2024 EMT JBL HW CHAPTERS 1-10
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
American Heart Association protocols are based on _________ - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. Evidence- Based Research
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with
chest pain based on: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. Medical director approval
National guidelines for EMS care are intended to __________. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSD.provide more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United
States
Online medical control requires __________. - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. phone or
radio contact with the medical director
Which of the following statements regarding a patient refusal is correct? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSD. A mentally competent adult has the legal right to
refuse EMS care and transport.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's
condition. After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you
should: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. advise the physician that the order is unclear
and ask for clarification.
Ethnocentrism is defined as: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. considering your own
cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a
different culture
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be: -
CORRECT-ANSWERSB. brief and easily understood.
Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate to document in the
narrative section of a PCR? - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. "General impression
revealed that the patient was intoxicated."
You are providing care to a 61-year-old female complaining of chest pain
that is cardiac in origin. Your service utilizes a multiplex communication
system. You wish to transmit the patient's electrocardiogram to the hospital.
In order to accomplish this, you must: - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. use the
multiplex system to transmit the information .
, During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and
nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your
question immediately. You should: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. allow him time to
think about the question and respond to it.
When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to
remember that: - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. most older people think clearly and
are capable of answering questions.
You could be sued for ___________ if your radio report to the hospital
describes the patient in a manner that injures his or her reputation. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Slander
When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's
privacy by: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. not disclosing his or her name.
A patient has fractured both femurs. Anatomically, these injuries would be
described as being: - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Bilateral
You are transporting a 67-year-old female patient to the hospital for
investigation of abdominal pain. The patient care record indicates that the
patient has a history of AAA. Based on this information, the patient care
record includes an abbreviation for: - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. abdominal aortic
aneurysm
The_________ of the heart is the inferior portion of the ventricles. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. apex
The term "pericardiocentesis" means: - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. the removal of
fluid from around the heart
Which of the following suffixes means "pertaining to"? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSD. "-al" and "-ic"
"Myo" in the word myocarditis means: - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. Muscle
The topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are
closer toward the midline of the body is: - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. medial
"Gastro" in the word "gastroenteritis" means: - CORRECT-ANSWERSA.
Stomach
The meaning "around" can have which of the following prefixes? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. "peri-" and "circum-"
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
American Heart Association protocols are based on _________ - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. Evidence- Based Research
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with
chest pain based on: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. Medical director approval
National guidelines for EMS care are intended to __________. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSD.provide more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United
States
Online medical control requires __________. - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. phone or
radio contact with the medical director
Which of the following statements regarding a patient refusal is correct? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSD. A mentally competent adult has the legal right to
refuse EMS care and transport.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's
condition. After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you
should: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. advise the physician that the order is unclear
and ask for clarification.
Ethnocentrism is defined as: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. considering your own
cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a
different culture
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be: -
CORRECT-ANSWERSB. brief and easily understood.
Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate to document in the
narrative section of a PCR? - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. "General impression
revealed that the patient was intoxicated."
You are providing care to a 61-year-old female complaining of chest pain
that is cardiac in origin. Your service utilizes a multiplex communication
system. You wish to transmit the patient's electrocardiogram to the hospital.
In order to accomplish this, you must: - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. use the
multiplex system to transmit the information .
, During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and
nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your
question immediately. You should: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. allow him time to
think about the question and respond to it.
When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to
remember that: - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. most older people think clearly and
are capable of answering questions.
You could be sued for ___________ if your radio report to the hospital
describes the patient in a manner that injures his or her reputation. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Slander
When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's
privacy by: - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. not disclosing his or her name.
A patient has fractured both femurs. Anatomically, these injuries would be
described as being: - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Bilateral
You are transporting a 67-year-old female patient to the hospital for
investigation of abdominal pain. The patient care record indicates that the
patient has a history of AAA. Based on this information, the patient care
record includes an abbreviation for: - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. abdominal aortic
aneurysm
The_________ of the heart is the inferior portion of the ventricles. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. apex
The term "pericardiocentesis" means: - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. the removal of
fluid from around the heart
Which of the following suffixes means "pertaining to"? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSD. "-al" and "-ic"
"Myo" in the word myocarditis means: - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. Muscle
The topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are
closer toward the midline of the body is: - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. medial
"Gastro" in the word "gastroenteritis" means: - CORRECT-ANSWERSA.
Stomach
The meaning "around" can have which of the following prefixes? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA. "peri-" and "circum-"
