EMT Exam 1 Chapters 1-5 Questions and
Answers
1.How did EMS begin?: in 1970's with
Napoleoinic wars. Civil wars, Clara Barton created
american red cross
WW1
Korean/Vietnam wars lead to trauma centers
1966 EMS standards created by National Highway safety act and US
department of transportation
1970 NREMT (National registry of emergency medical
technicians) 1973 NEMSSA passed by congress
2.What are the guidelines of the NHTSA and what is it: National
highway traffic safety administration.
1.Regulation and policy
2.Resource management: Centralized
3.Human resources and training: Must be at EMT level
4.Transportation: Safe ambulance/helicopter
5.Facilities: Closest APPROPIATE
6.Communications
7.Public information and education
8.Medical direction: Physician medical director
9.Trauma systems: Autopsy
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, 10.Evaluation: QI, QA, TQM
3.What are the components of EMS?: Emergency medical
dispatchers EMS responders
ED hospital/staff
Speciality
centers
4.What are the levels of EMS?: Emergency medical
responder Emergency medical technician
Advanced emergency medical technician
AEMT Paramedic
5.What are the roles and responsibilities:
Personal safety Safety of crew then patients then
bystanders
Patient
assessment
Patient care
Lifting and
moving
Transport
Transfer of care
Patient advocacy
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Answers
1.How did EMS begin?: in 1970's with
Napoleoinic wars. Civil wars, Clara Barton created
american red cross
WW1
Korean/Vietnam wars lead to trauma centers
1966 EMS standards created by National Highway safety act and US
department of transportation
1970 NREMT (National registry of emergency medical
technicians) 1973 NEMSSA passed by congress
2.What are the guidelines of the NHTSA and what is it: National
highway traffic safety administration.
1.Regulation and policy
2.Resource management: Centralized
3.Human resources and training: Must be at EMT level
4.Transportation: Safe ambulance/helicopter
5.Facilities: Closest APPROPIATE
6.Communications
7.Public information and education
8.Medical direction: Physician medical director
9.Trauma systems: Autopsy
1/
15
, 10.Evaluation: QI, QA, TQM
3.What are the components of EMS?: Emergency medical
dispatchers EMS responders
ED hospital/staff
Speciality
centers
4.What are the levels of EMS?: Emergency medical
responder Emergency medical technician
Advanced emergency medical technician
AEMT Paramedic
5.What are the roles and responsibilities:
Personal safety Safety of crew then patients then
bystanders
Patient
assessment
Patient care
Lifting and
moving
Transport
Transfer of care
Patient advocacy
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15
