TEST BANK
Test Bank for Emergency Care in the Streets
8th Edition
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,Nancy L. Caroline: Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets
CHAPTER 1
1. EMS stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4
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2. The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of Malaga in:
a. At the beginning of 1400
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b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
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ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4
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3. (CoAEMSP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands for:
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a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
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c. Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS People
ANS: 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
ANS: 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
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 10
6. Select the correct ranking:
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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
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d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT, Paramedic
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 12, 13
7. Who launched the first rescue squad called Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?
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a. Nancy Lee Caroline
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b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
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d. Dr. David Boyde
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 6
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8. The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was developed by:
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMS
ANS: 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
ANS: 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-mask
device and 100% oxygen but still the patient is feeling difficult to breath. So with further findings, you
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assessed that he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?
a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
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c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing
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ANS: C DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 15
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11. Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?
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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
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ANS: 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
ANS: 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
ANS: B DIF: EASY REF: Pg. 22
14. How many points are there for good CQI process?
a. 5
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b. 8
c. 9
d. 10
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ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 22
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15. The first step in conducting EMS research:
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a. Research domain
b. Research agenda
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c. Research consortium
d. Research area
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 25
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16. Which board approval is required before starting the research?
a. Institutional Review Board
b. Institutional Research Board
c. International Review Board
d. International Research Board
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: 25
, 17. Types of Survey research:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
ANS: 3 DIF: Easy REF: 26
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18. Which research uses available data?
a. Retrospective Research
b. Prospective Research
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c. Cohort Research
d. Case study
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ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 26
19. Which is called snapshot of events and information?
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a. Longitudinal design
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b. Cross-sectional design
c. Case study
d. Literature Review
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ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 26
20.A form of research in which the existing literature is reviewed, and the researcher analyzes the
collection of research to draw a conclusion.
a. Prospective Research
b. Cohort Research
c. Case Study
d. Literature Review
, ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Pg27
21. Types of sampling:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
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ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 27
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22. Tool in which investigators are unaware of the study arm into which the subject being interviewed has
been enrolled:
a. Unblinded Study
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b. Case study
c. Descriptive study
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d. Blinded study
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ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Pg27
23. Where all parties are blinded, study is:
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a. Single-blinded
b. Double-blinded
c. Triple-blinded
d. Blinded
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 27
24. ILCOR stands for:
a. International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
,b. International Liaison Conference on Resuscitation
c. International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation
d. International Liaison Conference of Resuscitation
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg29
25. In adults, chest compressions should be delivered at a rate of:
a. 120 to 140 per minute and at a depth between 2 to 2.4 inches (5 to 6 cm)
b. 100 to 120 per minute and at a depth between 3 to 3.4 inches (7 to 8 cm)
c. 100 to 120 per minute and at a depth between 2 to 2.4 inches (5 to 6 cm)
d. 110 to 120 per minute and at a depth between 2 to 2.4 inches (5 to 6 cm)
ANS: C DIF: Hard REF: 29
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26. An early title given to an ambulance-style unit:
a. mobile intensive care units
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b. medical intensive care units
c. mandatory intensive care units
d. mobile intensive care services
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ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Pg34
27. Guideline that is a written document signed by the EMS system’s medical director that outlines specific
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directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care that is rendered prior to
contacting medical control:
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a. Protocol
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b. Standing order
c. Indirect control
d. Direct control
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg21
28. When the documentation is required in procedures for each emergency call?
a. After the patient assessment and care
,b. After the patient transfer and report
c. After the management and disposition
d. After the Scene management
ANS: B DIF: HARD REF: Pg19
29. What makes you a health care professional?
a. Empathy and integrity
b. Injury prevention
c. Time management
d. All of the above
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ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Pg18
30. Normal Blood pressure range
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a. 120/80 mm Hg
b. 100/80 mm Hg
c. 120/100 mm Hg
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d. 110/80 mm Hg
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ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 16
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, CHAPTER 2
31. How many hours being awake is equal to being legally intoxicated?
a. 18hr
b. 10hr
c. 21hr
d. 24hr
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ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Pg39
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32. Components of wellness:
a. 2
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b. 3
c. 4
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d. 5
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ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 39
33. The Life’s Simple list from the American Heart Association (AHA) includes factors that have been found
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to improve heart health:
a. Reduce blood sugar
b. Control cholesterol
c. Manage blood pressure
d. All of the above
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 39
