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Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Basics of Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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Emergency care systems (ECS) can address a wide range of acute conditions, including emergent conditions from communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, pregnancy, and injury.  Emergency medicine and public health can interact in at least four areas: Surveillance of diseases, injuries, and health risks Monitoring health care access Delivering clinical preventive services Developing policies to protect and improve the public's health  Effective emergency care systems can serve as settings for public health interventions for difficult to reach populations. For example, there are... Show more
Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Basics of Emergency Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
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1. Your service's medical director would like to explore the idea of EMTs using special transport ventilators when caring for patients who require assistance with their breathing. When using an evidence-based medicine approach, what should you do first?
2. Which item of protective gear is appropriate to wear at an automobile collision?
3. In the public health continuum, what is the first responsibility that public health officials must satisfy to improve the health of a community?
4. Which of these tasks has not been identified as one that could be provided by a mobile integrated health care system?
5. You have been asked to sit on your service's quality improvement (QI) committee. As a knowledgeable EMT, you recognize that in this role you will be involved in projects that are primarily designed to:
6. A young man wishes to become an EMT and asks you what he will need to do to become certified. You would reply that he must first:
7. You are by the side of a confused patient who has diabetes and a low blood sugar level. You know that the patient needs orally administered sugar, so following your service's guidelines, you call the physician on duty at the hospital emergency department and request permission to administer it. This request is an example of:
8. A 14-year-old boy has fallen through a plate glass window and is bleeding heavily from a laceration to his arm. His panicked mother has called 911 for help. Since the 911 operators are also emergency medical dispatchers, what sort of assistance will they be able to provide?
9. At a bare minimum, which type of personal protective equipment should be worn by EMS providers at any emergency scene involving a shooting?
10. Which patient would most benefit from calling an enhanced 911 system from the home phone?
11. What would the EMT recognize as an advantage of the 911 universal number?
12. An EMT with your service states that she desires to become a paramedic because she wants to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which one of these types of care will she be able to provide as a paramedic that she cannot provide as an EMT?
13. At a public 911 center meeting, a concerned woman asks whether voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) can be used to access the community emergency operations center. You would inform her that:
14. An Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) approaches you and states that he is interested in becoming an EMT. Specifically, he asks what he will be able to do as an EMT that he cannot presently do as an EMR. You respond by saying he will be able to:
15. An ambulance with two EMTs arrives in front of a house for an unknown medical emergency. On scene, bystanders report that a female patient was beaten by her husband in the driveway and then dragged back into the house. They state that the patient appeared unconscious and was bleeding from the head. Which action would the EMTs perform next?
16. You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community, all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Given this, which type of care do you expect the EMRs to be providing?
17. It has been some time since you were involved in the care of a pediatric patient. You decide to review the assessment and treatment basics that your medical director requires. To review this information, which resource should you consult first?
18. Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role and responsibilities related to being an EMT?
19. Which statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service supervisor?
20. How would the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) be satisfied for a pregnant emergency medical dispatcher (EMD) who suffers from paralysis of both legs and requires the use of a wheelchair?
21. What is a primary purpose of the modern-day EMS system?
22. Which statement about emergency medical services in the United States is true?
23. You have arrived at the scene of a medical emergency and find a woman lying on the floor of a grocery store. As you approach her, you know that your first priority as an EMT is:
24. Which statement best summarizes the underlying benefit of using evidence-based medicine?
25. You have arrived on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. A car has gone off the road and into a utility pole. The pole is broken and wires are hanging just above the car. You do not see any sparking or arcing of the wires. The driver of the car is slumped over the steering wheel and not moving. Several bystanders around the car are yelling for you to help. Which steps represent the correct order of your response?

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