PREHOSPITAL CARE CHAPTER 1-6 EXAM #1
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1) 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
Answer - the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
Page Ref: 7
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the
release of which document?
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society" in 1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 Answer - The
white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society" in 1966
,Page Ref: 3
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would
like to work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis.
Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of which
element
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening
complaints
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician Answer - He
will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician
Page Ref: 6-7
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
EMS practitioners include:
A) Ambulance drivers
B) EMS medical director
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers Answer - Paramedics
Page Ref: 6-7
,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he
is interested in becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to
do as an EMT that he cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he
will be able to:
A) Administer some medications
B) Assist in emergency childbirth
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
D) Obtain vital signs Answer - Administer some medications
Page Ref: 6-7
6) 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 Answer - Automated external defibrillation
Page Ref: 6
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic
because she wants to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of
Practice Model, which one of these types of care will she be able to provide as
a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
A) Automated blood pressure monitoring
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth
, C) Interfacility transports
D) IV therapy Answer - D) IV therapy
Page Ref: 7
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a
superior or the service supervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of
the ambulance, unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a
child is sick or injured according to dispatch information."
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will
need to handle all radio communications."
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not
have a known or suspected infectious disease. Answer - "I drive as fast as I can
to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured
according to dispatch information."
Page Ref: 9
9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role
and responsibilities related to being an EMT?
A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no
matter what."
C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of
me or my partner." Answer - "My safety comes first, and then the patient's
safety."
(LATEST) 2025 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED
100% CORRECT!!
1) 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
Answer - the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
Page Ref: 7
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the
release of which document?
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society" in 1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 Answer - The
white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society" in 1966
,Page Ref: 3
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would
like to work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis.
Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of which
element
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening
complaints
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician Answer - He
will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician
Page Ref: 6-7
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
EMS practitioners include:
A) Ambulance drivers
B) EMS medical director
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers Answer - Paramedics
Page Ref: 6-7
,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he
is interested in becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to
do as an EMT that he cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he
will be able to:
A) Administer some medications
B) Assist in emergency childbirth
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
D) Obtain vital signs Answer - Administer some medications
Page Ref: 6-7
6) 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 Answer - Automated external defibrillation
Page Ref: 6
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic
because she wants to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of
Practice Model, which one of these types of care will she be able to provide as
a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
A) Automated blood pressure monitoring
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth
, C) Interfacility transports
D) IV therapy Answer - D) IV therapy
Page Ref: 7
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a
superior or the service supervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of
the ambulance, unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a
child is sick or injured according to dispatch information."
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will
need to handle all radio communications."
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not
have a known or suspected infectious disease. Answer - "I drive as fast as I can
to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or injured
according to dispatch information."
Page Ref: 9
9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role
and responsibilities related to being an EMT?
A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
B) "At the scene of an emergency, my responsibility is to get to the patient no
matter what."
C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of
me or my partner." Answer - "My safety comes first, and then the patient's
safety."
