EMR CERTIFICATION REVIEW | 82 Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
What criteria is used by the NHSTA to evaluate an EMS system? Correct Answer: Regulation,
policy, education of public, resource management
What is the purpose of fire rescue Correct Answer: provide specialized rescues
What is the role of an EMR at the scene of an emergency Correct Answer: help medics care for
critical injuries
What are the components of quality improvement process Correct Answer: Safety, timeliness,
efficiency
What effects can alcohol can have Correct Answer: depression, low ability to deal with stress
Why does H1N1 cause the public for concern Correct Answer: few people have immunity to
this strain
What can cause stress for an EMR Correct Answer: death on scene
What is the standard of care Correct Answer: To perform skills to the highest standard blah blah
blah
Ex: If no pulse perform cpr
Steps when dispatched to a call Correct Answer: No response until you are informed of location
What to do if you are in an unsafe scene Correct Answer: remain calm, wait, request law
enforcement
What to do if you are unsure if the scene is safe Correct Answer: Retreat and call for help
What establishes competency for pts Correct Answer: legal age, capacity
What is negligence, how is it proved Correct Answer: duty to act, breach of duty, resulting
injuries
What is HIPPA Correct Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Pt privacy act of 1996
What is the most important part of HIPPA in regard to EMS Correct Answer: pt privacy
Understand abandonment Correct Answer: Leaving a pt before you have completed your care
Steps to responding to an emergency Correct Answer: Make sure of location
, primary and on after arrival
What is standing down Correct Answer: Staying away until you receive clearance
Effective ways to avoid a violent situation w/ patient Correct Answer: Maintain an exit, use
good communicator, listen carefully to info given by dispatch, Do not physically restrain
Ways to communicate w, pts Correct Answer: maintain eye contact, level, no med jar
Why does miscommunication occur Correct Answer: they are scared, altered
How do you speak to an anxious pt Correct Answer: limit people talking to pt, speak calmly,
repeat words
Caring for an unconscious pt Correct Answer: they can still hear you, airway, primary
How does the brain communicate with the body Correct Answer: Sends signals to the body in
response to sensory signals it receives
Terms: lateral, medial, distal, proximal Correct Answer: Lateral:
Medial:
Distal:
Proximal:
Difference b/w veins and arteries Correct Answer: 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 Answer: Clavicle, scapula and humerus
What is skeletal muscle Correct Answer:
Location of main arteries in the body Correct Answer: Femoral, radical, carotid, brachial
Function of the epiglottis Correct Answer: Covers trachea during swallowing
What % of a persons blood is plasma Correct Answer: 55%
Function of the chambers of the heart Correct Answer: Just know heart flow bruh
Sections of the spine Correct Answer: Cervical (7), Thoracic (12), Lumbar (5), Sacrum (5),
Coccyx (4)
Types of Muscle Correct Answer:
Strongest bone in the body Correct Answer: Femur
with 100% Correct Answers
What criteria is used by the NHSTA to evaluate an EMS system? Correct Answer: Regulation,
policy, education of public, resource management
What is the purpose of fire rescue Correct Answer: provide specialized rescues
What is the role of an EMR at the scene of an emergency Correct Answer: help medics care for
critical injuries
What are the components of quality improvement process Correct Answer: Safety, timeliness,
efficiency
What effects can alcohol can have Correct Answer: depression, low ability to deal with stress
Why does H1N1 cause the public for concern Correct Answer: few people have immunity to
this strain
What can cause stress for an EMR Correct Answer: death on scene
What is the standard of care Correct Answer: To perform skills to the highest standard blah blah
blah
Ex: If no pulse perform cpr
Steps when dispatched to a call Correct Answer: No response until you are informed of location
What to do if you are in an unsafe scene Correct Answer: remain calm, wait, request law
enforcement
What to do if you are unsure if the scene is safe Correct Answer: Retreat and call for help
What establishes competency for pts Correct Answer: legal age, capacity
What is negligence, how is it proved Correct Answer: duty to act, breach of duty, resulting
injuries
What is HIPPA Correct Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Pt privacy act of 1996
What is the most important part of HIPPA in regard to EMS Correct Answer: pt privacy
Understand abandonment Correct Answer: Leaving a pt before you have completed your care
Steps to responding to an emergency Correct Answer: Make sure of location
, primary and on after arrival
What is standing down Correct Answer: Staying away until you receive clearance
Effective ways to avoid a violent situation w/ patient Correct Answer: Maintain an exit, use
good communicator, listen carefully to info given by dispatch, Do not physically restrain
Ways to communicate w, pts Correct Answer: maintain eye contact, level, no med jar
Why does miscommunication occur Correct Answer: they are scared, altered
How do you speak to an anxious pt Correct Answer: limit people talking to pt, speak calmly,
repeat words
Caring for an unconscious pt Correct Answer: they can still hear you, airway, primary
How does the brain communicate with the body Correct Answer: Sends signals to the body in
response to sensory signals it receives
Terms: lateral, medial, distal, proximal Correct Answer: Lateral:
Medial:
Distal:
Proximal:
Difference b/w veins and arteries Correct Answer: 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 Answer: Clavicle, scapula and humerus
What is skeletal muscle Correct Answer:
Location of main arteries in the body Correct Answer: Femoral, radical, carotid, brachial
Function of the epiglottis Correct Answer: Covers trachea during swallowing
What % of a persons blood is plasma Correct Answer: 55%
Function of the chambers of the heart Correct Answer: Just know heart flow bruh
Sections of the spine Correct Answer: Cervical (7), Thoracic (12), Lumbar (5), Sacrum (5),
Coccyx (4)
Types of Muscle Correct Answer:
Strongest bone in the body Correct Answer: Femur
