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- 1. Multiple Choice
The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patients privacy according to
DCAP
APGAR
HIPAA
CQI
- 2. Multiple Choice
Vector-Borne transmission of an infectious organism occurs via:
Animals or insects
smoke or dust
Direct Contact
Inanimate objects
- 3. Multiple Choice
To help protect patients, EMS agencies are required to have
Public forums with their medical director
Online access to patient records
An anonymous reporting system
A Privacy officer to answer questions
- 4. Multiple Choice
Effective therapeutic communication skills require
Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
English-speaking patients or family members
Supervision by advanced life support personnel
Correct use of complex medical terms
- 5. Multiple Choice
The suffix "-pathy" means
Enlargement
Study of
Specialist
Disease
- 6. Multiple Choice
The___ is a muscular dome that forms the inferior boundary of the Thorax, separating the Thorax from the Abdomen
Costal Arch
Diaphram
Mediastinum
Costovertebral Angle
- 7. Multiple Choice
The respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute in an infant is
Normal
Too fast
Too slow
Too shallow
- 8. Multiple Choice
To protect a restrained patient and prevent him from using leverage to break free, the EMT should secure
Both arms above the head
Both arms at the patients side
Only the patient's torso
One arm above the head
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following courses requires about 150 hours of training?
EMT
EMR
AEMT
Paramedic
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements regarding the different stages of the grieving process is correct?
The grieving process typically begins with severe depression
It is rare that people will jump back and forth between stages
The stages of the grieving process may occur simultaneously
Bargaining is the most unpleasant stage of the grieving process
- 11. Multiple Choice
As an EMT, the standards of emergency care are often partially based on
It is difficult to prove actions were performed if they are not included in a report
EMTs are not liable for any action that are accurately documented
Patient care cannot be discredited based on poor documentation
Incomplete reports are common and accepted in EMS
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following types of questions allow for the most detailed response?
Yes or No
Close-ended questions
Open-ended questions
Multiple questions asked at once
- 13. Multiple Choice
the root "-melan/o" means
White
Black
Red
Gray
- 14. Multiple Choice
Bile is produced by the liver and concentrated and stored in the
Kidneys
Pancreas
Stomach
Gallbladder
- 15. Multiple Choice
The areas of the infant skull that have not yet fused together are called
Ventricles
Cranial Valleys
Sutures
Fontanelles
- 16. Multiple Choice
The ____ is both the mechanical weight-bearing base of the spinal column and the fused posterior section of the pelvic girdle
Coccyx
Sacrum
Thorax
Ischium
- 17. Multiple Choice
An EMT may injure his/her back, even it is straight, if the
Back is bent forward at the hips
Hand are held close to the legs
Shoulder is aligned over the pelvis
force is exerted straight down the spine
- 18. Multiple Choice
Children of which age group are considered toddlers
1-3 years
3-6 years
1 month to 1 year
over 6 years
- 19. Multiple Choice
The ___ is made up of the Maxilla and Zygoma, as well as the frontal bones of the cranium
Orbit
Occiput
Mastoid
Sphenoid
- 20. Multiple Choice
"Chondro" in the word chondritis means:
Tendon
Rib
Cartilage
Joint
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following will help improve radio communications?
Wait 1 second after pressing the transmit button before speaking
Hold the radio at least 6 inches from your mouth
Use codes to speed communication
Answer questions with "yes" or "no"
- 22. Multiple Choice
Common factors that influence how a patient reacts to stress of an illness or injury include the following EXCEPT
assessment by an EMT
mental disorders
history of chronic disease
fear of medical personal
- 23. Multiple Choice
The determination that prompt surgical care in the hospital is more important than performing time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma patient is based MOSTLY on
EMS research
Local protocols
the lead EMT's decision
Regional trauma guidelines
- 24. Multiple Choice
National guidelines for EMS care are intended to
Reduce expenses at the local and state level
Facilitate a national labor group
Unify EMS providers under a single medical director
Provide more consistent delivery of EMS care across the US.
- 25. Multiple Choice
While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not cleaned properly afterward, a virus was transmitted to another EMT several days later. Which route of transmission does this scenario describe>?
Direct Contact
Indirect Contact
Airborne Transmission
Vector-Borne Transmission
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which type of consent is involved when a 39-year old mentally competent female with a severe headache ask you to take her to the hospital?
Formal
Implied
Informed
Expressed
- 27. Multiple Choice
Ethnocentrism is defined as
Understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and stress differently
Suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his/her voice when answering a question
Subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that our own values are acceptable
Considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a different culture
- 28. Multiple Choice
The meaning "around" can have which of the following prefixes?
