EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review 2022 with answers

Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? Correct Answer: DOT Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. Correct Answer: National Registry Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in the field. Correct Answer :Medical Control Recognition, patient assessment, continued assessment and stabilization in hospital, definitive care. Correct Answer :Continuum of Care Types of stress include: Correct Answer: Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustress, acute stress, and chronic stress S/S of stress include: Correct Answer : Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P, vasodilation, dilated pupils, tensed muscles, increased glucose levels, perspiration, decreased blood flow to gastrointestinal tract, irritability, inability to concentrate, difficult or increased sleeping, anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite, decreased sexual activity, loss of interest in work, alcoholism, drug use. Management of stress includes: Correct Answer: Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of negative personalities, change work hours, reduce overtime, change your attitude, don't obsess over what you can't change, exercise, diet. Fight or Flight response: Correct Answer During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous system is activated and the body increases level of cortical, adrenaline, and other hormones that produce an increased heart rate, quick breathing, and higher BP. Blood is shunted from extremities to the big muscles to "fight or flight".