EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? -
correct answer ✅DOT
Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. -
correct answer ✅National Registry
Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical
care in the field. -
correct answer ✅Medical Control
Recognition, patient assessment, continued assessment and
stabilization in hospital, definitive care. -
correct answer ✅Continuum of Care
Types of stress include: -
correct answer ✅Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction,
eustruss, acute stress, and chronic stress
S/S of stress include: -
correct answer ✅Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P,
vasodilation, dialted pupils, tensed muscles, increased glucose
levels, perspiration, deacreased blood flow to gastrointestinal tract,
,EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
irritability, inability to concentrate, difficult or increased sleeping,
anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite, decreased sexual activity, loss of
interest in work, alcholism, drug use.
Management of stress includes: -
correct answer ✅Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of
negative personalities, change work hours, reduce overtime,
change your attitude, don't obsess over what you can't change,
excercise, diet.
Fight or Flight response: -
correct answer ✅During an acute stress response, the autonomic
nervous system is activated and the body increases level of cotricol,
adrenilen, and other hormones that produce an increased heart
rate, quick breathing, and higher BP. Blood is shunted from
extremities to the big muscles to "fight or flight".
Routes of transmission include: -
correct answer ✅Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate objects
Mechanical (vector born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the germs live or grow
, EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Airborne - sneezes, coughs
Dust - may carry pores, may remain for long periods.
Control and prevention of contamination include? -
correct answer ✅Hand washing, gloves, eye protection, gowns,
masks, mask, respirators, barrier devices, and immunizations.
Duty to Act is? -
correct answer ✅An obligation to provide care.
Duties include: -
correct answer ✅Duty to:
-Respond
-Obey laws and regulations
-Operate an emergerncy vehicle reasonably and prudently
-Provide care and transportation to expected standard
-Provide care and transport consistent with the scope of practice
and local medicine protocol
-Continue and transport through to its appropriate conclusion
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? -
correct answer ✅DOT
Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. -
correct answer ✅National Registry
Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical
care in the field. -
correct answer ✅Medical Control
Recognition, patient assessment, continued assessment and
stabilization in hospital, definitive care. -
correct answer ✅Continuum of Care
Types of stress include: -
correct answer ✅Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction,
eustruss, acute stress, and chronic stress
S/S of stress include: -
correct answer ✅Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P,
vasodilation, dialted pupils, tensed muscles, increased glucose
levels, perspiration, deacreased blood flow to gastrointestinal tract,
,EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
irritability, inability to concentrate, difficult or increased sleeping,
anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite, decreased sexual activity, loss of
interest in work, alcholism, drug use.
Management of stress includes: -
correct answer ✅Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of
negative personalities, change work hours, reduce overtime,
change your attitude, don't obsess over what you can't change,
excercise, diet.
Fight or Flight response: -
correct answer ✅During an acute stress response, the autonomic
nervous system is activated and the body increases level of cotricol,
adrenilen, and other hormones that produce an increased heart
rate, quick breathing, and higher BP. Blood is shunted from
extremities to the big muscles to "fight or flight".
Routes of transmission include: -
correct answer ✅Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate objects
Mechanical (vector born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the germs live or grow
, EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Airborne - sneezes, coughs
Dust - may carry pores, may remain for long periods.
Control and prevention of contamination include? -
correct answer ✅Hand washing, gloves, eye protection, gowns,
masks, mask, respirators, barrier devices, and immunizations.
Duty to Act is? -
correct answer ✅An obligation to provide care.
Duties include: -
correct answer ✅Duty to:
-Respond
-Obey laws and regulations
-Operate an emergerncy vehicle reasonably and prudently
-Provide care and transportation to expected standard
-Provide care and transport consistent with the scope of practice
and local medicine protocol
-Continue and transport through to its appropriate conclusion
