JURISPRUDENCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #22
A General Trauma Facility is a facility that:
A. That only provides trauma care to patients.
B. Provides basic care to both trauma and medical patients.
C. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
D. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria for level III and level IV trauma facilities - correct
answer d. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria for level III and level IV trauma facilities
A Major Trauma Facility is a facility that:
A. Is equivalent to a level III trauma facility.
B. Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
C. Meets the requirements of a free standing emergency facility.
D. Meets the requirements of an urgent care facility. - correct answer b. Is equivalent to
a level II trauma facility.
Medical supervision must be provided by:
A. Licensed physicians
B. Paramedics
C. Registered Nurses
D. Physician Assistants - correct answer a. Licensed physicians
An AEMT is an individual who is certified by the department and is minimally proficient
in performing which of the following skills?
A. Intravenous therapy
B. Esophageal intubation
C. Endotracheal intubation
D. All of the above - correct answer d. All of the above
Care provided while transporting a patient between medical facilities is: a. Emergency
Care
B. Health Care
C. Facility Care
D. Interfacility Care - correct answer d. Interfacility Care
Abandonment is:
A) Leaving your station or assigned area without permission from a supervisor to do so.
B) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been
made or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced
treatment has been started.
C) Failure to gain patient consent for treatment if patient is alert, conscious, and
oriented.
D) Failure to show up for a shift that you have been assigned to. - correct answer b)
Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been made
or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment
has been started.
, A certificant is:
A) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from the Texas
Department of State Health Services
B) Any person certified to drive a vehicle
C) An individual who holds a current paramedic license from the NREMT. D) A
document showing that a student has completed training or continuing education hours.
- correct answer a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from
the Texas Department of State Health Services
An organized geographical area of at least three counties administered by a regional
advisory council for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient transportation and/or
treatment of sick and injured patients a. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
B. Regional EMS/Trauma System
C. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
D. Trauma Service Area - correct answer d. Trauma Service Area
A hospital that has successfully completed the designation process, is capable of
stabilization and/or definitive treatment of critically injured persons and actively
participates in a regional EMS/trauma system.
A. Trauma Facility
B. Designated Trauma Facility
C. Major Trauma Facility
D. Lead Trauma Facility - correct answer a. Trauma Facility
The assistance and management given to health care providers and/or entities involved
in regional EMS/trauma systems planning by a physician or group of physicians
designated to provide technical assistance.
A. Medical Control
B. Medical Supervision
C. Medical Oversight
D. Offline Medical Direction - correct answer c. Medical Oversight
With regards to EMS and hospital, "Bypass" means one of the following: a) Direction
given to an EMS provider either by direct/on-line control, or predetermined triage
criteria, to bypass the nearest hospital for the most appropriate hospital/trauma facility.
B) Direction given to an EMS provider by the local hospital to bypass them with a
patient that they prefer not to accept.
C) Is a policy or procedure established by the EMS provider, allowing them to pick
which hospital they prefer to deliver patients to.
D) Is a decision often left up to the transporting EMS crew, as to which hospital to
deliver the patient to. - correct answer a) Direction given to an EMS provider either by
direct/on-line control, or predetermined triage criteria, to bypass the nearest hospital for
the most appropriate hospital/trauma facility.
2) A designated infection control officer is considered:
A General Trauma Facility is a facility that:
A. That only provides trauma care to patients.
B. Provides basic care to both trauma and medical patients.
C. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
D. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria for level III and level IV trauma facilities - correct
answer d. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria for level III and level IV trauma facilities
A Major Trauma Facility is a facility that:
A. Is equivalent to a level III trauma facility.
B. Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
C. Meets the requirements of a free standing emergency facility.
D. Meets the requirements of an urgent care facility. - correct answer b. Is equivalent to
a level II trauma facility.
Medical supervision must be provided by:
A. Licensed physicians
B. Paramedics
C. Registered Nurses
D. Physician Assistants - correct answer a. Licensed physicians
An AEMT is an individual who is certified by the department and is minimally proficient
in performing which of the following skills?
A. Intravenous therapy
B. Esophageal intubation
C. Endotracheal intubation
D. All of the above - correct answer d. All of the above
Care provided while transporting a patient between medical facilities is: a. Emergency
Care
B. Health Care
C. Facility Care
D. Interfacility Care - correct answer d. Interfacility Care
Abandonment is:
A) Leaving your station or assigned area without permission from a supervisor to do so.
B) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been
made or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced
treatment has been started.
C) Failure to gain patient consent for treatment if patient is alert, conscious, and
oriented.
D) Failure to show up for a shift that you have been assigned to. - correct answer b)
Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been made
or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment
has been started.
, A certificant is:
A) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from the Texas
Department of State Health Services
B) Any person certified to drive a vehicle
C) An individual who holds a current paramedic license from the NREMT. D) A
document showing that a student has completed training or continuing education hours.
- correct answer a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from
the Texas Department of State Health Services
An organized geographical area of at least three counties administered by a regional
advisory council for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient transportation and/or
treatment of sick and injured patients a. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
B. Regional EMS/Trauma System
C. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
D. Trauma Service Area - correct answer d. Trauma Service Area
A hospital that has successfully completed the designation process, is capable of
stabilization and/or definitive treatment of critically injured persons and actively
participates in a regional EMS/trauma system.
A. Trauma Facility
B. Designated Trauma Facility
C. Major Trauma Facility
D. Lead Trauma Facility - correct answer a. Trauma Facility
The assistance and management given to health care providers and/or entities involved
in regional EMS/trauma systems planning by a physician or group of physicians
designated to provide technical assistance.
A. Medical Control
B. Medical Supervision
C. Medical Oversight
D. Offline Medical Direction - correct answer c. Medical Oversight
With regards to EMS and hospital, "Bypass" means one of the following: a) Direction
given to an EMS provider either by direct/on-line control, or predetermined triage
criteria, to bypass the nearest hospital for the most appropriate hospital/trauma facility.
B) Direction given to an EMS provider by the local hospital to bypass them with a
patient that they prefer not to accept.
C) Is a policy or procedure established by the EMS provider, allowing them to pick
which hospital they prefer to deliver patients to.
D) Is a decision often left up to the transporting EMS crew, as to which hospital to
deliver the patient to. - correct answer a) Direction given to an EMS provider either by
direct/on-line control, or predetermined triage criteria, to bypass the nearest hospital for
the most appropriate hospital/trauma facility.
2) A designated infection control officer is considered:
