Paramedic Chapters 1-4 2025 – Complete
Study Guide & Key Concepts
An unblinded research study is one in which: - ANSWER ✔✨---all research participants are advised
of all aspects of the project
Being empathetic toward a patient meanswer that you: - ANSWER ✔✨---acknowledge the
patient's feelings
Specific functions that the paramedic should perform prior to contacting medical control are called: -
ANSWER ✔✨---standing orders
The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transwerportation of the Sick and Injured, was published
in 1971 by the: - ANSWER ✔✨---American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
When faced with a situation that is not addressed in your EMS system's protocols, you should: -
ANSWER ✔✨---radio your medical director to obtain orders.
When gathering data for a research project that involves subjects in various age groups, standard
deviation outlines: - ANSWER ✔✨---how much the scores in each set will differ from the mean
,When research participants are advised of all the aspects of the project, the research project is said to
be: - ANSWER ✔✨---unblinded
When returning your unit to service following a call, the responsibility of ensuring that the unit is
restocked and ready for another call rests with: - ANSWER ✔✨---everyone on the EMS team
When using a group of subjects who range in age from 30 to 40 years, 35 years of age would considered
the: - ANSWER ✔✨---median or midpoint
While caring for an elderly man with abdominal pain, you are very open with the patient and answerwer
his questions honestly. These actions will MOST likely show the patient that you: - ANSWER ✔✨---
have integrity
You are dispatched to a residence at 3:00 AM for a 39-year-old man with signs of a common cold. When
caring for this patient, you should: - ANSWER ✔✨---educate the patient and tactfully discuss why a
cold is not an emergency
You arrive at a convenience store to find a middle-aged male in cardiac arrest. Your protocols provide
for standing orders in this type of scenario. This meanswer that you should: - ANSWER ✔✨---
perform certain interventions prior to contacting medical control
Burnout is a consequence of: - ANSWER ✔✨---chronic, unrelieved stress
Some health care professionals are reluctant to discuss death with patients because: -
ANSWER ✔✨---of their own anxiety about the subject
The ability to remain calm and think clearly when everything else is in disarray is a trait of: -
ANSWER ✔✨---professionalism
When a patient calls EMS for an apparent non-life-threatening condition, the paramedic should: -
ANSWER ✔✨---recall that what he or she considers to be a nonemergency may be very emergent
to the patient
, When caring for a confused elderly patient, it is MOST important for the paramedic to: -
ANSWER ✔✨---explain what he or she is doing at all times
Children are at higher risk for serious injury than adults because of: - ANSWER ✔✨---a
proportionately larger head
If a 16-year-old child is killed in a car crash, how many years of potential life are lost? -
ANSWER ✔✨---49
Although the technicalities of EMS DNR orders vary from state to state, they all: - ANSWER ✔✨---
designed to tell EMS providers when and when not to perform resuscitative measures
Historically, most EMTALA violations occurred when: - ANSWER ✔✨---the patient did not have
medical insurance
If a patient makes a decision regarding his or her own health care and the paramedic does not agree
with that decision, the paramedic should: - ANSWER ✔✨---respect the patient's wishes, assuming
he or she has decision-making capacity
If a volunteer paramedic has signed up to work a shift for an EMS system: - ANSWER ✔✨---he or
she is obligated to respond to calls during the shift
Implied consent is based on the premise that a patient: - ANSWER ✔✨---would consent to care
because of the seriousness of his or her injury
When determining the most appropriate hospital to which to transwerport a patient, the paramedic's
FIRST consideration should be: - ANSWER ✔✨---the patient's clinical condition
What is NOT a required element needed to prove negligence? - ANSWER ✔✨---The patient's
condition was life threatening
Study Guide & Key Concepts
An unblinded research study is one in which: - ANSWER ✔✨---all research participants are advised
of all aspects of the project
Being empathetic toward a patient meanswer that you: - ANSWER ✔✨---acknowledge the
patient's feelings
Specific functions that the paramedic should perform prior to contacting medical control are called: -
ANSWER ✔✨---standing orders
The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transwerportation of the Sick and Injured, was published
in 1971 by the: - ANSWER ✔✨---American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
When faced with a situation that is not addressed in your EMS system's protocols, you should: -
ANSWER ✔✨---radio your medical director to obtain orders.
When gathering data for a research project that involves subjects in various age groups, standard
deviation outlines: - ANSWER ✔✨---how much the scores in each set will differ from the mean
,When research participants are advised of all the aspects of the project, the research project is said to
be: - ANSWER ✔✨---unblinded
When returning your unit to service following a call, the responsibility of ensuring that the unit is
restocked and ready for another call rests with: - ANSWER ✔✨---everyone on the EMS team
When using a group of subjects who range in age from 30 to 40 years, 35 years of age would considered
the: - ANSWER ✔✨---median or midpoint
While caring for an elderly man with abdominal pain, you are very open with the patient and answerwer
his questions honestly. These actions will MOST likely show the patient that you: - ANSWER ✔✨---
have integrity
You are dispatched to a residence at 3:00 AM for a 39-year-old man with signs of a common cold. When
caring for this patient, you should: - ANSWER ✔✨---educate the patient and tactfully discuss why a
cold is not an emergency
You arrive at a convenience store to find a middle-aged male in cardiac arrest. Your protocols provide
for standing orders in this type of scenario. This meanswer that you should: - ANSWER ✔✨---
perform certain interventions prior to contacting medical control
Burnout is a consequence of: - ANSWER ✔✨---chronic, unrelieved stress
Some health care professionals are reluctant to discuss death with patients because: -
ANSWER ✔✨---of their own anxiety about the subject
The ability to remain calm and think clearly when everything else is in disarray is a trait of: -
ANSWER ✔✨---professionalism
When a patient calls EMS for an apparent non-life-threatening condition, the paramedic should: -
ANSWER ✔✨---recall that what he or she considers to be a nonemergency may be very emergent
to the patient
, When caring for a confused elderly patient, it is MOST important for the paramedic to: -
ANSWER ✔✨---explain what he or she is doing at all times
Children are at higher risk for serious injury than adults because of: - ANSWER ✔✨---a
proportionately larger head
If a 16-year-old child is killed in a car crash, how many years of potential life are lost? -
ANSWER ✔✨---49
Although the technicalities of EMS DNR orders vary from state to state, they all: - ANSWER ✔✨---
designed to tell EMS providers when and when not to perform resuscitative measures
Historically, most EMTALA violations occurred when: - ANSWER ✔✨---the patient did not have
medical insurance
If a patient makes a decision regarding his or her own health care and the paramedic does not agree
with that decision, the paramedic should: - ANSWER ✔✨---respect the patient's wishes, assuming
he or she has decision-making capacity
If a volunteer paramedic has signed up to work a shift for an EMS system: - ANSWER ✔✨---he or
she is obligated to respond to calls during the shift
Implied consent is based on the premise that a patient: - ANSWER ✔✨---would consent to care
because of the seriousness of his or her injury
When determining the most appropriate hospital to which to transwerport a patient, the paramedic's
FIRST consideration should be: - ANSWER ✔✨---the patient's clinical condition
What is NOT a required element needed to prove negligence? - ANSWER ✔✨---The patient's
condition was life threatening
