TEST BANK - Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 8th
Edition by Nancy Caroline
Chapters 1 - 53 | All Chapters
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, CHAPTER 1: EMS Systems
1. EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4
2. The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of Malaga in:
a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
ANSWER: D DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4
3. (CoAEMSP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands for:
a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
c. Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS
People ANSWER: A DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10
4. A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMS
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
ANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9
5. What is Reciprocity?
,a. Granting certification to a provider from same state or agency
b. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
c. Granting certification to a provider both from same or another state
d. No need of granting certification from any
state ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
6. Select the correct ranking:
a. The Dispatcher, EMT, Paramedic, Advanced EMT, Emergency Medical Responder
b. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, The Dispatcher
c. Paramedic, Advanced EMT, EMT, Emergency Medical Responder, The Dispatcher
d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
Paramedic ANSWER: D DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13
7. Who launched the first rescue squad called Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?
a. Nancy Lee Caroline
b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
d. Dr. David Boyde
ANSWER: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6
8. The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 8
9. At the emergency scene, what would be the initial assessment of patient?
a. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
b. Pulse, Skin, Blood test
c. Pupil, Respiration, Temperature
d. Blood pressure, Allergen test, Pulse
, ANSWER: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 15
10.If a patient is facing diminished breath sounds and distented necks veins and his radial pulses are
weakening and increasing in rate and you insert an oral airway and starts ventilating him with bag-
maskdevice and 100% oxygen but still the patient is feeling difficult to breath. So withfurther
findings, you assessed that he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?
a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing
ANSWER: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
11. Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?
a. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
b. Response, Preparation, Scene Management, Patient Assessment
c. Scene Management, Preparation, Response, Patient Assessment
d. Patient Assessment, Scene Management, Response,
Preparation ANSWER: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 19
12. A treatment plan for specific illness or injury:
a. Direct Medical Control
b. Standing order
c. Protocol
d. Indirect Medical Control
ANSWER: C DIF: EASY REF: Pg. 21
13. CQI stands for:
a. Control Quality Improvement
b. Continuous Quality Improvement
c. Control Quantity Improvement
d. Continuous Quantity
Improvement
ANSWER: B
DIF: EASYREF: Pg. 22
14. How many points are there for good CQI process?
a. 5
,a. 14
b. 16
c. 18
d. 20
ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg100
102. An action instituted by a private person or entity:
a. Liability
b. Comes under criminal law
c. The plaintiff
d. None of them
ANSWER: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg100
103. If a paramedic has neglected the patient’s pulse which is indicating that his pulse are
dropping and heneeds oxygen mask device. It would come under:
a. Tort
b. Intentional tort
c. Unintentional tort
d. Civil lawsuit
ANSWER: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg100
104. if the misconduct of the EMS provider was intentional or constituted a reckless disregard forthe
safetyof the public, then court awarded:
a. Punitive damage
b. Monetary compensation
c. Both a and b
d. None of them
ANSWER: C DIF: Moderate REF: Pg100
105. Threatening to restrain a patient who does not want to be transported is considered:
a. Assault
,b. Defamation
c. Battery
d. Criminal prosecution
ANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg101
106. If EMS provider touches a 18year old conscious injured girl without her consent, is considered:
a. False imprisonment
b. Defamation
c. Battery
d. Assault
ANSWER: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg101
107. If EMS provider write in a document that the patient was drunk, and patient was just
dizzy due tosome allergic response to any food, is considered:
a. Libel
b. Slander
c. Battery
d. False imprisonment
ANSWER: A DIF: Hard REF: Pg101
108. If EMS provider uses the judgmental and offensive statements in speaking to the
patient, isconsidered:
a. False imprisonment
b. Assault
c. Battery
d. Slander
ANSWER: D DIF: Hard REF: Pg102
109. When the civil lawsuit begins?
a. When dissatisfied patient files complaint against EMS provider
b. When summons happens
c. When discovery period begins
,d. When legal action is been taken
ANSWER: A DIF: Hard REF:
Pg102
110. Time period for discovery period:
a. 10day-1month
b. 1month-1year
c. 1year-2year
d. More than 2 year
ANSWER: D DIF: Moderate REF: Pg103
111. Who is attorney?
a. Dissatisfied patient
b. EMS provider
c. Complaint filer
d. Judge
ANSWER: C DIF: Moderate REF: Pg102
112. As a paramedic, you have lines of authority to answer to within the EMS system but
which one ofthese is not that line?
a. The Medical director
b. The employer
c. The physician
d. The licensing agency
ANSWER: C DIF: Moderate REF: Pg103
113. Which statement is true about ‘borrowed service doctrine’:
a. When you follow physician order which doesn’t falls under your training
b. When conflict happens between you and physician
c. When you take action which doesn’t fall under your training/practice
d. When you don’t follow physician order which doesn’t falls under your
training/practiceANSWER: D DIF: HARD REF: Pg103
, 114. As a paramedic, once you have license to work but the service for which you are seeking
work mayimpose additional requirements as part of its eligibility standards like CPR. It comes
under:
a. Certification
b. License by State
c. Credentialing
d. None of them
ANSWER: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg104
115. Components of due process:
a. Notice
b. Action
c. Opportunity to be heard
d. Both a and c
ANSWER: D DIF: Easy REF: Pg104
116. Which statement is true about HIPAA policy:
a. Patient information shared to the people who are not involved in care of patient
b. Patient information shared to the media and public
c. Patient information shared for medical need and for betterment of society as whole
d. Patient information shared to other
paramedicsANSWER: C DIF: Hard REF:
Pg105
117. EMTALA stands for:
a. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
b. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Agency
c. Evolved Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
d. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor
AuthorityANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF:
Pg106
118. Policy of EMTALA:
