EMD 350 Final Test Module 4 EMD
Aspects in Crisis Management & Quality
Assurance & Legal Issues & Coaching in
EMD
"The EMS Agenda For The Future" included 14 focus areas. Which of the following were part of the EMS
Agenda For The Future: - Answer: Human Resources, Medical Direction & Clinical Care.
Which of the following is an example of a medical innovation developed during WWI. - Answer: Rapid
extraction
What did the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973 provide? - Answer: Funding for EMS system
development
EMT-Basics need +750-1,500 hours of training and can perform intravenous IV access, advanced airway
and administer medications. - Answer: F
What were the two key factors that contributed to increased survival following injury between WWI and
WWII? - Answer: Quicker evacuation of injured individuals from the battlefield and application of
medical science to their care.
Following the Vietnam war many soldiers returned to the U.S. and noted "survival following injury on
the battlefield was more likely than when injured in most major cities." This observation was highlighted
in the landmark paper titled: - Answer: Accidental Death & Disability, the neglected disease of modern
society.
Cardiac arrest occurs when: - Answer: there is sudden loss of heart function when the heart's electrical
system malfunctions
Signs of Cardiac arrest include: - Answer: all of the above
, Research shows that the following intervention saves lives: - Answer: early chest compression
EMS Agenda for the Future provides a vision for out-of-hospital EMS, including education issues. -
Answer: T
When EMS professionals are providing CPR the ideal crew configuration is: - Answer: 4 person
Chain of survival includes: - Answer: all of the above
Reversing cardiac arrest due to an abnormal hearth rhythm called ventricular fibrillation is more likely to
occur if you're in and airport, a casino and hospital because: - Answer: AEDs are immediately available
Resuscitation attempts should NOT be withheld in the case of - Answer: lightning strike
When considering pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, - Answer: a longer downtime is acceptable
for initiation of resuscitation
Which of the following is NOT used to guide decisions for termination of resuscitation: - Answer: medical
history
Which of the following may be favorable regarding the survival of a patient in cardiac arrest? - Answer:
hypothermia
Chest compressions should be: - Answer: administer at a rate of 110 cpm or in cycles of 200
Which of the following interventions does not match its appropriate disease process? - Answer:
Hemorrhage - epinephrine
EMT tasks during the pit crew model for CPR (pCPR) include all of the following EXCEPT: - Answer:
placement of IO line
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