EMS 110 REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST
UPDATE
Emergency mecical services (EMS) as we know it today originated in 1966 with
the Highway Safety Act under the department of
Transportation
Each EMS system has a __________________ who authorizes EMTs to provide
medical care in the field
Medical director
Which of the following is an example of Off-Line medical control
Protocols
______________ is a system which ensures all providers meet the appropriate
medical standards
Quality control
______________ is a system which continually monitors and audits all aspects of
an EMS system
Quality improvement
An enhanced 911 center will
Display the caller's address
,Which system will provide callers with vital emergency instructions prior to the
arrival of EMS
EMD (emergency medical dispatch)
Each EMS system, medical director and training program must conform with
Legislation adopted by the state
Which of the following attributes is NOT beneficial to the EMT?
Judging patients
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) permits sharing
confidential patient information in which f the following circumstances
All of the above
Your partner comes in contact with dried blood on the gurney. This is an example
of
Indirect contact
Which of the folowing is not a blood borne pathogen
Tuberculosis
The right of a patient to make decisions regarding their own health is
patient autonomy
Your patient presents unconscious, you should render emergency medical care
and treatment under which for of consent
implied
Which of the following patients has the right to refuse care
a patient who is a minor and is the mother of a child
The responsibility to provide patient care is
,duty to act
The termination of care without turning patient treatment over to a comptent
provider (equal or higher level of certification) is
abandonment
Which of the conditions is the EMT-B a state mandated reporter
domestic violence
Which of the conditions is the EMT-B a state mandated reporter
child abuse
Which of the conditions is the EMT-B a state mandated reporter
sexual assault
Which of the following factors must be present to determine negligence
The EMT had an obligation to provide care in accordance with protocols
The EMT did not provide care consistant with protocols
The patient was harmed either physically or psychologically in some way
There is reasonable cause & effect relationship between the breach of duty and the
damages suffered by the patient
You respond to a reported person unresponsive in the bathtub. Upon arrival you
find a 35 yo male in the bathtub (full of water) with both wrists cut with significant
blood loss. Your first concern is
scene safety
Upon your assessment of the patient mentioned in question 9 you find the patient
to be cyanotic, pulseless, not breathing and cold to the touch. You should
, back out of the bathroom paying particular attention to the location of objects in the
room and any objects you may have disturbed
Good Samariatin Laws protect the EMT-B from liability
False
battery
touching a patient or providing care without consent
slander
false and damaging information about a person that is communicated by the spoken
word
dependent lividity
blood settling to the lowest point of the body causing discoloration of the skin
in loco parentis
the legal responsiblity of a person or organization to assume responsibilities of the
parents in their absence
ethics
the philosophy of right and wrong
gross neglegence
conduct which constitutes willful or reckless disregard for a duty or standard of care
tort
a wrongful act which gives cause for a civil suit
competent
ability to make rational decisions about personal well-being
decision making capacity
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST
UPDATE
Emergency mecical services (EMS) as we know it today originated in 1966 with
the Highway Safety Act under the department of
Transportation
Each EMS system has a __________________ who authorizes EMTs to provide
medical care in the field
Medical director
Which of the following is an example of Off-Line medical control
Protocols
______________ is a system which ensures all providers meet the appropriate
medical standards
Quality control
______________ is a system which continually monitors and audits all aspects of
an EMS system
Quality improvement
An enhanced 911 center will
Display the caller's address
,Which system will provide callers with vital emergency instructions prior to the
arrival of EMS
EMD (emergency medical dispatch)
Each EMS system, medical director and training program must conform with
Legislation adopted by the state
Which of the following attributes is NOT beneficial to the EMT?
Judging patients
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) permits sharing
confidential patient information in which f the following circumstances
All of the above
Your partner comes in contact with dried blood on the gurney. This is an example
of
Indirect contact
Which of the folowing is not a blood borne pathogen
Tuberculosis
The right of a patient to make decisions regarding their own health is
patient autonomy
Your patient presents unconscious, you should render emergency medical care
and treatment under which for of consent
implied
Which of the following patients has the right to refuse care
a patient who is a minor and is the mother of a child
The responsibility to provide patient care is
,duty to act
The termination of care without turning patient treatment over to a comptent
provider (equal or higher level of certification) is
abandonment
Which of the conditions is the EMT-B a state mandated reporter
domestic violence
Which of the conditions is the EMT-B a state mandated reporter
child abuse
Which of the conditions is the EMT-B a state mandated reporter
sexual assault
Which of the following factors must be present to determine negligence
The EMT had an obligation to provide care in accordance with protocols
The EMT did not provide care consistant with protocols
The patient was harmed either physically or psychologically in some way
There is reasonable cause & effect relationship between the breach of duty and the
damages suffered by the patient
You respond to a reported person unresponsive in the bathtub. Upon arrival you
find a 35 yo male in the bathtub (full of water) with both wrists cut with significant
blood loss. Your first concern is
scene safety
Upon your assessment of the patient mentioned in question 9 you find the patient
to be cyanotic, pulseless, not breathing and cold to the touch. You should
, back out of the bathroom paying particular attention to the location of objects in the
room and any objects you may have disturbed
Good Samariatin Laws protect the EMT-B from liability
False
battery
touching a patient or providing care without consent
slander
false and damaging information about a person that is communicated by the spoken
word
dependent lividity
blood settling to the lowest point of the body causing discoloration of the skin
in loco parentis
the legal responsiblity of a person or organization to assume responsibilities of the
parents in their absence
ethics
the philosophy of right and wrong
gross neglegence
conduct which constitutes willful or reckless disregard for a duty or standard of care
tort
a wrongful act which gives cause for a civil suit
competent
ability to make rational decisions about personal well-being
decision making capacity
