EMS DECISION MAKING ACTUAL EXAM 2025|80+
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
1. Why is it important to define roles and responsibilities in a pit crew CPR
scenario?
It allows the team leader to take control of all patient care tasks.
It eliminates the need for communication among team members.
It focuses solely on the rapid assessment of the patient.
It ensures that each team member knows their specific tasks,
leading to more efficient patient care.
2. Why is it important for a team leader in EMS to focus on helping the team
accomplish goals rather than performing all interventions?
Focusing on helping the team accomplish goals fosters
collaboration and ensures effective patient care.
Refraining from direct patient care allows for better decision-
making.
Commanding the team creates a more structured environment.
Performing all interventions is more efficient for patient outcomes.
3. Health care teams that infrequently train and work together:
Are unable to accomplish their tasks
Often work better under pressure
Can create delays in patient care
Need less-explicit verbal direction
4. Interpret the EMT's statement about splinting the leg in the context of
,teamwork in EMS. What does it reveal about her perspective on patient
care?
, It reveals that the EMT may not fully appreciate the importance
of collaborative goals in patient care.
It suggests that the EMT has a lack of trust in the hospital's
capabilities.
It shows that the EMT believes splinting is unnecessary regardless
of the situation.
It indicates that the EMT is prioritizing her own judgment over
team decisions.
5. What must continue throughout the patient care continuum after a
paramedic assumes care of a cardiac arrest patient?
ALS interventions are fundamentally more critical than BLS
interventions.
ALS interventions are the core interventions around which BLS
care is provided.
The BLS care provided by the EMT is the 'first steps' of ALS care.
BLS efforts must continue throughout the patient care
continuum.
6. Which comes first in EMS decision making?
Data gathering
Planning
Team communication
Data interpretation
7. A geriatric female had a syncopal episode while walking up a long flight
of stairs. The patient had just eaten a meal and there is no suspicion of
trauma. Which would be an appropriate response by EMTs?
Suggest the patient sign a refusal
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
1. Why is it important to define roles and responsibilities in a pit crew CPR
scenario?
It allows the team leader to take control of all patient care tasks.
It eliminates the need for communication among team members.
It focuses solely on the rapid assessment of the patient.
It ensures that each team member knows their specific tasks,
leading to more efficient patient care.
2. Why is it important for a team leader in EMS to focus on helping the team
accomplish goals rather than performing all interventions?
Focusing on helping the team accomplish goals fosters
collaboration and ensures effective patient care.
Refraining from direct patient care allows for better decision-
making.
Commanding the team creates a more structured environment.
Performing all interventions is more efficient for patient outcomes.
3. Health care teams that infrequently train and work together:
Are unable to accomplish their tasks
Often work better under pressure
Can create delays in patient care
Need less-explicit verbal direction
4. Interpret the EMT's statement about splinting the leg in the context of
,teamwork in EMS. What does it reveal about her perspective on patient
care?
, It reveals that the EMT may not fully appreciate the importance
of collaborative goals in patient care.
It suggests that the EMT has a lack of trust in the hospital's
capabilities.
It shows that the EMT believes splinting is unnecessary regardless
of the situation.
It indicates that the EMT is prioritizing her own judgment over
team decisions.
5. What must continue throughout the patient care continuum after a
paramedic assumes care of a cardiac arrest patient?
ALS interventions are fundamentally more critical than BLS
interventions.
ALS interventions are the core interventions around which BLS
care is provided.
The BLS care provided by the EMT is the 'first steps' of ALS care.
BLS efforts must continue throughout the patient care
continuum.
6. Which comes first in EMS decision making?
Data gathering
Planning
Team communication
Data interpretation
7. A geriatric female had a syncopal episode while walking up a long flight
of stairs. The patient had just eaten a meal and there is no suspicion of
trauma. Which would be an appropriate response by EMTs?
Suggest the patient sign a refusal
