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11th Edition,(Mistovich et al.)
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,Test Bank for Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th edition (Mistovich et al.)
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Table of Contents:
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PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
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3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
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4. Documentation
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5. Communication
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6. Lifting and Moving Patients
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PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
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7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology
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PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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8. Pathophysiology
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PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
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9. Life Span Development
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PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATION
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10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation
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PART 6: ASSESSMENT
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11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
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12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment
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PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
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14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
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PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
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15. Shock and Resuscitation
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PART 9: MEDICINE
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16. Respiratory Emergencies
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17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
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18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
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19. Seizures and Syncope
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20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
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21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
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22. Toxicologic Emergencies
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23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
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24. Environmental Emergencies
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25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
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26. Psychiatric Emergencies
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PART 10: TRAUMA
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27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
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28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
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29. Burns
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30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
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,31. Head Trauma
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32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
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33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
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34. Chest Trauma
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35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
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36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations
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PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
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37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
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38. Pediatrics
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39. Geriatrics
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40. Patients with Special Challenges
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41. The Combat Veteran
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PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
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42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
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43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
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44. Hazardous Materials
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45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
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46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents
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, Prehospital Emergency Care, 11e (Mistovich et al.)
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Chapter 1: Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1) What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
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A) Provide a means of transport to and from the hospital
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B) Ensure that all members of society have equal access to hospitals
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C) Decrease the incidence of death and disability related to injury and illness
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D) Provide emergency health care services to medically underserved areas
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Answer: C
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2) Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which
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document?
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A) The Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973
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B) The white paper "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern
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Society" in 1966
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C) The American Heart Association's Guidelines for Cardiac Resuscitation
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D) Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future, in 1996 d d d d d d d d
Answer: B
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3) An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for
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your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of
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Practice Model, you inform him of which element?
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A) He will be able to take care of only patients with non-life-threatening complaints
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B) He will first need approval from your ambulance service's medical director
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C) He will be able to work only with an Advanced EMT or paramedic
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D) He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician
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Answer: D
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4) As defined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, the four levels of EMS
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practitioners include:
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C) Paramedics
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Answer: C
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