Test Bank For Prehospital Emergency Care 12th Edition By Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren |All Chapters, Year-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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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areasA
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nswer: C x



Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
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Objective: 1-2 x




2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
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day EMS system evolved after the release of whichdocument?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of ModernSo
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ciety" in 1966 x x



C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996A x x x x x x x x x



nswer: B x



Diff: 1 xPage Ref: 3 x x



Objective: 1-2 x




3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for your
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emergency ambulance service on a full- x x x x x



time ba s. Knowing the National EMS Scope ofPractice 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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D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical TechnicianA
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nswer: D x



Diff: 1 xPage Ref: 6-7 x x



Objective: 1-1 x




4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMSprac
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titioners include: x



A) Ambulance drivers x



B) EMS medical director x x



C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers x x x



Answer: C x



Diff: 1 xPage Ref: 6-7 x x



Objective: 1-3 x




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,5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested inbec
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oming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot presently
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do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications x x



B) As st in emergency childbirth
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C) Use an automated external defibrillator
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D) Obtain vital gnsA x xx x



nswer: A x



Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-5 x




6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
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old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your commu
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nity, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Giv
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en this, which type of care do youexpect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration x x



B) Automated external defibrillation x x



C) Intravenous therapy x



D) Reading an electrocardiogram x x x



Answer: B x



Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6 x x x



Objective: 1-5 x




7) An EMT with your service states that she de res to become a paramedic because she wants toprovi
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de advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types of care
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will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Automated blood pressure monitoring x x x



B) As stance with emergency childbirth
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C) Interfacility transports x



D) IV therapy x x



Answer: D x



Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7 x x x



Objective: 1-5 x




8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or theser
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vice supervisor?x



A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance,unle
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ss I have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is ck orinjured
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according to dispatch information." x x x



C) "When I am driving with lights and rens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle allradio c
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ommunications."
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known orsuspe
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cted infectious disease."
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Answer: B x



Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9 x x x



Objective: 1-7 x




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, 9) Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role andres
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pon bilities related to being an EMT?
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A) "The patient's needs come before anyone else's needs."
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B) "At the scene of an emergency, my respon bility is to get to the patient no matter what."
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C) "My safety comes first, and then the patient's safety."
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D) "As an EMT, I recognize that the public's safety comes before the safety of me or mypartn
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er."
Answer: C x



Diff: 2 Page Ref: 8-9
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Objective: 1-7 x




10) An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency. O
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n scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and then d
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ragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconsciousand was bleeding from t
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he head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
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A) Do not enter the scene until it has been controlled by law enforcement
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B) Quietly enter the home and quickly move the patient to the ambulance
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C) Remove the husband from the house, then provide emergency care to the wife
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D) Enter the home to protect the patient while waiting for the police to arriveAns
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wer: A x



Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
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Objective: 1-7 x




11) Why is EMS in a unique po tion to contribute gnificantly to mobile integrated health care?
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A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the out-of-
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hospitalenvironment x



B) Ambulances are ea ly identified x x x x



C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
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D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication administrationAn
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swer: A x



Diff: 1 Page Ref: 17
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Objective: 1-15 x




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