TEST BANK FOR:Prehospital Emergency Care 12th Edition
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By Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren |All Chapters, Year-
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2024/2025
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Chapter 1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
areasAnswer: C
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
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Objective: 1-2 ` .
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
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whichdocument?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
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ModernSociety" in 1966
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C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
1996Answer: B
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
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Objective: 1-2 ` .
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for
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your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope
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ofPractice Model, you inform him of which element?
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A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
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C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
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D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
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TechnicianAnswer: D
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-1 ` .
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
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EMSpractitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers `.
B) EMS medical `.
directorC) Paramedics
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D) Emergency medical dispatchers
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Diff: 1
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Objective: 1-3 ` .
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, 5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested
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inbecoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
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presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to:
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A) Administer some medications `. `.
B) Assist in emergency childbirth `. `. `.
C) Use an automated external defibrillator `. `. `. `.
D) Obtain vital `.
signsAnswer: A
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7 `. `. `.
Objective: 1-5 ` .
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
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Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained
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according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do
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youexpect the EMRs to be providing?
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A) Emergency medication administration `. `.
B) Automated external defibrillation `. `.
C) Intravenous therapy `.
D) Reading an `.
electrocardiogramAnswer: B
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6 `. `. `.
Objective: 1-5 ` .
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants
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toprovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these
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types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
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A) Automated blood pressure monitoring `. `. `.
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth `. `. `.
C) Interfacility transports `.
D) IV
therapyAnsw
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er: D ` .
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7 `. `. `.
Objective: 1-5 ` .
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or
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theservice supervisor?
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A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the
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ambulance,unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
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B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick
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orinjured according to dispatch information."
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C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle
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allradio communications."
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D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known
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orsuspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B ` .
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9 `. `. `.
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By Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith J. Karren |All Chapters, Year-
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
2024/2025
1
, Test Bank `.
Chapter 1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
`. ` . `. `. `. `. `. `.
1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
areasAnswer: C
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
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Objective: 1-2 ` .
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
whichdocument?
`. .̀
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
`. `. `. `. `. `.
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
ModernSociety" in 1966
`. .̀ `. `.
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
`. `. `. `. `. `. `.
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
1996Answer: B
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
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Objective: 1-2 ` .
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
ofPractice Model, you inform him of which element?
`. .̀ `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical
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TechnicianAnswer: D
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-1 ` .
4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
EMSpractitioners include:
`. .̀ `.
A) Ambulance drivers `.
B) EMS medical `.
directorC) Paramedics
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D) Emergency medical dispatchers
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2
,Answer: C` .
Diff: 1
`. Page Ref: 6-7
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Objective: 1-3 ` .
3
, 5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
inbecoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
`. .̀ `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to:
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
A) Administer some medications `. `.
B) Assist in emergency childbirth `. `. `.
C) Use an automated external defibrillator `. `. `. `.
D) Obtain vital `.
signsAnswer: A
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Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7 `. `. `.
Objective: 1-5 ` .
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
youexpect the EMRs to be providing?
`. .̀ `. `. `. `. `.
A) Emergency medication administration `. `.
B) Automated external defibrillation `. `.
C) Intravenous therapy `.
D) Reading an `.
electrocardiogramAnswer: B
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6 `. `. `.
Objective: 1-5 ` .
7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
toprovide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these
`. .̀ `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
A) Automated blood pressure monitoring `. `. `.
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth `. `. `.
C) Interfacility transports `.
D) IV
therapyAnsw
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er: D ` .
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7 `. `. `.
Objective: 1-5 ` .
8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
theservice supervisor?
`. .̀ `.
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
ambulance,unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
`. .̀ `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
orinjured according to dispatch information."
`. .̀ `. `. `. `.
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
allradio communications."
`. .̀ `.
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known
`. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `. `.
orsuspected infectious disease."
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Answer: B ` .
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9 `. `. `.
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