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Table of Contents:
PAR 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4. Documentation
5. Communication
6. Lifting and Moving Patients
PAR 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
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7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
PAR 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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8. Pathophysiology
PAR 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
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9. Life Span Development
PAR 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATION
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10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
PAR 6: ASSESSMENT
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11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up13. Patien Assessment
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PAR 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
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14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
PAR 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
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15. Shock and Resuscitation
PAR 9: MEDICINE
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16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Psychiatric Emergencies
PAR 10: TRAUMA
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27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patien and the Trauma System
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28. Bleeding and Sof Tissue Trauma
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29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
,31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Ches Trauma
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35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patien Populations
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PAR 11: SPECIAL PATIEN POPULATIONS
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37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
38. Pediatrics
39. Geriatrics
40. Patients with Special Challenges
41. The Comba Veteran
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PAR 12: EMS OPERATIONS
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42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
43. Gaining Access and Patien Extrication
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44. Hazardous Materials
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Inciden Management
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46. EMS Response to Terroris Incidents
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Chapter 1: Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
1) Wha is a primary purpose ofthe modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital J J J J J J J J J
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 areas
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which
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document?
A) The EmergencyMedical 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 J J
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) EmergencyMedical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 J J J J J J J J J
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for your
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emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice
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Model, you inform him of which element?
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A) He will be able to take care of onlypatients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) Hewill first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
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C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
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D) He will first have to become an EmergencyMedical Technician
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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: J
A) Ambulance drivers J
B) EMS medical director J J
C) Paramedics
D) Emergencymedicaldispatchers J J J
Answer: C J
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