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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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the
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release of which document?
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to
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work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the
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National EMS 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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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four
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