Test Bank For Prehospital Emergency Care 12th Edition by Mistovich & Karren| 978-0138223861| All Chapters 1-46| LATEST

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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 hospitall l l l l l l l l


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
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lareas Answer: C l


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Objective: 1-2

2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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lwhich document? l


A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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lSociety," in 1966 l l


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


l1996 Answer: B l


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Objective: 1-2

3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for
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lyour emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope
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lof Practice Model, you inform them of which element they need to attain first?
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A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
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B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
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C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or
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lParamedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician
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l(EMT). Answer: D l


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Objective: 1-1

4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
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lpractitioners include: l


A) Ambulance drivers. l


B) EMS medical director. l l


C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers. l l


lAnswer: C
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5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in
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lbecoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot
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lpresently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be able to:l l l l l l l l l l l l l


A) Administer some medications. l l


B) Assist in emergency childbirth. l l l


C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
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D) Obtain vital l


signs.
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Answer: A
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Objective: 1-5

6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
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lResponders (EMRs) are on the scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained l l l l l l l l l l l l l


l according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you
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lexpect the EMRs to be providing? l l l l l


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B) Automated external defibrillation l l


C) Intravenous therapy l


D) Reading an electrocardiogram l l


lAnswer: B
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Objective: 1-5

7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they want
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lto provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of
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lthese types of care will they be able to provide as a Paramedic that they cannot
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lprovide as an EMT? l l l


A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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B) Assistance with emergency childbirth l l l


C) Providing interfacility transports l l


D) Initiating intravenous (IV) therapy l l l


lAnswer: D
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Objective: 1-5

8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the
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lservice supervisor? l


A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance,
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lunless 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 sick or
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linjured according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all
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lradio communications." l


D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a
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lknown or suspected infectious disease."l l l l




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, Answer: B
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