EMT MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE
1. Earliest documented emergency medical service.: In 1790 the French
began transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
2. Who developed the first emergency medical standards?: U.S.
Department of Transportation
3. What is enhanced 911?: Dispatchers are able to determine location
of the caller.
4. Minimum level of certification to run on an ambulance crew.: EMT
5. Evaluation of patient's condition is done by doing a .: Patient
Assess- ment
6. Who is responsible for scene safety?: All crew members
7. A person who speaks on behalf of the patient.: The Advocate
8. Assumes responsibility for all EMTs.: The Medical Director
9. Any agent that causes disease is called a .: Pathogen
10.How is Hepatitis A transmitted?: Fecal-oral route
11.What part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or
flight" response?: Sympathetic Nervous System
12.Levels of EMS: EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
13.When lifting a patient, a basic principle is to:: Know your own
limitations
14.Preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair.: 3
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, 15.Set of limitations that defines the legal actions and limitations placed
on the EMT.: Scope of Practice
16.Consent given by a school principal to treat a minor on behalf of
the parents.: In loco parentis (in place of the parent)
17.An EMT's legal and ethical obligation to provide care to a patient.:
Duty to Act
18.Act that governs patient confidentiality.: HIPAA
19.EMTs role at a crime scene.: Care of the patient
20.What is anatomy?: The structures of the human body.
21.What is physiology?: The function of the human body.
22.Sharing information about a patient's history or condition.: Breach
of confidentiality
23.Medial: Middle
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1. Earliest documented emergency medical service.: In 1790 the French
began transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
2. Who developed the first emergency medical standards?: U.S.
Department of Transportation
3. What is enhanced 911?: Dispatchers are able to determine location
of the caller.
4. Minimum level of certification to run on an ambulance crew.: EMT
5. Evaluation of patient's condition is done by doing a .: Patient
Assess- ment
6. Who is responsible for scene safety?: All crew members
7. A person who speaks on behalf of the patient.: The Advocate
8. Assumes responsibility for all EMTs.: The Medical Director
9. Any agent that causes disease is called a .: Pathogen
10.How is Hepatitis A transmitted?: Fecal-oral route
11.What part of the nervous system is responsible for the "fight or
flight" response?: Sympathetic Nervous System
12.Levels of EMS: EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
13.When lifting a patient, a basic principle is to:: Know your own
limitations
14.Preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair.: 3
1/5
, 15.Set of limitations that defines the legal actions and limitations placed
on the EMT.: Scope of Practice
16.Consent given by a school principal to treat a minor on behalf of
the parents.: In loco parentis (in place of the parent)
17.An EMT's legal and ethical obligation to provide care to a patient.:
Duty to Act
18.Act that governs patient confidentiality.: HIPAA
19.EMTs role at a crime scene.: Care of the patient
20.What is anatomy?: The structures of the human body.
21.What is physiology?: The function of the human body.
22.Sharing information about a patient's history or condition.: Breach
of confidentiality
23.Medial: Middle
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