Texas EMT- Jurisprudence Exam
Questions and Verified Answers
100% Correct | Grade A
1. A General Trauma Facility is a facility that
a. That only provides trauma care to patients.
b. Provides basic care to both
trauma and medical patients.
c. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
d. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria
for level III and level IV trauma facilities
Answer c. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
2. A Major Trauma Facility is a facility that
a. Is equivalent to a level III trauma facility.
b. Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
c. Meets the requirements of a free standing emergency
facility.
,d. Meets the requirements of
an urgent care facility.
Answer Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
3. Medical supervision must be provided by
a. Licensed physicians
b. Paramedics
c. Registered Nurses
d. Physician Assistants
Answer a. licensed physicians
4. An AEMT is an individual who is certified by the department and is minimally
proficient in performing which of the following skills?
a. Intravenous therapy
b. Esophageal intubation
c. Endotracheal intubation
d. All of the above
Answer d. All of the above
5. Care provided while transporting a patient between medical facilities is
a. Emergency Care
b. Health Care
,c. Facility Care
d. Interfacility Care
Answer d. Interfacility care
6. Abandonment is
a) Leaving your station or assigned area without permission from a supervisor
to do so.
b) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has
been made or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when
advanced treatment has been started.
c) Failure to gain patient consent for treatment if patient is alert, conscious,
and oriented.
d) Failure to show up for a shift that you have been assigned to.
Answer b) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient
contact has been made or
turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment
has been started.
7. A certificant is
a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from the
Texas Department of State Health Services
, b) Any person certified to drive a vehicle
c) An individual who holds a current paramedic license from the NREMT.
d) A document showing that a student has completed training or continuing
education hours.
Answer a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certifica- tion from
the Texas Department of State Health Services
8. An organized geographical area of at least three counties administered by
a regional advisory council for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient
transportation and/or treatment of sick and injured patients
a. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
b. Regional EMS/Trauma System
c. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
d. Trauma Service Area
Answer d. Trauma Service Area
9. A hospital that has successfully completed the designation process, is
capable of stabilization and/or definitive treatment of critically injured persons
and actively participates in a regional EMS/trauma system.
a. Trauma Facility
b. Designated Trauma Facility
Questions and Verified Answers
100% Correct | Grade A
1. A General Trauma Facility is a facility that
a. That only provides trauma care to patients.
b. Provides basic care to both
trauma and medical patients.
c. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
d. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria
for level III and level IV trauma facilities
Answer c. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
2. A Major Trauma Facility is a facility that
a. Is equivalent to a level III trauma facility.
b. Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
c. Meets the requirements of a free standing emergency
facility.
,d. Meets the requirements of
an urgent care facility.
Answer Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
3. Medical supervision must be provided by
a. Licensed physicians
b. Paramedics
c. Registered Nurses
d. Physician Assistants
Answer a. licensed physicians
4. An AEMT is an individual who is certified by the department and is minimally
proficient in performing which of the following skills?
a. Intravenous therapy
b. Esophageal intubation
c. Endotracheal intubation
d. All of the above
Answer d. All of the above
5. Care provided while transporting a patient between medical facilities is
a. Emergency Care
b. Health Care
,c. Facility Care
d. Interfacility Care
Answer d. Interfacility care
6. Abandonment is
a) Leaving your station or assigned area without permission from a supervisor
to do so.
b) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has
been made or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when
advanced treatment has been started.
c) Failure to gain patient consent for treatment if patient is alert, conscious,
and oriented.
d) Failure to show up for a shift that you have been assigned to.
Answer b) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient
contact has been made or
turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment
has been started.
7. A certificant is
a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from the
Texas Department of State Health Services
, b) Any person certified to drive a vehicle
c) An individual who holds a current paramedic license from the NREMT.
d) A document showing that a student has completed training or continuing
education hours.
Answer a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certifica- tion from
the Texas Department of State Health Services
8. An organized geographical area of at least three counties administered by
a regional advisory council for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient
transportation and/or treatment of sick and injured patients
a. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
b. Regional EMS/Trauma System
c. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
d. Trauma Service Area
Answer d. Trauma Service Area
9. A hospital that has successfully completed the designation process, is
capable of stabilization and/or definitive treatment of critically injured persons
and actively participates in a regional EMS/trauma system.
a. Trauma Facility
b. Designated Trauma Facility
