{"id":120617,"date":"2023-09-26T19:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=120617"},"modified":"2023-09-26T19:18:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:18:33","slug":"emt-basic-final-exam-review-questions-and-answers-2023-2024-verified-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/26\/emt-basic-final-exam-review-questions-and-answers-2023-2024-verified-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"EMT Basic Final Exam Review Questions and Answers (2023 \/ 2024) (Verified Answers)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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EMT Basic Final Exam Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and
    improving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
    A. System effectiveness management
    B.Total quality system
    C. Quality improvement
    D. Process Improvement Plan (PIP) ANS: C. Quality improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the agencies withthe development of emergency medical service standards?
    A. U.S. Department of the Interior
    B. U.S. Department of Health Services
    C. U.S. Department of Transportation
    D. U.S. Department of Homeland Security ANS: C. U.S. Department of
    Transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Centralized coordination of emergency medical access, transportation, andcare most refers to which of the following?
    A. Emergency preparedness plan
    B. Resource management<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    C. Central deployment
    D.Tauma system ANS: B. Resource management<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Which of the following agencies is responsible for establishing EMS systemassessment programs?
      A. United States Health Services Agency (HSA)
      B. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
      C. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
      D.National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ANS: D.National
      HighwayTraffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the modern emergency medical services (EMS) system?
      A.To have trained personnel respond quickly and provide emergency care onthe scene, during transport, and at the hospital
      B.To have trained personnel understand the limitations of their training and
      “do no harm,” while providing prompt transport to the hospital
      C.To have trained personnel capable of assessing and caring for injured andill patients on the scene
      D.To have trained personnel knowledgeable in all aspects of prehospital
      care ANS: A.To have trained personnel respond quickly and provide emergency care on
      the scene, during transport, and at the hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What is the minimum level of certification required of ambulance personnelresponsible for direct patient care?
      A. Emergency Medical Technician<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      B. Emergency Ambulance Driver
      C. Advanced EMT
      D. Emergency Medical Responder ANS: A. Emergency Medical Technician<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. What BEST describes the level of EMS training that emphasizes activationof the EMS system and provides immediate care forlife-threatening problems?A. Cardiac care responder
        B. Emergency Medical Responder
        C. EMT
        D. Emergency Medical Dispatcher ANS: B. Emergency Medical Responder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. What level of emergency medical training provides the most advanced
        pre-hospital care?
        A. Emergency Medical Responder
        B. Paramedic
        C. Emergency Medical Technician
        D. Advanced EMT ANS: B. Paramedic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. What is a common term used to describe the items needed for Standard
        Precautions or body substance isolation precautions?
        A. Exposure-control plan
        B. Harm-reduction strategy
        C. Personal protective equipment
        D. Infection-control plan ANS: C. Personal protective equipment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Which of the following descriptions BEST defines the term pathogen?
          A. A study of the origins of infection and disease
          B. An organism that causes infection and disease
          C. A medication with a harmful effect
          D. An immunity developed after an exposure ANS: B. An organism that causes
          infec-tion and disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. An EMT should consider wearing protective eyewear when caring for
          which of these patients?
          A. A patient with a difficult-to-visualize scalp laceration
          B. A patient who was sprayed with mace by police during arrest
          C. A patient who is actively coughing
          D. A trauma patient who is covered in dirt, rocks, and other foreign debris
          ANS: C.A patient who is actively coughing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Due to the high risk of an unstable work environment, EMTs responding
          to a motor vehicle crash may consider using in addition to
          standard PPE.
          A. Face shields
          B. Heavy- duty gloves<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          1 \/ 41EMT Basic Final Exam Review 2 \/ 41C. Central deploymentD.Tauma system ANS: B. Resource management 3 \/ 41B. Emergency Ambulance DriverC. Advanced EMTD. Emergency Medical Responder ANS: A. Emergency Medical Technician 4 \/ 41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}