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Chapter 1-44
Chapter 1emergency Medical ServiceSystems, Research, and Public Health
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means ofJtransport toJand from theJhospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) DecreaseJthe incidence of death and disability related toJinjury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
Answer: CJD iff: 2 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
day EMS system evolvedJafter 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 19 66
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996
Answer: B D iff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would likeJto
work for your em ergency ambulanceJservice on a full-
time basis. KnowingJthe National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of
which element they need toJattain first?
A) They will be able to take care of only patients withJnon-life-threatening complaints.
B) They will first need approval from your ambulanceJservice's medical director.
C) They will be ableJtoJwork only with an AdvancedJEmergency Medical Technician
(AEMT) or Pa ramedic.
D) They will first have to become anJEmergency Medical Technician (EMT).
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,Answer: D Di ff: 1 PageJRef: 3
Objective: 1-1
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, theJfour levels of EMS
practitioners inc lude:
A) Ambulance drivers.
B) EMS medical director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergencymedical dispatchers.
Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
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, Objective: 1-3
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that
theyareinterested in be coming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to
do as an EMT that they cannot prese ntly do as an EMR. YouJrespond by saying they
will be able to:
A) Administer some medications.
B) Assist inJemergency childbirth.
C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
D) Obtain vital
signs. Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
oldJfemale in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) areJonJthe scene.
InJyour co mmunity, all EMS practitioners areJtrained according to the National EMS
Scope of Practice Mod el. Given this, which type of careJdo you expect the EMRs to
be providing?
A) Emergencymedication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) IntravenousJtherapy
D) Reading an
electrocardiogramJ Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
7) An EMT withJyour service states that they desireJtoJbecome aJParamedic because they
want to pro vide advanced care. Under theJNational EMS ScopeJof Practice Model,
which one of theseJtypes of care will they beJable to provide as a Paramedic that they
cannot provide as anJEMT?
A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition byJoseph J. mistovich Keith JKarren Brent Q. Hafen
Chapter 1-44
Chapter 1emergency Medical ServiceSystems, Research, and Public Health
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means ofJtransport toJand from theJhospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) DecreaseJthe incidence of death and disability related toJinjury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
Answer: CJD iff: 2 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
day EMS system evolvedJafter 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 19 66
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996
Answer: B D iff: 1 Page Ref: 2
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would likeJto
work for your em ergency ambulanceJservice on a full-
time basis. KnowingJthe National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of
which element they need toJattain first?
A) They will be able to take care of only patients withJnon-life-threatening complaints.
B) They will first need approval from your ambulanceJservice's medical director.
C) They will be ableJtoJwork only with an AdvancedJEmergency Medical Technician
(AEMT) or Pa ramedic.
D) They will first have to become anJEmergency Medical Technician (EMT).
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,Answer: D Di ff: 1 PageJRef: 3
Objective: 1-1
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, theJfour levels of EMS
practitioners inc lude:
A) Ambulance drivers.
B) EMS medical director.
C) Paramedics.
D) Emergencymedical dispatchers.
Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
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, Objective: 1-3
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that
theyareinterested in be coming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to
do as an EMT that they cannot prese ntly do as an EMR. YouJrespond by saying they
will be able to:
A) Administer some medications.
B) Assist inJemergency childbirth.
C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
D) Obtain vital
signs. Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-
oldJfemale in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) areJonJthe scene.
InJyour co mmunity, all EMS practitioners areJtrained according to the National EMS
Scope of Practice Mod el. Given this, which type of careJdo you expect the EMRs to
be providing?
A) Emergencymedication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) IntravenousJtherapy
D) Reading an
electrocardiogramJ Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
7) An EMT withJyour service states that they desireJtoJbecome aJParamedic because they
want to pro vide advanced care. Under theJNational EMS ScopeJof Practice Model,
which one of theseJtypes of care will they beJable to provide as a Paramedic that they
cannot provide as anJEMT?
A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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