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Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J. Mistovich Keith J Karren Brent Q. Hafen
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Chapter 1-44 zl




Chapter 1 zl Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health zl zl zl zl zl zl zl




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 zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl



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 areas A
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nswer: C z l



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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-
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day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
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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 Modern Society," in
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1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 A zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl



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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for yo
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ur emergency ambulance service on a full-
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time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of which ele
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ment 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 Pa
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ramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). A
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS practitioners inc
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C) Paramedics.
D) Emergency medical dispatchers. zl zl zl



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