MFR Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
EMS - Answers Emergency Medical Services
the chain of human resources and services linked together to provide continuous care
Medical Director - Answers The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to
provide medical care in the field.
Medical Oversight - Answers the medical policies, procedures, and practices established by the medical
director of an EMS system.
Scope of practice - Answers The skills and responsibilities of your level of training.
Types of EMS Personal - Answers Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
Paramedics
Roles of an EMT - Answers Asessment, care, transportation
*possibly starting IV lines, or Advanced Airways
Roles of an AEMT - Answers EMT plus IVs, Advanced Airways, and certain drugs
Roles of a paramedic - Answers Roles of a AEMT and interpreting ECGs/cardiac Rhythms, defibillation,
and more drugs
PSAP - Answers Public Safety Answering Point
A 911 operator
EMD - Answers Emergency Medical Dispatcher
Protocols - Answers written guidelines that direct the care EMS personnel provide for patients
standing order - Answers written in advance of a situation that is to be carried out under specific
circumstances
,off-line medical direction - Answers Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allow EMTs to
give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical Director or
another physician.
on-line medical direction - Answers Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the
field by radio or telephone.
PPE for EMRs - Answers Disposable Gloves
Barrier Devices
Protective Eyewear
Masks
Gowns and Aprons
CQI - Answers Continuous Quality Improvement
DMAT - Answers Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Duty - Answers A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility
standard of care - Answers the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under
the same or similar circumstances
Ethics - Answers the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Consent - Answers permission to do something
Capacity - Answers The patients legal rights and abilities to make decisions concerning his/her medical
care
Competence - Answers Ability to comprehend the situation
Expressed Consent - Answers consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to
make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being
Informed Consent - Answers Consent given by a patient after they have been informed of the care being
suggested
Implied consent - Answers Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given
treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
Emancipated Minors - Answers A person who is under the legal age in a given state but, because of
other circumstances, is legally considered an adult.
,Advance Directives - Answers A legal document designed to indicate a person's wishes regarding care in
case of a terminal illness or during the dying process
DNR - Answers do not resuscitate
POLST - Answers Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment
Negligence - Answers Failure to provide expected standard of care
4 elements of negligence - Answers duty, breach, causation, damages
Abandonment - Answers Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been
transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Confidentiality - Answers the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals
Baseline health status - Answers A preemployment medical examination to determine overall health
status prior to beginning a job
Standard precations - Answers Steps to protect against Exposure to bodily fluids
Universal Precautions - Answers Assume everyone is infectious
BSI - Answers Body Substance Isolation
OSHA - Answers Occupational Safety and Health Administration
4 routes of exposure - Answers Ingestion, Inhalation, Injection, Absorption
Pathogen - Answers An organism that causes disease
CDC - Answers Center for Disease Control
4 Diseases of most concern to EMR - Answers HIV
Hepatitis
Tuberculosis
Meningitis
HIV - Answers human immunodeficiency virus
Does not survive well outside the body
Transmitted through direct contact with fluids
, Hepatitus B Virus - Answers Virus caused by contact with bodily fluids and can cause scarring of the liver,
liver failure, cancer, or death.
There is a vaccine
Hepatitis C Virus - Answers Produces a mild disease initially, but most individuals develop chronic
hepatitis that can lead to chronic liver disease
No Vaccine
TB - Answers Tuberculosis
Transmitted through airborne droplets
No Vaccine
Meningitus - Answers inflammation of the meninges, can be bacterial, viral, or fungal.
Transmitted through respiratory secretions
Vaccine for only 1 strain
H1N1 - Answers swine flu
SARS - Answers severe acute respiratory syndrome
WNV - Answers West Nile Virus
Avian Flu - Answers H5N1
MRSA - Answers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
MCI - Answers mass casualty incident
Stages of Grief - Answers 1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
EMS - Answers Emergency Medical Services
the chain of human resources and services linked together to provide continuous care
Medical Director - Answers The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to
provide medical care in the field.
Medical Oversight - Answers the medical policies, procedures, and practices established by the medical
director of an EMS system.
Scope of practice - Answers The skills and responsibilities of your level of training.
Types of EMS Personal - Answers Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
Paramedics
Roles of an EMT - Answers Asessment, care, transportation
*possibly starting IV lines, or Advanced Airways
Roles of an AEMT - Answers EMT plus IVs, Advanced Airways, and certain drugs
Roles of a paramedic - Answers Roles of a AEMT and interpreting ECGs/cardiac Rhythms, defibillation,
and more drugs
PSAP - Answers Public Safety Answering Point
A 911 operator
EMD - Answers Emergency Medical Dispatcher
Protocols - Answers written guidelines that direct the care EMS personnel provide for patients
standing order - Answers written in advance of a situation that is to be carried out under specific
circumstances
,off-line medical direction - Answers Standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allow EMTs to
give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical Director or
another physician.
on-line medical direction - Answers Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the
field by radio or telephone.
PPE for EMRs - Answers Disposable Gloves
Barrier Devices
Protective Eyewear
Masks
Gowns and Aprons
CQI - Answers Continuous Quality Improvement
DMAT - Answers Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Duty - Answers A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility
standard of care - Answers the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under
the same or similar circumstances
Ethics - Answers the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Consent - Answers permission to do something
Capacity - Answers The patients legal rights and abilities to make decisions concerning his/her medical
care
Competence - Answers Ability to comprehend the situation
Expressed Consent - Answers consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to
make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being
Informed Consent - Answers Consent given by a patient after they have been informed of the care being
suggested
Implied consent - Answers Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given
treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
Emancipated Minors - Answers A person who is under the legal age in a given state but, because of
other circumstances, is legally considered an adult.
,Advance Directives - Answers A legal document designed to indicate a person's wishes regarding care in
case of a terminal illness or during the dying process
DNR - Answers do not resuscitate
POLST - Answers Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment
Negligence - Answers Failure to provide expected standard of care
4 elements of negligence - Answers duty, breach, causation, damages
Abandonment - Answers Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been
transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Confidentiality - Answers the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals
Baseline health status - Answers A preemployment medical examination to determine overall health
status prior to beginning a job
Standard precations - Answers Steps to protect against Exposure to bodily fluids
Universal Precautions - Answers Assume everyone is infectious
BSI - Answers Body Substance Isolation
OSHA - Answers Occupational Safety and Health Administration
4 routes of exposure - Answers Ingestion, Inhalation, Injection, Absorption
Pathogen - Answers An organism that causes disease
CDC - Answers Center for Disease Control
4 Diseases of most concern to EMR - Answers HIV
Hepatitis
Tuberculosis
Meningitis
HIV - Answers human immunodeficiency virus
Does not survive well outside the body
Transmitted through direct contact with fluids
, Hepatitus B Virus - Answers Virus caused by contact with bodily fluids and can cause scarring of the liver,
liver failure, cancer, or death.
There is a vaccine
Hepatitis C Virus - Answers Produces a mild disease initially, but most individuals develop chronic
hepatitis that can lead to chronic liver disease
No Vaccine
TB - Answers Tuberculosis
Transmitted through airborne droplets
No Vaccine
Meningitus - Answers inflammation of the meninges, can be bacterial, viral, or fungal.
Transmitted through respiratory secretions
Vaccine for only 1 strain
H1N1 - Answers swine flu
SARS - Answers severe acute respiratory syndrome
WNV - Answers West Nile Virus
Avian Flu - Answers H5N1
MRSA - Answers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
MCI - Answers mass casualty incident
Stages of Grief - Answers 1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
