Test Bank For Prehospital Emergency Care 12th Edition By Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren

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Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th Edition by Joseph J. Mistovich Keith J Karren Brent Q.
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Chapter 1 bm Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
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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
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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
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areas Answer: C
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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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
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Society," in 1966
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C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in
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1996 Answer:
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to
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work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the
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National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of which element they
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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
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(AEMT) or Paramedic.
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D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician
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(EMT). Answer:
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
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practitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers. bm


B) EMS medical director.
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C) Paramedics.
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dispatchers. Answer:
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5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are
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interested in becoming an EMT. Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an
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EMT that they cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying they will be
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able to:
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A) Administer some medications. bm bm


B) Assist in emergency childbirth.bm bm bm


C) Use an automated external defibrillator.
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D) Obtain vital bm


signs.
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6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency
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Medical Responders (EMRs) are on the scene. In your community, all EMS
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practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
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Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration bm bm


B) Automated external defibrillation bm bm


C) Intravenous therapy bm


D) Reading an bm


electrocardiogram Answer:
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7) An EMT with your service states that they desire to become a Paramedic because they
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want to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
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which one of these types of care will they be able to provide as a Paramedic that
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they cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Use of an automated blood pressure monitoring
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B) Assistance with emergency childbirth bm bm bm


C) Providing interfacility transports bm bm


D) Initiating intravenous (IV) bm bm


therapy Answer:
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8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the
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service supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance,
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unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick
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or injured according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to
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handle all radio communications."
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, D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have
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a known or suspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B b m b m


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