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Test bank for prehospital
emergency care 12th edition by
Mestrovic Chapter 1-42
Table Of Contents
PART 1: PREPARATORỴ AND PUBLIC HEALTH
1. Emergency Medical Service 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: ANATOMỴ, PHỴSIOLOGỴ, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGỴ
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology PART 3: PATHOPHỴSIOLOGỴ
8. Pathophysiology
PART 4: LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
9. Life Span Development
PART 5: AIRWAỴ MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION,
VENTILATION, AND OXỴGENATION
10. Airway Management, Respiration, Ventilation, and Oxygenation PART 6:
ASSESSMENT
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up
13. Patient Assessment
PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGỴ AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration PART 8: SHOCK AND
RESUSCITATION
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15. Shock and Resuscitation
PART 9: MEDICAL
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicological Emergencies and Infectious Diseases
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Vulnerable Populations: Psychiatric Emergencies and Psychosocial Issues
PART 10: TRAUMA
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nondramatic Fractures
31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Injury and Spine Motion Restriction
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Chest Trauma
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
37. Obstetrics and Neonatal Care
38. Patients with Special Challenges
39. The Combat Veteran
PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
40. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
41. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
42. Hazardous Materials
43. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
44. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents and High Threat and Active Shooter Incidents
Chapter 1
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Emergency ỵ Medical Service S ỵ stems, 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: 2
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: 2
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for your emergency
ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of
which element they need to attain first?
A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or Paramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT). Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
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 Objective: 1-3
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in becoming an EMT.
Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond
by saying they 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: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-ỵear-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs)
are on the 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
Test bank for prehospital
emergency care 12th edition by
Mestrovic Chapter 1-42
Table Of Contents
PART 1: PREPARATORỴ AND PUBLIC HEALTH
1. Emergency Medical Service 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: ANATOMỴ, PHỴSIOLOGỴ, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGỴ
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology PART 3: PATHOPHỴSIOLOGỴ
8. Pathophysiology
PART 4: LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
9. Life Span Development
PART 5: AIRWAỴ MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION,
VENTILATION, AND OXỴGENATION
10. Airway Management, Respiration, Ventilation, and Oxygenation PART 6:
ASSESSMENT
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up
13. Patient Assessment
PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGỴ AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration PART 8: SHOCK AND
RESUSCITATION
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15. Shock and Resuscitation
PART 9: MEDICAL
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicological Emergencies and Infectious Diseases
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Vulnerable Populations: Psychiatric Emergencies and Psychosocial Issues
PART 10: TRAUMA
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nondramatic Fractures
31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Injury and Spine Motion Restriction
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Chest Trauma
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
37. Obstetrics and Neonatal Care
38. Patients with Special Challenges
39. The Combat Veteran
PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
40. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
41. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
42. Hazardous Materials
43. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
44. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents and High Threat and Active Shooter Incidents
Chapter 1
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Emergency ỵ Medical Service S ỵ stems, 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: 2
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: 2
Objective: 1-2
3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that they would like to work for your emergency
ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform them of
which element they need to attain first?
A) They will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints.
B) They will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director.
C) They will be able to work only with an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) or Paramedic.
D) They will first have to become an Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT). Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3
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 Objective: 1-3
5) An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that they are interested in becoming an EMT.
Specifically, they ask what they will be able to do as an EMT that they cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond
by saying they 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: 5-6
Objective: 1-5
6) You have been dispatched for a 61-ỵear-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs)
are on the 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
