PARAMEDIC CHAPTER 1 A+ GRADED ANSWERS
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 LATEST
Mobile army surgical hospitals (M*A*S*H) saved thousands of soldiers' lives during the Korean
War by:
A: Performing surgery within 30 minutes of the injury
B: Bringing the hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
C: Deploying combat medics to retrieve wounded soldiers
D: Using helicopters to airlift casualties to the United States correct answers B: Bringing the
hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
In the United States, mobile intensive care units (MICUs) initially were staffed by:
A: Physicians
B: Registered Nurses
C: Funeral home directors
D: Non-physician providers correct answers D: Non-physician providers
The entity that was created in 1966 and that provides authority and financial support for the
development of basic and advanced life support programs is the:
A: National Association of EMTs
B: United States Department of Transportation
C: National Highway Safety Department
D: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention correct answers B: United States Department of
Transportation
Which of the following is NOT a critical point addressed by the "White Paper" written in 1966
that was entitled "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society?"
A: Ensuring that paramedics respond to every call
B: Participating in community-based prevention efforts
C: Allocating adequate resources for medical direction
D: Developing and pursuing a national EMS research agenda correct answers A: Ensuring that
paramedics respond to every call
The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, was
published in 1971 by the:
A: National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
B: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
D: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) correct answers C: American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Dr. Eugene aNgel advanced emergency medical treatment in 1969 by:
A: Training paramedics to administer certain medications directly through the chest wall and into
the left ventricle
, B: Developing and implementing closed-chest cardiac massage (CPR) in order to pump blood in
the patient without a pulse
C: Implementing the "golden hour," which dramatically increased survival rates of patients who
experienced severe trauma
D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's
electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital correct answers D: Developing a telemetry
system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to the physician at the
hospital
Which of the following was NOT a required component identified by the Emergency Medical
Services System Act of 1973?
A: EMS research
B: Mutual aid agreements
C: National EMS certifications
D: Integration of health services correct answers C: National EMS certification
Which of the following is one of the 10 system elements developed by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in an effort to sustain EMS systems?
A: Medical Direction
B: Fully enhanced 911
C: Paramedic supervisors
D: Continued federal funding correct answers A: Medical Direction
The EMS network begins:
A: by educating dispatchers
B: With citizen involvement
C: When an injury has occurred
D: When paramedics are notified correct answers B: With citizen involvement
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS system is correct?
A: The paramedic is usually the public's first contact with the EMS system
B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
C: The public's perception of an emergency is often the same as the paramedic's
D: Dispatch information is an accurate depiction of what really happened correct answers
B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
If the receiving facility does not have adequate resources to take care of your patient, you should
next determine whether:
A: There is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
B: An emergency physician should be dispatched to the scene
C: Transport of the patient by ambulance is absolutely necessary
D: A BLS ambulance can transport the patient to a distance hospital correct answers A: There is
an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
Common actions performed by the dispatcher after receiving an emergency call include all of the
following, EXCEPT:
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 LATEST
Mobile army surgical hospitals (M*A*S*H) saved thousands of soldiers' lives during the Korean
War by:
A: Performing surgery within 30 minutes of the injury
B: Bringing the hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
C: Deploying combat medics to retrieve wounded soldiers
D: Using helicopters to airlift casualties to the United States correct answers B: Bringing the
hospital facilities closer to the battlefield
In the United States, mobile intensive care units (MICUs) initially were staffed by:
A: Physicians
B: Registered Nurses
C: Funeral home directors
D: Non-physician providers correct answers D: Non-physician providers
The entity that was created in 1966 and that provides authority and financial support for the
development of basic and advanced life support programs is the:
A: National Association of EMTs
B: United States Department of Transportation
C: National Highway Safety Department
D: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention correct answers B: United States Department of
Transportation
Which of the following is NOT a critical point addressed by the "White Paper" written in 1966
that was entitled "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society?"
A: Ensuring that paramedics respond to every call
B: Participating in community-based prevention efforts
C: Allocating adequate resources for medical direction
D: Developing and pursuing a national EMS research agenda correct answers A: Ensuring that
paramedics respond to every call
The first EMT textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, was
published in 1971 by the:
A: National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
B: American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
C: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
D: American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) correct answers C: American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Dr. Eugene aNgel advanced emergency medical treatment in 1969 by:
A: Training paramedics to administer certain medications directly through the chest wall and into
the left ventricle
, B: Developing and implementing closed-chest cardiac massage (CPR) in order to pump blood in
the patient without a pulse
C: Implementing the "golden hour," which dramatically increased survival rates of patients who
experienced severe trauma
D: Developing a telemetry system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's
electrocardiogram to the physician at the hospital correct answers D: Developing a telemetry
system that enabled firefighters to transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to the physician at the
hospital
Which of the following was NOT a required component identified by the Emergency Medical
Services System Act of 1973?
A: EMS research
B: Mutual aid agreements
C: National EMS certifications
D: Integration of health services correct answers C: National EMS certification
Which of the following is one of the 10 system elements developed by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) in an effort to sustain EMS systems?
A: Medical Direction
B: Fully enhanced 911
C: Paramedic supervisors
D: Continued federal funding correct answers A: Medical Direction
The EMS network begins:
A: by educating dispatchers
B: With citizen involvement
C: When an injury has occurred
D: When paramedics are notified correct answers B: With citizen involvement
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS system is correct?
A: The paramedic is usually the public's first contact with the EMS system
B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
C: The public's perception of an emergency is often the same as the paramedic's
D: Dispatch information is an accurate depiction of what really happened correct answers
B: The paramedic is a public servant who often responds to non-emergency calls
If the receiving facility does not have adequate resources to take care of your patient, you should
next determine whether:
A: There is an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
B: An emergency physician should be dispatched to the scene
C: Transport of the patient by ambulance is absolutely necessary
D: A BLS ambulance can transport the patient to a distance hospital correct answers A: There is
an appropriate facility within a reasonable distance
Common actions performed by the dispatcher after receiving an emergency call include all of the
following, EXCEPT:
