Test Bank – Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th Edition by Mistovich, Karren & Hafen | Complete Chapter Coverage

Test Bank – Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th Edition by Mistovich, Karren & Hafen |
Complete Chapter Coverage



Part 1: Preparatory and Public Health

1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4. Documentation
5. Communication
6. Lifting and Moving Patients

Part 2: Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology

Part 3: Pathophysiology
8. Pathophysiology

Part 4: Life Span Development
9. Life Span Development

Part 5: Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation

Part 6: Assessment
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up
13. Patient Assessment

Part 7: General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration

Part 8: Shock and Resuscitation
15. Shock and Resuscitation

Part 9: Medical Emergencies
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
19. Allergic Reactions
20. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
21. Abdominal Emergencies
22. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies
23. Hematologic and Renal Emergencies

,Part 10: Trauma Emergencies
24. Trauma Overview
25. Bleeding and Shock
26. Soft-Tissue Injuries
27. Chest and Abdominal Trauma
28. Musculoskeletal Injuries
29. Head and Spine Injuries
30. Multisystem Trauma
31. Environmental Emergencies

Part 11: Special Patient Populations
32. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
33. Pediatric Emergencies
34. Geriatric Emergencies
35. Patients with Special Challenges

Part 12: EMS Operations
36. EMS Operations
37. Vehicle Extrication and Special Rescue
38. Incident Management and Multiple-Casualty Incidents
39. Hazardous Materials, Terrorism, and Disaster Response
40. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
41. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
42. Hazardous Materials Response


Chapter 1 Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health

1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-2

2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which
document?
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
Society" in 1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
Objective: 1-2

,3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for
your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of
Practice Model, you inform him of which element?
A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-1

4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
practitioners include:
A) Ambulance drivers
B) EMS medical director
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical dispatchers
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-3

, 5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested in
becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot
presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to:
A) Administer some medications
B) Assist in emergency childbirth
C) Use an automated external defibrillator
D) Obtain vital signs
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-5

6) You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical
Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained
according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you
expect the EMRs to be providing?
A) Emergency medication administration
B) Automated external defibrillation
C) Intravenous therapy
D) Reading an electrocardiogram
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Objective: 1-5

7) An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants to
provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these
types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
A) Automated blood pressure monitoring
B) Assistance with emergency childbirth
C) Interfacility transports
D) IV therapy
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-5

8) Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the
service supervisor?
A) "I always wear my seat belt whenever I am in the patient compartment of the ambulance,
unless I have to remove it to care for a patient."
B) "I drive as fast as I can to get to the scene of an emergency, especially if a child is sick or
injured according to dispatch information."
C) "When I am driving with lights and sirens, I instruct my partner that he will need to handle all
radio communications."
D) "I put exam gloves on for every patient I contact, even if he or she does not have a known or
suspected infectious disease."
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Objective: 1-7