EMT EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1-5
Questions and Answers
1.A 40-year-old man has been seriously injured in a car crash.
He is unresponsive and has what you believe to be a collapsed lung.
Additionally, his left leg is severely deformed with heavy bleeding and his
vital signs are unstable. A passenger in the car informs you that the patient
has diabetes and significant heart problems. Given this information, what is
the best destination for this patient, assuming all of the facilities are the
same distance away?
A) Cardiac center
B) Spine injury center
C) Trauma center
D) Stroke center
ANS Trauma Center
2.What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
ANS -
Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illnes
,3.You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest.
Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community,
all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of
Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be
providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram
ANS Automated external defibrillation
4.The county dispatch center where you work employs emergency medical
dispatchers (EMDs) as call takers. Using EMDs as opposed to a person
who is just a "call taker" enables the dispatch center to
A) Process all emergency calls, including those asking for police, fire,
and EMS assistance
B) Provide medical instructions to the caller prior to the arrival of
EMS personnel
C) Use computer technology when dispatching the closest ambulance
D) Properly utilize an enhanced 911 call-taking system
ANS Provide medical instruction to the caller prior to the arrival of EMS
personnel
,5.You work in a community that has an "enhanced" 911 system. Given
this, which is true about such a system?
A) The physical location of the landline used to make the 911 call is
displayed to the call taker
B) The EMS system uses EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and paramedics
C) The fire department responds simultaneously with EMS
D) The total response time for EMS will rarely exceed 9 minutes
ANS The physical location of the landline used to make the 911 call is
displayed to the call taker
6.Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile
inte- grated health care?
A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in
the out-of-hospital environment
B) Ambulances are easily identified
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication
administration
ANS EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the
out of hospital environment
7.Which of these tasks has not been identified as one that could be
provided by a mobile integrated health care system?
, A) Manage patients who are at a high risk for hospital readmission
B) Assist in the ongoing home management of chronic conditions
C) Provide preventive services and check up on patients after discharge
D) Conduct health screening and provide minor outpatient surgical services-
ANS Conduct health screening and provide minor outpatient surgical
services
8.A 14-year-old boy has fallen through a plate glass window and is
bleeding heavily from a laceration to his arm. His panicked mother has
called 911 for help. Since the 911 operators are also emergency medical
dispatchers, what sort of assistance will they be able to provide?
A) Simultaneous notification of the hospital
B) Whether the EMS response is covered by medical insurance
C) Instructions on how to control bleeding
D) The names of the EMTs who are responding
ANS Instructions on how to control bleeding
9.In the public health continuum, what is the first responsibility that
public health officials must satisfy to improve the health of a community?
A) Identify problems that affect the health of the population in question
B) Design a plan for remediating the disturbances that cause a
population's health to decline
C) Integrate their work with EMS services to provide outpatient home
Questions and Answers
1.A 40-year-old man has been seriously injured in a car crash.
He is unresponsive and has what you believe to be a collapsed lung.
Additionally, his left leg is severely deformed with heavy bleeding and his
vital signs are unstable. A passenger in the car informs you that the patient
has diabetes and significant heart problems. Given this information, what is
the best destination for this patient, assuming all of the facilities are the
same distance away?
A) Cardiac center
B) Spine injury center
C) Trauma center
D) Stroke center
ANS Trauma Center
2.What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
ANS -
Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illnes
,3.You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest.
Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community,
all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of
Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be
providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram
ANS Automated external defibrillation
4.The county dispatch center where you work employs emergency medical
dispatchers (EMDs) as call takers. Using EMDs as opposed to a person
who is just a "call taker" enables the dispatch center to
A) Process all emergency calls, including those asking for police, fire,
and EMS assistance
B) Provide medical instructions to the caller prior to the arrival of
EMS personnel
C) Use computer technology when dispatching the closest ambulance
D) Properly utilize an enhanced 911 call-taking system
ANS Provide medical instruction to the caller prior to the arrival of EMS
personnel
,5.You work in a community that has an "enhanced" 911 system. Given
this, which is true about such a system?
A) The physical location of the landline used to make the 911 call is
displayed to the call taker
B) The EMS system uses EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and paramedics
C) The fire department responds simultaneously with EMS
D) The total response time for EMS will rarely exceed 9 minutes
ANS The physical location of the landline used to make the 911 call is
displayed to the call taker
6.Why is EMS in a unique position to contribute significantly to mobile
inte- grated health care?
A) EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in
the out-of-hospital environment
B) Ambulances are easily identified
C) The community trusts uniformed health care providers
D) EMS providers are familiar with the many routes of medication
administration
ANS EMS providers are familiar with and capable of functioning in the
out of hospital environment
7.Which of these tasks has not been identified as one that could be
provided by a mobile integrated health care system?
, A) Manage patients who are at a high risk for hospital readmission
B) Assist in the ongoing home management of chronic conditions
C) Provide preventive services and check up on patients after discharge
D) Conduct health screening and provide minor outpatient surgical services-
ANS Conduct health screening and provide minor outpatient surgical
services
8.A 14-year-old boy has fallen through a plate glass window and is
bleeding heavily from a laceration to his arm. His panicked mother has
called 911 for help. Since the 911 operators are also emergency medical
dispatchers, what sort of assistance will they be able to provide?
A) Simultaneous notification of the hospital
B) Whether the EMS response is covered by medical insurance
C) Instructions on how to control bleeding
D) The names of the EMTs who are responding
ANS Instructions on how to control bleeding
9.In the public health continuum, what is the first responsibility that
public health officials must satisfy to improve the health of a community?
A) Identify problems that affect the health of the population in question
B) Design a plan for remediating the disturbances that cause a
population's health to decline
C) Integrate their work with EMS services to provide outpatient home
