Critical Care Transport exam with |/ |/ |/ |/
correct answers
|/ |/
What additional healthcare provider may become part of the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transport team during the transport of a patient receiving
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Perfusionist
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Who invented the helicopter? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Igor
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Sikorsky
|/
A person's ability to withstand negative pressure or "bounce
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
back" from difficulties is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
✔✔Resilience
|/
CMS defines __________ as the use of specialized equipment and
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
specialized training beyond the paramedic scope of practice to
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
manage critically ill patients from facility to facility. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Specialty Care Transport
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What agency dictates CCTPs' scope of practice? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The state agency responsible for licensure
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When was the United States' first city ambulance service
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
established? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1869
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,Which of the following will indicate to dispatch that the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
interfacility transport requires critical care transport? - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔Intra-aoritic balloon pump (IABP)
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
A STEMI patient with three vasoactive medications infusing in a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
community hospital that is 10 miles away, 45 minutes with
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
current traffic, would be a candidate for which mode of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transportation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rotor-wing transport
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
__________ is the reaction of the mind and body to demand for
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
change. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stress
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Who initiated the first ambulance service in a US major
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
metropolitan area? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bellevue Hospital
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
What is the purpose of a quality assurance and improvement
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
(QA&I) program? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Generate data and
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
improve the service provided
|/ |/ |/ |/
The three steeps of the QA&I process are to define quality,
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
collect and gather data, and: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Get an
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
understanding of the underlying issue
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
How do critical care transport services ensure that their providers
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
maintain proficiency? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mandatory
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
competency training
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,Where did the first public services medevac program start? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Baltimore, Maryland
|/ |/ |/ |/
A 3-month old patient in Louisville, Kentucky, has a unique heart
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
condition that requires an intervention that is currently only
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
performed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. What is the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
best mode of transportation for this patient? - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔Fixed-wing transport
|/ |/ |/
Providing data from your transport system and participating in a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
database that compares it to other transport systems is: -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Benchmarking
|/ |/ |/
What vehicle was utilized in 1870 during the Prussian Siege of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Paris as the first documented case of air medical transport? -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hot air balloon
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
What exam must candidates pass in order to obtain nursing
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
licensure? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NCLEX-RN
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Which type of transport is the most expensive to operate? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Specialty Care Transport
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Interfacility transport is the transport of a patient between: -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Two healthcare facilities
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
, Critical care is the management of patients with life-threatening
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
conditions that requires: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Continuous
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
monitoring and drugs of equipment required to sustain life
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
When was the movement of injured patients first recorded? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 11th century, during the Crusades
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Where was the first hospital-based air ambulance program
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
developed? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Denver, Colorado
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
What is the first point of contact for the rotor-wing critical care
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
team? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The dispatcher
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Who taught the Knights of St. John first aid procedures? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Arab and Greek Physicians
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
How do you manage a patient when a sending physician refuses
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
to allow you to treat a patient appropriately according to your
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
protocols? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Contact the receiving
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
facilities physician
|/ |/
What is necessary for a CCTP to act outside of his or her
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
protocols? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical command physician
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
orders
|/
During the hand-off report from the transferring nurse, he tells
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
you that the patient has a DNR and only wants comfort
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
measures performed. En-route, the patient codes but you are
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
correct answers
|/ |/
What additional healthcare provider may become part of the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transport team during the transport of a patient receiving
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔Perfusionist
|/ |/
Who invented the helicopter? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Igor
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Sikorsky
|/
A person's ability to withstand negative pressure or "bounce
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
back" from difficulties is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
✔✔Resilience
|/
CMS defines __________ as the use of specialized equipment and
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
specialized training beyond the paramedic scope of practice to
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
manage critically ill patients from facility to facility. - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔Specialty Care Transport
|/ |/ |/ |/
What agency dictates CCTPs' scope of practice? - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔The state agency responsible for licensure
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
When was the United States' first city ambulance service
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
established? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1869
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
,Which of the following will indicate to dispatch that the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
interfacility transport requires critical care transport? - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔Intra-aoritic balloon pump (IABP)
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
A STEMI patient with three vasoactive medications infusing in a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
community hospital that is 10 miles away, 45 minutes with
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
current traffic, would be a candidate for which mode of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
transportation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rotor-wing transport
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
__________ is the reaction of the mind and body to demand for
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
change. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stress
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Who initiated the first ambulance service in a US major
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
metropolitan area? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bellevue Hospital
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
What is the purpose of a quality assurance and improvement
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
(QA&I) program? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Generate data and
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
improve the service provided
|/ |/ |/ |/
The three steeps of the QA&I process are to define quality,
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
collect and gather data, and: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Get an
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
understanding of the underlying issue
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
How do critical care transport services ensure that their providers
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
maintain proficiency? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mandatory
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
competency training
|/ |/
,Where did the first public services medevac program start? -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Baltimore, Maryland
|/ |/ |/ |/
A 3-month old patient in Louisville, Kentucky, has a unique heart
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
condition that requires an intervention that is currently only
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
performed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. What is the
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
best mode of transportation for this patient? - CORRECT
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
ANSWERS ✔✔Fixed-wing transport
|/ |/ |/
Providing data from your transport system and participating in a
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
database that compares it to other transport systems is: -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Benchmarking
|/ |/ |/
What vehicle was utilized in 1870 during the Prussian Siege of
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Paris as the first documented case of air medical transport? -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hot air balloon
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
What exam must candidates pass in order to obtain nursing
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
licensure? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔NCLEX-RN
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Which type of transport is the most expensive to operate? -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Specialty Care Transport
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Interfacility transport is the transport of a patient between: -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Two healthcare facilities
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/
, Critical care is the management of patients with life-threatening
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
conditions that requires: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Continuous
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
monitoring and drugs of equipment required to sustain life
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
When was the movement of injured patients first recorded? -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 11th century, during the Crusades
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Where was the first hospital-based air ambulance program
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
developed? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Denver, Colorado
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
What is the first point of contact for the rotor-wing critical care
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
team? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The dispatcher
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
Who taught the Knights of St. John first aid procedures? -
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Arab and Greek Physicians
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
How do you manage a patient when a sending physician refuses
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
to allow you to treat a patient appropriately according to your
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
protocols? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Contact the receiving
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
facilities physician
|/ |/
What is necessary for a CCTP to act outside of his or her
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
protocols? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medical command physician
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
orders
|/
During the hand-off report from the transferring nurse, he tells
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
you that the patient has a DNR and only wants comfort
|/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
measures performed. En-route, the patient codes but you are
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