Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? Correct Answer DOT
Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. Correct Answer National Registry
Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in the field. Correct Answer Medical Control
Recognition, pat...
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EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review 2022
Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? Correct Answer DOT
Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. Correct Answer National Registry
Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in the field. Correct Answer
Medical Control
Recognition, patient assessment, continued assessment and stabilization in hospital, definitive care.
Correct Answer Continuum of Care
Types of stress include: Correct Answer Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustress, acute
stress, and chronic stress
S/S of stress include: Correct Answer Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P, vasodilation,
dilated pupils, tensed muscles, increased glucose levels, perspiration, decreased blood flow to
gastrointestinal tract, irritability, inability to concentrate, difficult or increased sleeping, anxiety, guilt,
loss of appetite, decreased sexual activity, loss of interest in work, alcoholism, drug use.
Management of stress includes: Correct Answer Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of negative
personalities, change work hours, reduce overtime, change your attitude, don't obsess over what you
can't change, exercise, diet.
Fight or Flight response: Correct Answer During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous system
is activated and the body increases level of cortical, adrenaline, and other hormones that produce an
increased heart rate, quick breathing, and higher BP. Blood is shunted from extremities to the big
muscles to "fight or flight".
Routes of transmission include: Correct Answer Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate objects
Mechanical (vector born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the germs live or grow
Airborne - sneezes, coughs
Dust - may carry pores, may remain for long periods.
Control and prevention of contamination include? Correct Answer Hand washing, gloves, eye
protection, gowns, masks, mask, respirators, barrier devices, and immunizations.
Duty to Act is? Correct Answer An obligation to provide care.
Duties include: Correct Answer Duty to:
-Respond
-Obey laws and regulations
-Operate an emergency vehicle reasonably and prudently
, -Provide care and transportation to expected standard
-Provide care and transport consistent with the scope of practice and local medicine protocol
-Continue and transport through to its appropriate conclusion
The scope of practice is? Correct Answer Description of what assessment and treatment skills and EMT
may legally perform.
Implied consent is? Correct Answer Consent in which a patient is unable to give consent and is provided
treatment under the implication they would want treatment.
Informed consent is? Correct Answer Permission for treatment given by a patient after the potential
risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
Ethics Correct Answer The discipline dealing with what is good and bad.
Standard of care is? Correct Answer The degree of medical care and skill that is expected of a
reasonably competent EMT acting in the same or similar circumstances.
Confidentiality is? Correct Answer Communication between you and the patient is considered
confidential and can only be released to other medical staff or with a court order.
Definite signs of death include: Correct Answer Obvious mortal damage, dependent lividity , rigor
mortis, putrefaction.
Obvious mortal damage: Correct Answer Injuries such as decapitation or non survivable injury.
Dependent lividityCorrect AnswerBlood settling to the lowest part of the body. "Pooling"
Rigor mortis Correct Answer Stiffening of body muscles caused by chemical changes in the body.
Develops in the face and jaw, gradually extending downward. Onset is affected by body's ability to lose
temp (thin=fast, fat body=slow). Occurs between 2-12 hours after death
Putrefaction Correct Answer Decomposition of body tissue. Occurs between 20-96 hours.
Anterior Correct Answer Front side of body
Posterior Correct Answer back of the body
Midline Correct Answer Imaginary line drawn vertically from middle of the forehead through the
umbilicus floor
Mid clavicles Correct Answer Referring to the middle of the clavicle parallel to the midline
Mid axillary Correct Answer Referring to middle of armpit parallel to the midline
Superior Correct Answer Towards the head of the body
Inferior Correct Answer Towards the feet
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