Test Bank for Prehospital Emergency Care (12th Ed) by Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren, and Brent Q. Hafen (FULLY UPDATED 2025!!)

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Chapter 1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decreasegthegincidencegofgdeathgandgdisabilitygrelatedgtoginjurygand gillness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved
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areas Answer: C
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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which document?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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1996 Answer: B
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work
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for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS
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Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of which element?
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A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
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C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
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EMS practitioners include:
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C) Paramedics
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