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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
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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
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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Answer: C
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Diff: 2
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Objective: 1-2 g




2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which
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document?
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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 Modern
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Society" 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 1996 g g g g g g g g


Answer: B
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Objective: 1-2 g




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 of
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Practice 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 Technician
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Answer: D
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
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practitioners include:
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A) Ambulance drivers g


B) EMS medical director g g


C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers g g



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