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Chapter 1
Intro into Emergency Medical Care
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many nationally recognized levels of EMS practitioner are there and what is the highest level? | Four; Paramedic |
| Refresher courses for EMTs are required at a 2 to 4 year intervals. Being proactive and strongly committed to doing all the refresher work necessary BEST demonstrates which personality trait of a good EMT: | Self-Starter |
| The system by which the medical community oversees the basic health of a population is known as: | The Public Health System |
| A term for treatments backed by research that proves that the interventions have positive effects in patient care is: | Evidence-based Medicine |
| The NREMT is involved in: | EMS curriculum derpatment |
| An enhanced 911 system allows the emergency dispatcher to: | Immediately access the phone number and address from which the call is being made |
| Ems has a role in many public health issues, including: | Vaccination programs |
| What is the official name for the physician who assumes responsibility for all patient care aspects within a specific EMS system? | Medical Director |
| Holding and NREMT certification may help you in which of the following situations? | Gaining reciprocity |
| In which quality improvement activity does the EMT participate MOST often? | Documentation |
| What term is the description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence confirming their safety and efficacy? | Evidence-Based |
| What aspect of equipment management will an EMT be involved in when working toward high-quality care? | Checking and maintaining the equipment |
| What EMT action MOST likely could provide information for community healthy initiatives that are designed to prevent injuries? | Observations of the emergency scene |
| You have just become and EMS instructor, and now you are teaching a helmet safety awareness class for a local elementary school. This activity would be in support of which assessment standard for the Technical Assistance Program? | Public Information and Education |
| You are taking care of a patient who has been assigned to you during a mass casualty incident. In communicating with this patient, you should: | Be measured and controlled |
| What is LEAST likely to be an aspect of carefully and thoroughly documenting an emergency call? | Speculation |
| What is true about EMT's? | Many EMT's are volunteer EMS providers |
| Oversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director is called: | Medical Direction |
| You respond to a domestic violence call with your partner and the local volunteer fire department. You should regard the fire department volunteers as: | Partners in care who may need guidance from you |
| Which step in the Evidence-Based medicine process deals with the concept of determining what we already know about a particular intervention or situation? | Searching medical literature |
| One aspect of quality improvement in which every EMT can participate is: | Participating in continuing education |
| After WWII, who was the person who usually provided ambulance transport? | Local Undertaker |
| To receive the highest quality of care, some patients need to be transported to special facilities, such as patients who have been critically burned or had a stroke. Determining what emergency care is appropriate for patient relates to which area of the E | Patient assessment |
| The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Technical Assistance Program provides a set of recommended standards for EMS systems for its assessment program. What is one of those ten standards? | Medical Direction |
| What is not a desirable personal trail for an EMT? | Judgmental |
| What level of EMS training was formerly called EMT-Basic? | Emergency Medical Technician |
| You believe that your patient should be given nitroglycerin for his chest pain. You do not have off-line protocols for this, so you should: | Contact Medical Direction |
| From the patient's perspective, care begins with: | The initial phone call to the EMD |
| The modern EMS system in the US began in the: | 1960's |
| What do many fire departments require if an employee? | Cross-Training as an EMT |
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