EMT CHAPTER 1 EMS SYSTEMS
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
\Q\.According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to:
A. Administer epinephrine via the subcutaneous route.
B. assist a patient with certain prescribed medications.
C. insert a peripheral IV line and infuse fluids.
D. interpret a basic (ECG) rhythm and treat accordingly. - ANSWERS✔-Assist a patient with
certain prescribed medications.
\Q\.An appropriate demonstration of professionalism when your patient is frightened,
demanding, or unpleasant is to:
A. Demand that the patient remain quiet and cooperative during transport.
B. Continue to be nonjudgemental, compassionate, and respectful.
C. Reassure the patient that everything will be all right, even if it will not be.
D. Ignore the patient's feelings and focus on his or her medical complaint. - ANSWERS✔-
Continue tho be nonjudgemental, compassionate, and respectful.
\Q\.An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life support
(ALS) is called a(n):
A. Paramedic
, B. Advanced EMT (AEMT)
C. EMR
D. EMT - ANSWERS✔-Paramedic
\Q\.Continuing education in EMS serves to:
A. Confirm research and statistical findings in prehospital care.
B. Provide an ongoing review and audit of the EMS system.
C. Maintain, update, and expand the EMTs knowledge and skills
D. Enforce mandatory attendance at agency-specific training. - ANSWERS✔-Maintain, update,
and expand the EMTs knowledge and skills.
\Q\.EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of:
A. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured.
B. The Emergency Medical Services Act.
C. The Department of Transportation's White Paper: Death and Dying.
D. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society - ANSWERS✔-
Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
\Q\.If a defribillator manufacturer claims that its device terminates ventricular fibrillation on the
first shock 95% of the time, you should:
A. Determine which device the American Heart Association recommends
B. recognize that this does not mean the device will save more lives.
C. Purchase the device based solely on the manufacturer's claim.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
\Q\.According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to:
A. Administer epinephrine via the subcutaneous route.
B. assist a patient with certain prescribed medications.
C. insert a peripheral IV line and infuse fluids.
D. interpret a basic (ECG) rhythm and treat accordingly. - ANSWERS✔-Assist a patient with
certain prescribed medications.
\Q\.An appropriate demonstration of professionalism when your patient is frightened,
demanding, or unpleasant is to:
A. Demand that the patient remain quiet and cooperative during transport.
B. Continue to be nonjudgemental, compassionate, and respectful.
C. Reassure the patient that everything will be all right, even if it will not be.
D. Ignore the patient's feelings and focus on his or her medical complaint. - ANSWERS✔-
Continue tho be nonjudgemental, compassionate, and respectful.
\Q\.An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life support
(ALS) is called a(n):
A. Paramedic
, B. Advanced EMT (AEMT)
C. EMR
D. EMT - ANSWERS✔-Paramedic
\Q\.Continuing education in EMS serves to:
A. Confirm research and statistical findings in prehospital care.
B. Provide an ongoing review and audit of the EMS system.
C. Maintain, update, and expand the EMTs knowledge and skills
D. Enforce mandatory attendance at agency-specific training. - ANSWERS✔-Maintain, update,
and expand the EMTs knowledge and skills.
\Q\.EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of:
A. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured.
B. The Emergency Medical Services Act.
C. The Department of Transportation's White Paper: Death and Dying.
D. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society - ANSWERS✔-
Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
\Q\.If a defribillator manufacturer claims that its device terminates ventricular fibrillation on the
first shock 95% of the time, you should:
A. Determine which device the American Heart Association recommends
B. recognize that this does not mean the device will save more lives.
C. Purchase the device based solely on the manufacturer's claim.
