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Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT certification or licensure is:
A. the responsibility of your service training officer.
B. part of your role as an EMS professional.
C. the responsibility of your service medical director.
D. the role of your regional EMT training council. |
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B. part of your role as an EMS professional.
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The National Highway Safety Act charged which government entity with developing an EMS system and upgrading prehospital emergency care?
A. U.S. Department of Transportation
B. American Red Cross
C. State EMS agencies
D. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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A. U.S. Department of Transportation
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Which of the following governmental departments was responsible for developing EMS standards and assisting states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care?
A. U.S. Department of Transportation
B. National Registry of EMTs
C. National EMS Council
D. National Highway Traffic Safety Council |
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A. U.S. Department of Transportation
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The Technical Assistance Program Assessment Standard specifying that each patient must be transported in a timely manner to the closest appropriate medical facility is:
A. facilities.
B. human resources and training.
C. regulation and policy.
D. transportation. |
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In which of the following quality improvement activities does the EMT participate MOST often?
A. Teaching EMS classes
B. Documentation
C. Deposition
D. Writing new protocols |
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A 911 system that allows the call taker to automatically view the caller's location and phone number is known as:
A. rapid 911.
B. enhanced 911.
C. GPS 911.
D. localized 911.
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Of the four levels of prehospital emergency medical training, which provides the most advanced level of prehospital care?
A. Advanced EMT level
B. Paramedic level
C. Emergency Medical Responder level
D. Emergency Medical Technician level |
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Which of the following activities is most likely to lead to harm to the EMT or the patient if performed improperly?:
A. Taking vital signs
B. Lifting and moving patients
C. Conducting a patient history
D. Communicating with the dispatcher |
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B. Lifting and moving patients
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Which of the following patients would MOST likely be transported to the closest emergency department rather than a specialty facility for initial management, assuming that all the facilities were within the EMT's jurisdiction?
A. A high-risk obstetric patient
B. An unresponsive overdose patient with airway complications
C. A multisystem trauma victim
D. A pediatric patient who ingested a poison |
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B. An unresponsive overdose patient with airway complications
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When applying for a new job as an EMT, you had to watch a videotaped scenario and then complete a prehospital care report and give an oral patient hand-off report. This activity was designed to assess:
A. your tolerance for an order from management.
B. the expected ability to maintain good verbal and written communication skills.
C. your ability to be polite and considerate in a stressful situation.
D. your empathy for the patient in the mock scenario. |
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B. the expected ability to maintain good verbal and written communication skills.
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Confidence and initiative are examples of a good EMT's:
A. patient care advocacy.
B. personal traits.
C. knowledge and skills.
D. physical demands. |
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Which of the following will help to prevent errors that may jeopardize the patient's safety?
A. Ask for assistance if you need it.
B. Use intuition and judgment rather than protocols.
C. Never admit that you do not know what to do.
D. Always go with your first instinct. |
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A. Ask for assistance if you need it.
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Neatness cleanliness, and professionalism should be demonstrated by your:
A. voice.
B. appearance.
C. mannerisms.
D. empathy. |
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The EMT's first priority during a call is to protect:
A. the patient.
B. himself or herself.
C. innocent bystanders.
D. the patient's family. |
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Which of the following is LEAST likely to employ an EMT?
A. Industrial setting
B. Funeral home
C. Ambulance service
D. Fire department |
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Which of the following is a certification level established by the National Registry of EMTs?
A. EMR
B. Critical care nurse
C. AMR
D. Flight paramedic |
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What is the name of the program that EMS services should establish to better assess the ongoing efficiency of the care they are rendering to patients?
A. Continuing education
B. Quality improvement
C. Trauma registry
D. Enhanced 911 |
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Your CQI officer sends you a request for additional information about a patient you had six months ago who subsequently died.
How should you respond to this request?
A. Respond to this request, but do so in a way that is not incriminating to yourself.
B. Respond to this request to the best of your ability, given your memory of the call.
C. Ignore this request because the law does not require it.
D. Contact a lawyer before responding to this request. |
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B. Respond to this request to the best of your ability, given your memory of the call.
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Which of the following is the MOST important reason why documentation is an important part of any CQI program?
A. It eliminates the risk of lawsuits.
B. The law requires it.
C. It permits the CQI team to upload required statistics to the state trauma registry.
D. It allows for better interpretation of the care that was rendered. |
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D. It allows for better interpretation of the care that was rendered. |
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Which of the following statements would BEST describe the beneficial effect to the CQI program when the EMT performs a maintenance check on the ambulance equipment before each shift?
A. It will ensure that the EMT is doing the mandated morning checks of the ambulance.
B. It will help to determine who will be awarded the CQI program's "EMT of the Month" award.
C. It will identify whether any equipment is malfunctioning before its use in an actual patient emergency.
D. It will have no beneficial effect for the CQI program. |
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| C. It will identify whether any equipment is malfunctioning before its use in an actual patient emergency. |
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The EMT gains the authority to render care from the:
A. supervisor.
B. base hospital.
C. NHTSA.
D. medical director. |
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Off-line medical control for an EMT is provided by a physician through:
A. in-person direction.
B. telephone contact.
C. standing orders.
D. radio contact. |
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The EMT is on the scene treating a patient, and the patient's physician is on scene ordering the EMT to transport the patient to somewhere other than the closest appropriate facility. The BEST person the EMT could contact would be:
A. medical direction.
B. the EMS supervisor on duty.
C. law enforcement.
D. the EMS chief. |
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Which step in the evidence-based medicine process deals with the concept of deciding what aspect of emergency
medicine to investigate?
A. Changing of protocol on the basis of the research outcome
B. Formulate a hypothesis
C. Appraising evidence for validity and reliability
D. Searching medical literature |
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B. Formulate a hypothesis |
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Which of the following is an example of a local public health emergency?
A. Contaminated water supply due to flooding
B. A multiple-residence structural fire
C. A school bus crash
D. CO poisoning of a household |
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A. Contaminated water supply due to flooding |
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You notice that your EMT certification will expire in the next year. What is one way to stay current and renew your card?
A. Performing community service
B. Participating in continuing education
C. Doing a research project
D. Just working your regular shift |
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B. Participating in continuing education |
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