, Table of Contents
Part 1 Preparatory and Public Health
Chapter 1 Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
Chapter 2 Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT Chapter 3 Medical, Legal, and Ethical
Issues
Chapter 4 Documentation
Chapter 5 Communication
Chapter 6 Lifting and Moving Patients
Part 2 Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology Chapter 7 Anatomy, Physiology, and
Medical Terminology Chapter 8 Pathophysiology
Part 4 Life Span Development Chapter 9 Life Span
Development
Part 5 Airway Management, Respiration, Ventilation, and Oxygenation
Chapter 10 Airway Management, Respiration, Ventilation, and Oxygenation
Part 6 Assessment
Components of the Patient Assessment: an Overview
Chapter 11 Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking Chapter 12 Scene Size-Up
Chapter 13 Patient Assessment
Part 7 General Pharmacology and Medication Administration Chapter 14 General Pharmacology and
Medication Administration Part 8 Shock and Resuscitation
Chapter 15 Shock and Resuscitation Part 9 Medical
Chapter 16 Respiratory Emergencies Chapter 17 Cardiovascular
Emergencies
Chapter 18 Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache Chapter 19 Seizures and Syncope
Chapter 20 Acute Diabetic Emergencies
,Chapter 21 Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
Chapter 22 Toxicologic Emergencies and Infectious Diseases Chapter 23 Abdominal, Hematologic,
Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 24 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 25 Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
Chapter 26 Vulnerable Populations: Psychiatric Emergencies and Psychosocial Issues
Part 10 Trauma
Chapter 27 Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
Chapter 28 Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma Chapter 29 Burns
Chapter 30 Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures Chapter 31 Head Trauma
Chapter 32 Spinal Injury and Spine Motion Restriction Chapter 33 Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
Chapter 34 Chest Trauma
Chapter 35 Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
Chapter 36 Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
Part 11 Special Patient Populations Chapter 37 Obstetrics and
Neonatal Care
Chapter 38 Patients with Special Challenges Chapter 39 The Combat Veteran
Part 12 EMS Operations
Chapter 40 Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response Chapter 41 Gaining Access and Patient
Extrication
Chapter 42 Hazardous Materials
Chapter 43 Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management Chapter 44 EMS Response to Terrorist
Incidents and High Threat and Active Shooter Incidents
, 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 areasAnswer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7
Objective: 1-2
2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release
of whichdocument?
A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
ModernSociety" in 1966
C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in
1996Answer: 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 ofPractice 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 TechnicianAnswer: 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
EMSpractitioners include:
A) Ambulance drivers
B) EMS medical director
C) Paramedics
D) Emergency medical
dispatchersAnswer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Objective: 1-3
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