EMS PARAMEDIC CHAPTER 1 EXAM
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
While caring for an elderly man with abdominal pain, you are very open with
the patient and answer his questions honestly. These actions will MOST likely
show the patient that you:
A: Have integrity
B: Are competent
C: Are empathetic
D: Are self-motivated --CORRECT ANSWER--A: Have integrity
Prior to transporting a 66-year old woman with chest pain to the hospital, she
expresses the need to retrieve her bible and say a prayer. You should:
A: Advise the patient that a minister will talk with her at the hospital
B: Tactfully explain to the patient that her condition will not allow it
C: leave the room if your religious beliefs are not consistent with hers
D: Be respectful of the patient's wishes and give her the time she needs --
CORRECT ANSWER--D: Be respectful of the patient's wishes and give her the
time she needs
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,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 means
that you should:
A: Contact medical control before providing advanced-level care
B: Perform certain interventions prior to contacting medical control
C: Begin CPR and then contact medical control for further direction
D: Pronounce the patient dead if there is no response after 10 minutes --
CORRECT ANSWER--B: Perform certain interventions prior to contacting
medical control
The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and
Injured, was published in 1971 by the:
A: National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
B: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
D: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) --CORRECT
ANSWER--C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Dr. Eugene aNgel advanced emergency medical treatment in 1969 by:
A: Training paramedics to administer certain medications directly through the
chest wall and into the left ventricle
B: Developing and implementing closed-chest cardiac massage (CPR) in order
to pump blood in the patient without a pulse
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, C: Implementing the "golden hour," which dramatically increased survival rates
of patients who experienced severe trauma
D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a
patient's electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital --CORRECT
ANSWER--D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to
transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital
Which of the following was NOT a required component identified by the
Emergency Medical Services System Act of 1973?
A: EMS research
B: Mutual aid agreements
C: National EMS certifications
D: Integration of health services --CORRECT ANSWER--C: National EMS
certification
Which of the following is one of the 10 system elements developed by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in an effort to
sustain EMS systems?
A: Medical Direction
B: Fully enhanced 911
C: Paramedic supervisors
D: Continued federal funding --CORRECT ANSWER--A: Medical Direction
The EMS network begins:
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
While caring for an elderly man with abdominal pain, you are very open with
the patient and answer his questions honestly. These actions will MOST likely
show the patient that you:
A: Have integrity
B: Are competent
C: Are empathetic
D: Are self-motivated --CORRECT ANSWER--A: Have integrity
Prior to transporting a 66-year old woman with chest pain to the hospital, she
expresses the need to retrieve her bible and say a prayer. You should:
A: Advise the patient that a minister will talk with her at the hospital
B: Tactfully explain to the patient that her condition will not allow it
C: leave the room if your religious beliefs are not consistent with hers
D: Be respectful of the patient's wishes and give her the time she needs --
CORRECT ANSWER--D: Be respectful of the patient's wishes and give her the
time she needs
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,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 means
that you should:
A: Contact medical control before providing advanced-level care
B: Perform certain interventions prior to contacting medical control
C: Begin CPR and then contact medical control for further direction
D: Pronounce the patient dead if there is no response after 10 minutes --
CORRECT ANSWER--B: Perform certain interventions prior to contacting
medical control
The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and
Injured, was published in 1971 by the:
A: National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
B: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
D: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) --CORRECT
ANSWER--C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Dr. Eugene aNgel advanced emergency medical treatment in 1969 by:
A: Training paramedics to administer certain medications directly through the
chest wall and into the left ventricle
B: Developing and implementing closed-chest cardiac massage (CPR) in order
to pump blood in the patient without a pulse
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, C: Implementing the "golden hour," which dramatically increased survival rates
of patients who experienced severe trauma
D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a
patient's electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital --CORRECT
ANSWER--D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to
transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital
Which of the following was NOT a required component identified by the
Emergency Medical Services System Act of 1973?
A: EMS research
B: Mutual aid agreements
C: National EMS certifications
D: Integration of health services --CORRECT ANSWER--C: National EMS
certification
Which of the following is one of the 10 system elements developed by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in an effort to
sustain EMS systems?
A: Medical Direction
B: Fully enhanced 911
C: Paramedic supervisors
D: Continued federal funding --CORRECT ANSWER--A: Medical Direction
The EMS network begins:
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