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CIEMT QUIZ 1 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Medical Injury (define) - ANSWER✔✔Nature of Illness (Internal)
Trauma Injury (define) - ANSWER✔✔Mechanism of Injury (anything involving KINETIC ENERGY)
Highway Safety Act of 1966 (what funded it and helped it to grow?) - ANSWER✔✔Emergency Medical Act of 1973 (created funding)
DOT (Department of Transportation) developed first National Standard Curriculum
Which two groups wrote the guidelines for the NREMT? When was the test last revised? - ANSWER✔✔DOT and NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Revised in 2010
Rankings of EMS - ANSWER✔✔1. EMR 1 / 3
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2. EMT
3. AEMT
- Paramedic
EMR - ANSWER✔✔Lifeguard, police, etc.(No EMR certification given in California)
EMT - ANSWER✔✔1. Training in BLS
2. AED
- Airway Adjuncts
- Medication assistance
AEMT - ANSWER✔✔1. Training in ALS
- IV Therapy
- Administration of certain emergency medication
In California, we use two paramedics instead of AEMT
Paramedic - ANSWER✔✔1. Extensive ALS training
- Endotrachel intubation 2 / 3
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- Emergency pharmocology
- Cardiac monitoring
Levels of EMS - ANSWER✔✔1. Federal Level: National EMS Scope of Practice Model provides guidelines for EMS skills
- State Level: Laws regulate EMS provider operations (Cali: title 22)
3. Local Level: medical director
What does EMS systems have? - ANSWER✔✔EMS systems have QUALITY CONTROL and
IMPROVEMENT
CQI - ANSWER✔✔Continuous quality improvement
- Identifies areas of improvement AND
- Provide remedial training if needed
Online vs. Offline Training - ANSWER✔✔Types of medical control given by medical director
Online = Direct (phone, etc) Offline = Indirect (standing orders, training)
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