TDSHS Jurisprudence refers to the legal principles and regulations governing public health and safety
within Texas. It focuses on understanding Texas health codes, licensing requirements, and ethical
standards for health practitioners and services. The exam typically tests knowledge of these laws and how
they apply in various public health and safety scenarios.
_____ - A detailed, written set of instructions by the EMS Provider medical director, which may include
delegated standing medical orders, to guide patient care or the performance of medical procedures as
approved.
A) Standard Operating Procedures
B) Protocols
C) Rules and Regulations
D) Standard Operating Guidelines - ✔✔-Protocols
_____ - An educational activity in which the learner takes the initiative and the responsibility for
assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the activity.
A) Continuing education
B) Classroom Instruction
C) Orientations programs
D) Self-directed study - ✔✔-Self-directed study
_____ - An individual who is certified by the department as minimally proficient to provide emergency
prehospital or interfacility care in health care facility's emergency or urgent care clinical setting, including
a hospital emergency room and a freestanding emergency medical care facility by providing advanced life
support that includes initiation and maintenance under medical supervision of certain procedures,
including intravenous therapy, endotracheal or esophageal intubation or both, electrical cardiac
defibrillation or cardioversion, and drug therapy.
A) Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
B) Emergency Medical Services Volunteer
C) Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
D) All of the above. - ✔✔-Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
, _____ - An injury or wound to a living body caused by the application of an external force, including but
not limited to violence, burns, poisonings, submersion incidents, traumatic brain injuries, traumatic spinal
cord injuries, and suffocations.
A) Trauma
B) CPR
C) sickness
D) mental illness - ✔✔-Trauma
_____ - An organization serving as the Department of State Health Services recognized health care
coalition responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the regional trauma and
emergency health care system within the geographic jurisdiction of the Trauma Service Area. A Regional
Advisory Council (c)(3) status.
A) Regional Advisory Council
B) Regional EMS/trauma system
C) Regional Medical Director
D) Local EMS provider - ✔✔-Regional Advisory Council
_____ - Direction given to emergency medical services personnel by a licensed physician under the terms
of the Medical Practice Act, (Occupations Code, Chapters 151-165) and rules promulgated by the Texas
Medical Board pursuant to the terms of the Medical Practice Act.
A) Medical oversight
B) Medical control
C) Medical Director
D) Medical supervision - ✔✔-Medical supervision
_____ - Educational activities that are related to the content areas designed to promote and enrich
knowledge, improve skills, and develop attitudes for the enhancement of professional practice, thus
improving the quality of emergency medical services provided to the public.
A) Clinical learning experiences
B) Classroom instruction
C) Continuing education
D) Credit course - ✔✔-Continuing education