EMT Ch 1-4 (JB Learning) questions and
answers
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a _________ - answer System
4 training and licensure levels - answer EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
NHTSA - answer National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) - answer A method of delivering health care which involves
providing health care within the community rather than at a physician's office or hospital.
What is the primary job of the EMT? - answer Provide appropriate medical care.
Stress - answer any event, thought, or action perceived as a threat
As an EMT you must focus on - answer 1.Personal safety
2.Scene Safety
3.Patient care
What happens after you eat a large meal? - answer Blood is not available for the digestive
process
communicable disease - answer a disease that is spread from one host to another
Pathogen - answer a microorganism capable of causing disease
, Contamination - answer The presence of infectious organisms on/into objects
Transmission - answer The way an infectious disease is spread
Types of Transmissions: - answer contact
airborne
food borne
vectorborne
Stages of grieving process - answer denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
decision making capacity - answer the ability of the patient to understand the information you
are providing
expressed consent - answer when a patient gives permission for care
informed consent - answer you explained to the patient the nature of treatment and risk and
benefits to treatment as well as refusal.
Implied consent - answer unconscious person is incapable of making a rational, informed,
decision about the care and unable to give consent.
emergency doctrine - answer The principle of law that permits a health care provider to treat a
patient in an emergency situation when the patient is incapable of granting consent because of
an altered level of consciousness, disability, the effects of drugs or alcohol, or the patient's age.
answers
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a _________ - answer System
4 training and licensure levels - answer EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
NHTSA - answer National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) - answer A method of delivering health care which involves
providing health care within the community rather than at a physician's office or hospital.
What is the primary job of the EMT? - answer Provide appropriate medical care.
Stress - answer any event, thought, or action perceived as a threat
As an EMT you must focus on - answer 1.Personal safety
2.Scene Safety
3.Patient care
What happens after you eat a large meal? - answer Blood is not available for the digestive
process
communicable disease - answer a disease that is spread from one host to another
Pathogen - answer a microorganism capable of causing disease
, Contamination - answer The presence of infectious organisms on/into objects
Transmission - answer The way an infectious disease is spread
Types of Transmissions: - answer contact
airborne
food borne
vectorborne
Stages of grieving process - answer denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
decision making capacity - answer the ability of the patient to understand the information you
are providing
expressed consent - answer when a patient gives permission for care
informed consent - answer you explained to the patient the nature of treatment and risk and
benefits to treatment as well as refusal.
Implied consent - answer unconscious person is incapable of making a rational, informed,
decision about the care and unable to give consent.
emergency doctrine - answer The principle of law that permits a health care provider to treat a
patient in an emergency situation when the patient is incapable of granting consent because of
an altered level of consciousness, disability, the effects of drugs or alcohol, or the patient's age.
