EMR CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2022 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What criteria is used by the NHSTA to evaluate an EMS system?
Correct Ans - Regulation, policy, education of public, resource management
What is the purpose of fire rescue
Correct Ans - provide specialized rescues
What is the role of an EMR at the scene of an emergency
Correct Ans - help medics care for critical injuries
What are the components of quality improvement process
Correct Ans - Safety, timeliness, efficiency
What effects can alcohol can have
Correct Ans - depression, low ability to deal with stress
Why does H1N1 cause the public for concern
Correct Ans - few people have immunity to this strain
What can cause stress for an EMR
Correct Ans - death on scene
What is the standard of care
Correct Ans - To perform skills to the highest standard
Steps when dispatched to a call
Correct Ans - No response until you are informed of location
What to do if you are in an unsafe scene
Correct Ans - remain calm, wait, request law enforcement
What to do if you are unsure if the scene is safe
Correct Ans - Retreat and call for help
What establishes competency for pts
Correct Ans - legal age, capacity
What is negligence, how is it proved
Correct Ans - Negligence: Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training
would provide. 4 things: On duty, breech of duty, cause, damage
What is HIPPA
Correct Ans - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Pt privacy act of 1996
What is the most important part of HIPPA in regard to EMS
Correct Ans - pt privacy
Understand abandonment
Correct Ans - Leaving a pt before you have completed your care
, Steps to responding to an emergency
Correct Ans - Make sure of location
primary and on after arrival
What is standing down
Correct Ans - Staying away until you receive clearance
Effective ways to avoid a violent situation w/ patient
Correct Ans - Maintain an exit, use good communicator, listen carefully to info given by
dispatch, Do not physically restrain
Ways to communicate w, pts
Correct Ans - maintain eye contact, level, no med jar
Why does miscommunication occur
Correct Ans - they are scared, altered
How do you speak to an anxious pt
Correct Ans - limit people talking to pt, speak calmly, repeat words
Caring for an unconscious pt
Correct Ans - they can still hear you
How does the brain communicate with the body
Correct Ans - Sends signals to the body in response to sensory signals it receives
Terms: lateral, medial, distal, proximal
Correct Ans –
Lateral: Away from the midline of the body
Medial: Towards the midline of the body
Distal: Any location that is farther from the midline than the point of reference named
Proximal: Describing structures that are closer to the trunk
Difference b/w veins and arteries
Correct Ans - V...Thin walled carry blood to the heart
A.. thick muscular walls carry blood away from the heart
What makes up the shield girdle
Correct Ans - Clavicle, scapula and humerus
What is skeletal muscle
Correct Ans - Voluntary muscles that provide support and movement. Attached to bones by
tendons
Location of main arteries in the body
Correct Ans - Femoral, radical, carotid, brachial
Function of the epiglottis
Correct Ans - Prevents aspirations
What % of a persons blood is plasma
Correct Ans - 55%
Function of the chambers of the heart
ANSWERS
What criteria is used by the NHSTA to evaluate an EMS system?
Correct Ans - Regulation, policy, education of public, resource management
What is the purpose of fire rescue
Correct Ans - provide specialized rescues
What is the role of an EMR at the scene of an emergency
Correct Ans - help medics care for critical injuries
What are the components of quality improvement process
Correct Ans - Safety, timeliness, efficiency
What effects can alcohol can have
Correct Ans - depression, low ability to deal with stress
Why does H1N1 cause the public for concern
Correct Ans - few people have immunity to this strain
What can cause stress for an EMR
Correct Ans - death on scene
What is the standard of care
Correct Ans - To perform skills to the highest standard
Steps when dispatched to a call
Correct Ans - No response until you are informed of location
What to do if you are in an unsafe scene
Correct Ans - remain calm, wait, request law enforcement
What to do if you are unsure if the scene is safe
Correct Ans - Retreat and call for help
What establishes competency for pts
Correct Ans - legal age, capacity
What is negligence, how is it proved
Correct Ans - Negligence: Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training
would provide. 4 things: On duty, breech of duty, cause, damage
What is HIPPA
Correct Ans - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Pt privacy act of 1996
What is the most important part of HIPPA in regard to EMS
Correct Ans - pt privacy
Understand abandonment
Correct Ans - Leaving a pt before you have completed your care
, Steps to responding to an emergency
Correct Ans - Make sure of location
primary and on after arrival
What is standing down
Correct Ans - Staying away until you receive clearance
Effective ways to avoid a violent situation w/ patient
Correct Ans - Maintain an exit, use good communicator, listen carefully to info given by
dispatch, Do not physically restrain
Ways to communicate w, pts
Correct Ans - maintain eye contact, level, no med jar
Why does miscommunication occur
Correct Ans - they are scared, altered
How do you speak to an anxious pt
Correct Ans - limit people talking to pt, speak calmly, repeat words
Caring for an unconscious pt
Correct Ans - they can still hear you
How does the brain communicate with the body
Correct Ans - Sends signals to the body in response to sensory signals it receives
Terms: lateral, medial, distal, proximal
Correct Ans –
Lateral: Away from the midline of the body
Medial: Towards the midline of the body
Distal: Any location that is farther from the midline than the point of reference named
Proximal: Describing structures that are closer to the trunk
Difference b/w veins and arteries
Correct Ans - V...Thin walled carry blood to the heart
A.. thick muscular walls carry blood away from the heart
What makes up the shield girdle
Correct Ans - Clavicle, scapula and humerus
What is skeletal muscle
Correct Ans - Voluntary muscles that provide support and movement. Attached to bones by
tendons
Location of main arteries in the body
Correct Ans - Femoral, radical, carotid, brachial
Function of the epiglottis
Correct Ans - Prevents aspirations
What % of a persons blood is plasma
Correct Ans - 55%
Function of the chambers of the heart