"epi" amd "sub"
"sub" and "infra"
"infra" and "peri"
"peri" and "circum"
- 29. Multiple Choice
The brain connects to the spinal cord through a large opening at the base of the skull called the
Foramen Ovale
Vertebral Foramen
Spinous Foramen
Foramen Magnum
- 30. Multiple Choice
The normal systolic blood pressure for a 30-y/o is between
60 to 120 mm Hg
70 to 140 mm Hg
80 to 120 mm Hg
90 to 140 mm Hg
- 31. Multiple Choice
Proper technique for using the power grip is to
lift with your palms up
rotate your palms down
Hold the handle with your fingers
position your hands at 6" apart.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements regarding patients weight distribution is correct?
The majority of a horizontal patients weight is the torso
Most of the patients weight rest on the foot end of the stretcher
A semi-sitting patients weight is equally distributed on both ends
the EMT at the patients head will bear the least amount of weight
- 33. Multiple Choice
What is the normal respiration rate for an adult
12-20 breaths per minute
15-30 breaths per minute
25-50 breaths per minute
40-60 breath per minute
- 34. Multiple Choice
Which of the following structures DOES NOT contain smooth muscle
Blood Vessels
Urinary System
Skeletal System
Gastrointestinal Tract
- 35. Multiple Choice
"Myo" in the word Mycocardistis means
Cartiladge
Muscle
Bone
Vein
- 36. Multiple Choice
During your assessment of a 20 y/o man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer you question immediately. You should...
Repeat your question because he probably did not hear your
Allow him time to think about the question to repond to it
Ask himn if he frequently experiences severe headache and nausea
tell him that you canno thelp him unless he answers your question
- 37. Multiple Choice
Your arrive at the scene a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrain accident. The patient, a 13 y/o male, is unconscious and has mutliple injuries. As you are treating the child, a law enforcement officer advises you the child's parents will be at the scene at approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?
Transport the child and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
Treat the childa the scene and wait for the parents to arrive to give consent
Begin transport at once have the parents meet you en route to the hospital
Withold treatment until the parent arrive and give you consent for treatment.
- 38. Multiple Choice
The EMT's first priority is ____
Personal Safety
Rapid Response
Treatment and Transport
Empathy for all patients
- 39. Multiple Choice
What is an EMT's primary service area?
The main area in which the EMS agency operates
The only area the EMT is certified to provide patient care
The are serviced by the EMT's medical director
The location where the EMT provides essential care during 9-1-1 Calls
- 40. Multiple Choice
Which of the following interventions is used bu all levles of EMS providers?
Multilumen airways
Needle Decompression
Automatic Transport Ventilators
Automatic External Defibrillator
- 41. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an effective stress manafement strategy?
Frequently reflecting on troublesome calls
Requesting overtime to occupy your mind
Modestly increasing caffience consumption
Developming a social network outside of EMS
- 42. Multiple Choice
When is forcible restraint permitted?
Anytime that the EMS feels threatened
Only if consent to restrain is given by a family member
When the patient poses a threat to self or others
Only when law enforcemnt personnel have wirnessed threatening behavior
- 43. Multiple Choice
You are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that
Your questions should focus exclusively on the patient's obvious problem
Most older patient think clearly and are capable of answering questions
hostility and confusion should be presumed to be due to the patient's age
speaking loadly and distinctly will ensure that the patient will hear you
- 44. Multiple Choice
Which of the following suffixes means "pertaining to"?
"-al" and "-ic"
"-ic" and "-ology""
"-ology" and "-oma
"
"-al" and "-ology_
- 45. Multiple Choice
A by-product of involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation is
Heat
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Lactic Acid
- 46. Multiple Choice
Artherosclerosis is defined as
Constriction of the blood vessels
The blockage of a coronary artery
The buildup of plaque inside the blood vessels
Dilation of the arteries
- 47. Multiple Choice
To minimize the risk of injuring yourself when lifting or moving a patient, you should
Flex at the wrist instead of the hips
Avoid the use of lig rolls or body drags
Use a direct carry whenever possible
Keep the weight as close to your body as possible
- 48. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate device to use when immobilizing a patient with a suspected spinal injury
Long backbaord
Scoop stretcher
Portable stretcher
Wheeled stretcher
- 49. Multiple Choice
Older adults frequently
experience a decrease in body fat as they age
are able to increase thier muscle mass
are unable to overcome medical problems
take multiple medications
- 50. Multiple Choice
If a patient's chest barely moves during inhalation, even if the patient's respiratory rate is normnal, you should suspect that
minute volume is decreased
inspiratory reserve is increased
overall tidal volume is increased
expiratory reserve volume is decreased
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