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"The EMS Agenda for The Future" included 14 focus areas. Which of the following
were part of the EMS Agenda For the Future: - correct answer ✔✔Human
Resources, Medical Direction & Clinical Care.
Which of the following is an example of a medical innovation developed during
WWI. - correct answer ✔✔Rapid extraction
What did the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973 provide? - correct answer
✔✔Funding for EMS system development
EMT-Basics need +750-1,500 hours of training and can perform intravenous IV
access, advanced airway and administer medications. - correct answer ✔✔F
What were the two key factors that contributed to increased survival following
injury between WWI and WWII? - correct answer ✔✔Quicker evacuation of
injured individuals from the battlefield and application of medical science to their
care.
Following the Vietnam war many soldiers returned to the U.S. and noted "survival
following injury on the battlefield was more likely than when injured in most
major cities." This observation was highlighted in the landmark paper titled: -
correct answer ✔✔Accidental Death & Disability, the neglected disease of modern
society.
,Cardiac arrest occurs when: - correct answer ✔✔there is sudden loss of heart
function when the heart's electrical system malfunctions
Signs of Cardiac arrest include: - correct answer ✔✔all of the above
Research shows that the following intervention saves lives: - correct answer
✔✔early chest compression
EMS Agenda for the Future provides a vision for out-of-hospital EMS, including
education issues. - correct answer ✔✔T
When EMS professionals are providing CPR the ideal crew configuration is: -
correct answer ✔✔4 person
Chain of survival includes: - correct answer ✔✔all of the above
Reversing cardiac arrest due to an abnormal hearth rhythm called ventricular
fibrillation is more likely to occur if you're in and airport, a casino and hospital
because: - correct answer ✔✔AEDs are immediately available
Resuscitation attempts should NOT be withheld in the case of - correct answer
✔✔lightning strike
When considering pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, - correct answer ✔✔a
longer downtime is acceptable for initiation of resuscitation
, Which of the following is NOT used to guide decisions for termination of
resuscitation: - correct answer ✔✔medical history
Which of the following may be favorable regarding the survival of a patient in
cardiac arrest? - correct answer ✔✔hypothermia
Chest compressions should be: - correct answer ✔✔administer at a rate of 110
cpm or in cycles of 200
Which of the following interventions does not match its appropriate disease
process? - correct answer ✔✔Hemorrhage - epinephrine
EMT tasks during the pit crew model for CPR (pCPR) include all of the following
EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔placement of IO line
Paramedic-only tasks during the pit crew model for CPR (pCPR) include all of the
following EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Use of an AED to shock the patient.
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding epinephrine in pCPR? -
correct answer ✔✔It should be given twice, once early and once at 8 minutes.
Retrospective Medical Oversight includes the use of quality assurance (QA) and
Quality Improvement (QI) to answer the following questions: "Is the system
providing quality medical care." or "what can be done to improve quality of care"?
Which of the following is an example of how quality assurance (QA) is performed?
- correct answer ✔✔all of the above