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West Coast EMT Block Exam #1 (QuestionsAnswered 100% Correctly) Updated 2024
To ensure that the public receives the highest standard of care
What is the major goal of continuous quality improvement (cqi)?
F
The medical director is responsible for authorizing and regulating all
emergency medical services. F or T
Feeling about the incident
A CISM meeting is an opportunity to discuss:
distress
____ is a specific type of stress that produces negative responses
food borne transmission
____ Involves the contamination of food or water with an organism that can
cause disease
infectious diseases
A _____ is a medical condition cause by the growth and spread of small,
harmful organisms within the body.
hazardous
Your safety is the most important consideration at a ______ materials incident.
Handwashing
,Proper____ is the simplest, yet most effective, way to control disease
transmission
Standard precautions are that treat ever paciente as if she or he have every
disease/ illness
Describe the basic concept of standard precautions
abuse of alcohol, irritability of friends or family, loss of appetite, drug use,
isolation
Five warning signs of cumulative stress.
Good excerise- diet, expand social outside of ems, change work hours,
cutback on overtime,seek professional help
5 good strategies for managing stress
Hep b, influenza, mumps, tdap, varicella
List the cdc recommended immunizations
Access point
A 9-1-1 dispatch center is a public safety ______ _____ or psap
MIH
Providing health care within the community rather than in an office
Communicable disease
An illness that can be spread from one person to another
EMD
A syestem that assists dispatchers with unit selection
General Adaptation Syndrome
,The process of alarm, reaction, and recovery
Pathogen
A microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.
Transmission
The way in which an infectious agent is spread
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
EMT training in nearly every state meets or exceeds the guidelines
recommended by the:
The NREMT provides a national standard for EMS testing.
Which of the following statements regarding the NREMT is correct?
An EMT's scope of practice may be expanded by the medical director after
proper training and state approval.
Which of the following statements regarding the EMS medical director and an
EMT's scope of practice is correct?
contact the state EMS office and provide its staff with the required
documentation.
If an EMT candidate has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, he or she
should:
EMS research.
The determination that prompt surgical care in the hospital is more important
than performing time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma
patient is based mostly on:
, human resources department
The ____________ deals with the well-being of the EMT, career progression,
and EMT compensation.
medical director approval
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest
pain based on:
insert a peripheral intravenous catheter.
According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT would require
special permission from the medical director and the state EMS office to:
Distrust of EMTs
Common factors that influence how a patient reacts to the stress of an illness
or injury include all of the following, except:
might develop illness from germs that lie dormant from the initial infection
If a person is partially immune to a particular disease, he or she:
advise them that their son had severely disfiguring injuries and ask them if
there is anyone they would like you to contact first.
A 15-year-old boy was killed when he was struck by a car while riding his
bicycle. He has numerous disfiguring injuries and has been placed in the back
of the ambulance to shield him from curious bystanders. When the child's
parents arrive at the scene, they demand to see him. You should:
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