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CHAPTER 1: EMS Systems
- EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4 - The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during
the Siege of Malaga in:
a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4 - (CoAEMSP)is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands for:
a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
c. Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS
PeopleANS: A DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10 - A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMS
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9 - What is Reciprocity?
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a. Granting certification to a provider from same state or agency
b. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
c. Granting certification to a provider both from same or another state
d. No need of granting certification from any
stateANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
- Select the correct ranking:
a. The Dispatcher, EMT, Paramedic, Advanced EMT, Emergency Medical Responder
b. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, The Dispatcher
c. Paramedic, Advanced EMT, EMT, Emergency Medical Responder, The Dispatcher
d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
ParamedicANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13 - Who launched the first rescue squad called Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?
a. Nancy Lee Caroline
b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
d. Dr. David Boyde
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6 - The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8 - At the emergency scene, what would be the initial assessment of patient?
a. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
b. Pulse, Skin, Blood test
c. Pupil, Respiration, Temperature
d. Blood pressure, Allergen test, Pulse
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ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
10.If a patient is facing diminished breath sounds and distented necks veins and his radial pulses
are weakening and increasing in rate and you insert an oral airway and starts ventilating him
with bag-maskdevice and 100% oxygen but still the patient is feeling difficult to breath. So with
further findings, you assessed that he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?
a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing
ANS: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
- Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?
a. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
b. Response, Preparation, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
c. Scene Management, Preparation, Response, Patient Assessment
d. Patient Assessment, Scene Management, Response,
PreparationANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 19 - A treatment plan for specific illness or injury:
a. Direct Medical Control
b. Standing order
c. Protocol
d. Indirect Medical Control
ANS: C DIF: EASY REF: Pg. 21 - CQI stands for:
a. Control Quality Improvement
b. Continuous Quality Improvement
c. Control Quantity Improvement
d. Continuous Quantity
ImprovementANS: BDIF: EASY
REF: Pg. 22 - How many points are there for good CQI process?
a. 5
4
a. 14
b. 16
c. 18
d. 20
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg100
- An action instituted by a private person or entity:
a. Liability
b. Comes under criminal law
c. The plaintiff
d. None of them
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg100 - If a paramedic has neglected the patient’s pulse which is indicating that his pulse are
dropping and heneeds oxygen mask device. It would come under:
a. Tort
b. Intentional tort
c. Unintentional tort
d. Civil lawsuit
ANS: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg100 - if the misconduct of the EMS provider was intentional or constituted a reckless disregard for
the safetyof the public, then court awarded:
a. Punitive damage
b. Monetary compensation
c. Both a and b
d. None of them
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Pg100 - Threatening to restrain a patient who does not want to be transported is considered:
a. Assault