EMT Exam 1 Chapters 1
A 40-year-old man has been seriously injured in a car crash. He is unresponsive and has what you
believe to be a collapsed lung. Additionally, his left leg is severely deformed with heavy bleeding and his
vital signs are unstable. A passenger in the car informs you that the patient has diabetes and significant
heart problems. Given this information, what is the best destination for this patient, assuming all of the
facilities are the same distance away?
A) Cardiac center
B) Spine injury center
C) Trauma center
D) Stroke center - ANSTrauma Center
What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas - ANSDecrease the incidence
of death and disability related to injury and illness
You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders
(EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National
EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram - ANSAutomated external defibrillation
The county dispatch center where you work employs emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) as call
takers. Using EMDs as opposed to a person who is just a "call taker" enables the dispatch center to:
,A) Process all emergency calls, including those asking for police, fire, and EMS assistance
B) Provide medical instructions to the caller prior to the arrival of EMS personnel
C) Use computer technology when dispatching the closest ambulance
D) Properly utilize an enhanced 911 call-taking system - ANSProvide medical instruction to the caller
prior to the arrival of EMS personnel
You work in a community that has an "enhanced" 911 system. Given this, which is true about such a
system?
A) The physical location of the landline used to make the 911 call is displayed to the call taker
B) The EMS system uses EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and paramedics
C) The fire department responds simultaneously with EMS
D) The total response time for EMS will rarely exceed 9 minutes - ANSThe physical location of the
landline used to make the 911 call is displayed to the call taker
Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital environment
B) Ambulances are easily identified
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration - ANSEMS providers
are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out of hospital environment
Which of these tasks has not been identified as one that could be provided by a mobile integrated
health care system?
A) Manage patients who are at a high risk for hospital readmission
B) Assist in the ongoing home management of chronic conditions
C) Provide preventive services and check up on patients after discharge
, D) Conduct health screening and provide minor outpatient surgical services - ANSConduct health
screening and provide minor outpatient surgical services
A 14-year-old boy has fallen through a plate glass window and is bleeding heavily from a laceration to
his arm. His panicked mother has called 911 for help. Since the 911 operators are also emergency
medical dispatchers, what sort of assistance will they be able to provide?
A) Simultaneous notification of the hospital
B) Whether the EMS response is covered by medical insurance
C) Instructions on how to control bleeding
D) The names of the EMTs who are responding - ANSInstructions on how to control bleeding
In the public health continuum, what is the first responsibility that public health officials must satisfy to
improve the health of a community?
A) Identify problems that affect the health of the population in question
B) Design a plan for remediating the disturbances that cause a population's health to decline
C) Integrate their work with EMS services to provide outpatient home care services designed to improve
health
D) Meet with city administrators to determine which type of public health budget will be provided so
cost-effective plans can be established - ANSIdentify problems that affect the health of the population in
question
Which statement about emergency medical services in the United States is true?
A) The EMS system is controlled and governed by the National Highway Transport and Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
B) The federal government oversees all aspects of EMS in the United States
C) Each state has governmental control of its own EMS system, independent of the federal government
D) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services establishes curricula for all levels of EMS
education - ANSEach state has government oversees all aspects of EMS in the United States
A 40-year-old man has been seriously injured in a car crash. He is unresponsive and has what you
believe to be a collapsed lung. Additionally, his left leg is severely deformed with heavy bleeding and his
vital signs are unstable. A passenger in the car informs you that the patient has diabetes and significant
heart problems. Given this information, what is the best destination for this patient, assuming all of the
facilities are the same distance away?
A) Cardiac center
B) Spine injury center
C) Trauma center
D) Stroke center - ANSTrauma Center
What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas - ANSDecrease the incidence
of death and disability related to injury and illness
You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders
(EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National
EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram - ANSAutomated external defibrillation
The county dispatch center where you work employs emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) as call
takers. Using EMDs as opposed to a person who is just a "call taker" enables the dispatch center to:
,A) Process all emergency calls, including those asking for police, fire, and EMS assistance
B) Provide medical instructions to the caller prior to the arrival of EMS personnel
C) Use computer technology when dispatching the closest ambulance
D) Properly utilize an enhanced 911 call-taking system - ANSProvide medical instruction to the caller
prior to the arrival of EMS personnel
You work in a community that has an "enhanced" 911 system. Given this, which is true about such a
system?
A) The physical location of the landline used to make the 911 call is displayed to the call taker
B) The EMS system uses EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and paramedics
C) The fire department responds simultaneously with EMS
D) The total response time for EMS will rarely exceed 9 minutes - ANSThe physical location of the
landline used to make the 911 call is displayed to the call taker
Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile integrated health care?
A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-hospital environment
B) Ambulances are easily identified
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administration - ANSEMS providers
are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out of hospital environment
Which of these tasks has not been identified as one that could be provided by a mobile integrated
health care system?
A) Manage patients who are at a high risk for hospital readmission
B) Assist in the ongoing home management of chronic conditions
C) Provide preventive services and check up on patients after discharge
, D) Conduct health screening and provide minor outpatient surgical services - ANSConduct health
screening and provide minor outpatient surgical services
A 14-year-old boy has fallen through a plate glass window and is bleeding heavily from a laceration to
his arm. His panicked mother has called 911 for help. Since the 911 operators are also emergency
medical dispatchers, what sort of assistance will they be able to provide?
A) Simultaneous notification of the hospital
B) Whether the EMS response is covered by medical insurance
C) Instructions on how to control bleeding
D) The names of the EMTs who are responding - ANSInstructions on how to control bleeding
In the public health continuum, what is the first responsibility that public health officials must satisfy to
improve the health of a community?
A) Identify problems that affect the health of the population in question
B) Design a plan for remediating the disturbances that cause a population's health to decline
C) Integrate their work with EMS services to provide outpatient home care services designed to improve
health
D) Meet with city administrators to determine which type of public health budget will be provided so
cost-effective plans can be established - ANSIdentify problems that affect the health of the population in
question
Which statement about emergency medical services in the United States is true?
A) The EMS system is controlled and governed by the National Highway Transport and Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
B) The federal government oversees all aspects of EMS in the United States
C) Each state has governmental control of its own EMS system, independent of the federal government
D) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services establishes curricula for all levels of EMS
education - ANSEach state has government oversees all aspects of EMS in the United States
