EMT CHAPTER 1 – 32 EXAM 2024/2025
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patients privacy according
to______________ - Precise Answer ✔✔HIPAA
The determination that prompt surgical care in the hospital is more
important then performing time consuming procedures in the field on a
major trauma patient is based MOSTLY on ______________ - Precise
Answer ✔✔EMS research
Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS
providers? - Precise Answer ✔✔Automated External Defibrillator
Online medical control requires______________ - Precise Answer
✔✔phone or radio contact with the medical director
Prehospital patient care decisions should be based on
________________ - Precise Answer ✔✔EMS research
The ability to handle multiple tasks based on their priority is called
___________________ - Precise Answer ✔✔Time management
You are encouraging a patient to go to the hospital by ambulance. You
know that a transport will keep you on duty several hours after your
,regular quitting time. This is an example of ________________ -
Precise Answer ✔✔patient advocacy
Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays
emergency medical services? - Precise Answer ✔✔A team of health
care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and
transportation to the sick and injured
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient
with chest pain based on__________ - Precise Answer ✔✔Medical
director approval
Which of the following is a specific example of the Mobile Integrated
Healthcare model? - Precise Answer ✔✔The paramedic administers a
patients flu vaccination
Vector borne transmission of an infectious organism occurs via
_______________ - Precise Answer ✔✔animals or insects
Common factors that influence how a patient reacts to the stress of an
illness or injury include all of the following EXCEPT ____________ -
Precise Answer ✔✔assessment by the EMT
The EMTs first priority is __________________ - Precise Answer
✔✔personal safety
,The simplest yet most effective method of preventing the spread of an
infectious disease is to ____________ - Precise Answer ✔✔wash your
hands in between patient contacts
After assessing a patients blood glucose level you accidently stick
yourself with the contaminated lancet. You should ______________ -
Precise Answer ✔✔report the incident to your supervisor after the call
Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus is unnecessary if you
_____________ - Precise Answer ✔✔have been infected with hepatitis
in the past
general adaptation syndrome is characterized by which of the following
phases? - Precise Answer ✔✔alarm response, reaction and resistance,
and recovery
quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when he
harasser__________________ - Precise Answer ✔✔requests sexual
favors in exchange for something else
you are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly experienced a
stroke. She is obviously scared but is unable to talk and cannot move the
entire right side of her body. In addition to providing the medical care
that she needs you should __________________ - Precise Answer
✔✔acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good
care of her
, Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash you note that two
small cars collided head on the occupants are still in their vehicles. The
fire department is in the process of stabilizing the vehicles and law
enforcement personnel are directing traffic. After parking the ambulance
at a safe distance you and your partner should ___________ - Precise
Answer ✔✔put on high visibility safety vests
As an EMT, the standards of emergency care are often partially based on
_______________ - Precise Answer ✔✔it is difficult to prove actions
were performed if they are not included on the report
Which type of consent is involved when a 39 yr old mentally competent
female with a severe headache asks you to take her to the hospital? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Expressed
When is forcible restraint permitted? - Precise Answer ✔✔when the
patient poses a significant threat to self or others
Which aspect of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
MOST affects EMS personnel? - Precise Answer ✔✔protecting patient
privacy
You respond to the home of a 59 yr old man who is unconscious, has
slow, shallow breathing, and has a weak pulse. The family states that the
patient has terminal brain cancer and does not wish to be resuscitated.
They further state that there is a DNR order for this patient, but they are
unable to locate it. You should ______________ - Precise Answer
✔✔begin treatment and contact medical control as needed
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