Paramedic Preparatory Division Exam Questions With Answers

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Paramedics may function only under the direction and
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license of the EMS system's
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A: Town Council
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B: Company Owner
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C: Medical Director
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D: Board of Directors - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔C.
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medical director. ||




The emergency roles and responsibilities of the
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paramedic include: ||




A: Public Education
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B: Health Promotion
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C: Participation in injury and illness prevention program
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D: All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔D: All of
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the above
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The combined roles and responsibilities of paramedic
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practice is known as: || || ||

,A. Primary care
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B. Paramedicine
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C. Integrated care
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D. Community medicine - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔B.
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Paramedicine


The first EMS provider that may initiate lifesaving care
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to critical patients while awaiting additional EMS
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response is referred to as a(n): || || || || ||




A. AEMT
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B. Paramedic
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C. EMR
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D. EMT - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔C. EMR
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For the paramedic, the patient's and public's interests
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must be above personal, corporate, or financial interests.
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This is an example of:
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A. Duty to act
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B. Personal etiquette
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C. Professional ethics
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,D. Standard of care - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔C.
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Professional ethics ||




Which of the following would most likely benefit from an
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EMS helicopter?
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A. A rural community
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B. A cardiac arrest patient
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C. A stable patient
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D. An urban community - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A. A
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rural community
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Which document includes instructional guidelines that
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have taken paramedic education to a much higher level?
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A. National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians:
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EMT Instructional Guidelines
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B. Department of transportation: EMS instructional
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guidelines
C. Department of health and human services: emergency
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instructional guidelines ||




D. National emergency medical services education
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standards: paramedic instructional guidelines -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔D. National emergency
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, medical services education standards: paramedic
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instructional guidelines ||




Your medical Director is seeking paramedics interested
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in receiving specialized training to allow some patients
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to receive primary care in their homes. This would be an
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example of: ||




A. A concept not supported by the current NEMSES
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B. Misuse of EMS resources
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C. Expanded scope of practice
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D. An unnecessary expense for patients - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔C. An expanded scope of practice || || || || ||




Emerging roles of the paramedic include: || || || || ||




A. Accurately documenting patient care activities
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B. Communicating with medical direction
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C. Providing advanced life support
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D. Participation in public education - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔D. Participation in public education || || || ||




Which of the following is an obligation of all paramedics?
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