EMD 350 Final / The University of Arizona-
Questions and Correct Solutions
The best staffing model for a ground ambulance services is:
A model that best utilized the resources available in a given community
The definition of an ambulance includes the capacity to carry:
1 driver, 2 EMCTs & 2 patients
What did the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973 provide?
Funding for EMS system development
What term best describes all of the prospective, concurrent, and retrospective activities
conducted by physicians (and others) assuming the ultimate responsibility and authority
for the medical care provided by an EMS system and its providers?
medical oversight
Operational Readiness can be best defined as:
The ability to carry out a task in a specific operational environment
Operational Readiness may be impacted by:
Individual responder health and fitness
Equipment availability
Responder training
3 things about EMS system assessment offered by National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA):
,1. Has been available for many years a program to assess the various components of an EMS
system
2. Performed at a statewide level
3. Includes a team of experts that evaluates the status of each component of the system and offers
suggestions for improvement
A Level 1 trauma center is described as having these 3 things:
1. trauma surgeon on staff 24 hours a day
2. Numerous other specialties available quickly if consulted as well as a neurosurgeon
3. Commitment to research and community outreach programs
The Emergency Medical Treatment and labor act (EMTALA) was passed by congress in
order to:
1. Ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay
2. To regulate examination, treatment, transfer of ED patients and to discourage EDs from
"dumping" sick but uninsured patients on city or public hospitals
The most common way to categorize hospitals was developed by :
The American College of surgeons.
, The Trauma center level is based on what criteria?
The availability of resources and specialty care
In 1976, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS/COT) published:
the first edition of "Optimal Resources for Care of the Severely Injured."
The first edition of "Optimal Resources for Care of the Severely Injured." influenced the
country by:
1999, this document had evolved into a fourth-generation publication, Resources for Optimal
Care of the Injured Patient, recognizing the needs of all injured patients
Epidemiology reveals the most frequent causes of trauma to include:
1. motor vehicle crashes
2. the use of firearms
3. falls among the elderly
Statistics for Trauma in the United States:
1. Trauma is the leading cause of death in 1st four decades of life
2. Trauma is associated with 150,000 annual deaths in US
3. Trauma is associated with 9 million annual disabling injuries
what does Triage mean ?
to sort
Triage includes:
Questions and Correct Solutions
The best staffing model for a ground ambulance services is:
A model that best utilized the resources available in a given community
The definition of an ambulance includes the capacity to carry:
1 driver, 2 EMCTs & 2 patients
What did the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973 provide?
Funding for EMS system development
What term best describes all of the prospective, concurrent, and retrospective activities
conducted by physicians (and others) assuming the ultimate responsibility and authority
for the medical care provided by an EMS system and its providers?
medical oversight
Operational Readiness can be best defined as:
The ability to carry out a task in a specific operational environment
Operational Readiness may be impacted by:
Individual responder health and fitness
Equipment availability
Responder training
3 things about EMS system assessment offered by National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA):
,1. Has been available for many years a program to assess the various components of an EMS
system
2. Performed at a statewide level
3. Includes a team of experts that evaluates the status of each component of the system and offers
suggestions for improvement
A Level 1 trauma center is described as having these 3 things:
1. trauma surgeon on staff 24 hours a day
2. Numerous other specialties available quickly if consulted as well as a neurosurgeon
3. Commitment to research and community outreach programs
The Emergency Medical Treatment and labor act (EMTALA) was passed by congress in
order to:
1. Ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay
2. To regulate examination, treatment, transfer of ED patients and to discourage EDs from
"dumping" sick but uninsured patients on city or public hospitals
The most common way to categorize hospitals was developed by :
The American College of surgeons.
, The Trauma center level is based on what criteria?
The availability of resources and specialty care
In 1976, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS/COT) published:
the first edition of "Optimal Resources for Care of the Severely Injured."
The first edition of "Optimal Resources for Care of the Severely Injured." influenced the
country by:
1999, this document had evolved into a fourth-generation publication, Resources for Optimal
Care of the Injured Patient, recognizing the needs of all injured patients
Epidemiology reveals the most frequent causes of trauma to include:
1. motor vehicle crashes
2. the use of firearms
3. falls among the elderly
Statistics for Trauma in the United States:
1. Trauma is the leading cause of death in 1st four decades of life
2. Trauma is associated with 150,000 annual deaths in US
3. Trauma is associated with 9 million annual disabling injuries
what does Triage mean ?
to sort
Triage includes:
