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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. If a patient with chest pain takes a daily aspirin, your medical director wants the EMT to contact an emergency department physician first before administering additional aspirin. The act of contacting the emergency department physician by phone or radio for permission to administer additional aspirin is an example of:
2. Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of which document?
3. Which statement best summarizes the underlying benefit of using evidence-based medicine?
4. Which statement accurately describes the hospital emergency department?
5. The functions of a state EMS agency include:
6. Which patient would most benefit from calling an enhanced 911 system from the home phone?
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. 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?
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 statement made by an EMT requires immediate intervention by a superior or the service supervisor?
11. Which item of protective gear is appropriate to wear at an automobile collision?
12. Which be an EMS public health initiative?
13. A 40-year-old man has been seriously injured in a car crash. He is unresponsive and has what you believe to be a collapsed lung. Additionally, his left leg is severely deformed with heavy bleeding and his vital signs are unstable. A passenger in the car informs you that the patient has diabetes and significant heart problems. Given this information, what is the best destination for this patient, assuming all of the facilities are the same distance away?
14. 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?
15. You are interviewing for the position of EMT with a busy urban service. This morning you are to meet with the service's medical director. You have been told that she likes it when applicants ask questions about her role as the medical director. Related to her responsibilities as medical director, which question is most appropriate?
16. As a supervisor with an emergency ambulance service, which situation regarding a potential employee would you recognize as falling under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and as case in which you would make reasonable accommodations?
17. Which attribute of a person would not likely work out well in the EMS profession?
18. A female jogger has collapsed on a trail at a public park. A crowd of curious onlookers have collected and are watching as the EMT examines the patient for any life-threatening conditions. After determining that there are none and the patient is stable, the EMT acts as a patient advocate by:
19. Which statement about emergency medical services in the United States is true?
20. Which statement shows that the EMT has a good understanding of her role and responsibilities related to being an EMT?
21. 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:
22. To be a medical director of an ambulance service, which requirement must the interested individual satisfy?
23. Before the EMT contacts medical direction for authorization to assist a patient with shortness of breath in using her metered-dose inhaler, protocols state that the EMT must first attempt to provide relief by administering oxygen if the pulse oximeter reading is less than 94%. You recognize that the administration of oxygen is best described as a(n):
24. An Emergency Medical Responder comes to you and states that he would like to work for your emergency ambulance service on a full-time basis. Knowing the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, you inform him of which element?
25. At the scene of a minor motor vehicle collision, you are attending to a female patient who complains of head and neck pain. A crowd has gathered to watch the action. What will the observing public most likely remember about the role EMS portrayed?

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