) Reading an electrocardiogram trtr trtr
Answer: B
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Objective: 1-5 t r t r
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she
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wants to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
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which one of these types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she
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cannot provide as an EMT?
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8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior
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or the service supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the
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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 to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child
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is sick or 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
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handle all radio 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
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known or suspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B t r t r
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Objective: 1-7 t r t r
, 9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her
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role and 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
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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
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or my partner."
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Answer: C t r t r
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Objective: 1-7 t r t r
10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical
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emergency. On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her
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husband in the driveway and then dragged back into the house. They state that the patient
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appeared unconscious and was bleeding from the head. Which action would the EMTs
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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
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arrive Answer: A
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Objective: 1-7 t r t r
11) Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health
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care? trtr
A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-
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hospital environment trtr
B) Ambulances are easily identified trtr trtr trtr
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication
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administration Answer: A
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 17
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Objective: 1-15 t r t r
