EMT-B Basic Final Exam Review Questions With Answers 2022

Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses? - Answer - DOT Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification. - Answer - National Registery Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in the field. - Answer - Medical Control Recognition, patient assesment, continued assesment and stabilization in hospital, definitive care. - Answer - Continuum of Care Types of stress include: - Answer - Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustruss, acute stress, and chronic stress S/S of stress include: - Answer - Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P, vasodilation, dialted pupils, tensed muscles, increased glucose levels, perspiration, deacreased 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, alcholism, drug use. Management of stress includes: - 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, excercise, diet. Fight or Flight response: - Answer - During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous system is activated and the body increases level of cotricol, adrenilen, 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: - 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? - Answer - Hand washing, gloves, eye protection, gowns, masks, mask, respirators, barrier devices, and immunizations. Duty to Act is? - Answer - An obligation to provide care. Duties include: - Answer - Duty to: -Respond -Obey laws and regulations -Operate an emergerncy 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? - Answer - Descriptionof what assessment and treatment skills and EMT may legally perform. Implied consent is? - Answer - Consent in which a patient is unable to give consent and is provided treatm