EMS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+

What profession came before EMS? Who took care of the bodies/ sick people? - correct answers Paramedics. Define the function of Public Health and give an example of public health in EMS. - correct answers The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment What are the three core functions of Public Health? - correct answers -Assessment, Detection, and Prediction -Policy Development and Action Plan -Assurance - Delivery three primary components of a system (input, process, output) and explain the three components pertaining to EMS. - correct answers -Input is what enter the system -Process the input processing in the system -Output is the input processed leaving the system How many attributes Have the EMS System? - correct answers 14 In what document are the 14 attributes of EMS found? - correct answers Consensus Document How many components essential have EMS? - correct answers 15 (NHSA) - correct answers National Highway Safety Act of 1966 National Highway Safety Act of 1966 - correct answers Was the first Federal EMS-related Legislation Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - correct answers Was the first actual legislation that addressed EMS Specifically Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 - correct answers End of funding under EMSS Act Trauma Care Systems Training and Development Act of 1990 - correct answers Coordinated trauma care EMTALA - correct answers Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act What makes a patient competent enough to refuse care? - correct answers • Informed • Documented • Properly assessed • Not coerced • Properly Document!! causes of negligence in EMS patient care. - correct answers Failure to take timely actions Screening problems Abandonment Inadequate resources Improper medical care Vehicle crashes typical components of a State EMS lead agency - correct answers 1. State EMS director 2. State Medical Director 3. Advisory or Governing board 4. Education 5. Licensing and regulatory entity When you are under a contractual duty - correct answers Patient calls an ambulance service, and the dispatcher advises that an ambulance will be sent, that is a contractual agreement Sub-committees - correct answers Safety systems Evaluation Haman Resources Finance White Paper - correct answers aka "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society" was not regulation set by the federal government. Implied Consent - correct answers The law says that if a person is suspected of driving under the influence and refuses to submit to either a blood, breath, or urine test to determine the presence of drugs or alcohol, he or she will face additional punishments. Verbal Consent - correct answers means that the individual obtaining consent reads/explains a verbal version of a consent form (i.e. an information sheet), and subjects give their verbal consent in place of written consent to participate Medical Care Refusal - correct answers Every competent adult has the right to refuse unwanted medical treatment. This is part of the right of every individual to choose what will be done to their own body, and it applies even when refusing treatment means that the person may die. NHTSA - correct answers National Highway treatment safety act MIEMSS - correct answers Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems. Roanoke, VA - correct answers Life Saving and First Aid Crew Jermyn, PA - correct answers ▸ First aid clubs • Standard of Care Standard of Care - correct answers The paramedic's conduct did not conform with the reasonable level of skill, prudence, caution, and competence that could be expected under the circumstances Malfeasance - correct answers Defendant performed an affirmative act but violated the standard of care Non-feasance - correct answers - Failure to act where required American Red Cross First Aid started where? - correct answers Pennsylvania Unconscious, mentally incompetent, and Minors with no parents in an emergency setting can be treated under implied consent. - correct answers true What was the first federal EMS legislation? This also created standards for ambulances and EMS training. - correct answers National Highway Safety Act of 1966 CPR Was pioneered/ developed where? - correct answers Baltimore Which profession was the precursor to the modern EMS system? - correct answers Morticians Which of the following is considered as one of the main EMS-related federal agencies? - correct answers DHHS In 1928 what city developed the first volunteer rescue squad in the US? - correct answers Roanoke VA State or Federal Authority? - correct answers federal Which EMS delivery system model utilizes separate public safety services (Fire, EMS, Police) and can have issues regarding the integration of systems? - correct answers Third services What was the first site of EMS education? - correct answers Hospital Dynamic deployment systems utilize EMS data regarding EMS demand and deploy units based on the data - correct answers True Dynamic deployment is considered more efficient when compared to static deployment. - correct answers True The science of preparing the best response for the next call is. - correct answers System Status Management The process of sending patient physiological data electronically from the field to the ED is called: - correct answers Biotelemetry The Haddon Matrix is a table representation of the host/agent/environment in three phases of time for injury prevention: - correct answers True Which type of radio has the longest range for communications in EMS? - correct answers Base radio The federal tax-supported medical insurance program for the elderly is: - correct answers Medicare Which of the following are types of data that are collected in EMS systems? - correct answers Clinical Support