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AAOS EMT Eleventh Edition Section 1: Preparatory YEAR 2024/2025 / ACCURATE CURRENTLY TESTING EXAM VERSIONS WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH A STUDY GUIDE / EXPORT VERIFIED FOR GURANTEED PASS / LATEST UPDATE
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AAOS EMT Eleventh Edition Section 1: Preparatory YEAR 2024/2025 /
ACCURATE CURRENTLY TESTING EXAM VERSIONS WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH A STUDY GUIDE / EXPORT VERIFIED FOR
GURANTEED PASS / LATEST UPDATE
AAOS EMT Eleventh Edition Section 1: Preparatory YEAR 2024/2025 /
ACCURATE CURRENTLY TESTING EXAM VERSIONS WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH A STUDY GUIDE / EXPORT VERIFIED FOR
GURANTEED PASS / LATEST UPDATE
The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patient's privacy according to _____________.
- ✔✔ANSW✔✔..HIPAA
Which of the following courses requires about 150 hours of training? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..EMT
A patient regains consciousness en route from his office to the emergency department.
The patient tells you that he feels fine and does not want to go to the hospital. Under
these circumstances, you should: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..assess whether the patient's mental
condition is impaired.
Shortly after you load your patient, a 50-year-old man with abdominal pain, into the
ambulance, he tells you that he changed his mind and does not want to go to the
hospital. The patient is conscious and alert and has no signs of mental incapacitation.
You are suspicious that the man has a significant underlying condition and feel strongly
that he should go to the hospital. Which of the following statements regarding this
situation is correct? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A mentally competent adult can withdraw his or her
consent to treat at any time.
As an EMT, the performance of your duties will be compared to that of: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..another EMT.
Which of the following MOST accurately defines negligence? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Deviation
from the standard of care that may result in further injury
When caring for a 65-year-old male with respiratory distress, you place him in a
comfortable position but do not apply oxygen. The patient's condition continues to
deteriorate and he develops cardiac arrest and dies at the hospital. This scenario is an
example of: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..negligence.
Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts abandonment? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..A paramedic transfers patient care to an EMT.
,While transporting a stable patient with chest pain to the hospital, you come across a
major motor vehicle crash involving several critically injured patients. You should: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..continue transporting your patient and notify the dispatcher of the crash.
In the eyes of the courts, an incomplete or untidy patient care form indicates: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..inadequate patient care was administered.
Which of the following situations requires you to notify the appropriate authorities? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Attempted suicide
You are dispatched to an apartment complex for a shooting. Law enforcement
personnel are present and have the suspect in custody. You find the patient lying in a
narrow space between the couch and coffee table of his small apartment. He is
semiconscious and has a large gunshot wound to his chest. You should: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..quickly move the coffee table so you can access and treat the patient.
While transporting a woman with diabetes, you inadvertently give her oral glucose even
though her blood glucose level was high. You reassess the patient and note that her
condition did not change; she remained stable. You should: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..contact
medical control and notify them of the error. / When you and your partner arrive at the
residence of a man in cardiac arrest, you immediately recognize the patient as the
drunk driver who killed your brother several years earlier. A backup ambulance is en
route to the scene. You should: //begin two-rescuer CPR and apply the AED as soon as
possible.
Which of the following patients has decision-making capacity and can legally refuse
emergency medical treatment? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A conscious and alert woman with
severe abdominal pain
Vector-borne transmission of an infectious organism occurs via: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..animals or insects.
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: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..EMS research.
National guidelines for EMS care are intended to __________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..provide
more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United States
Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS providers? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Automated external defibrillator
, What is an EMT's primary service area? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The main area in which the
EMS agency operates
Online medical control requires __________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..phone or radio contact
with the medical director
What should an EMT do to limit errors in the field? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Follow the agency's
written protocols.
Prehospital patient care decisions should be based on __________. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..EMS research
American Heart Association protocols are based on __________. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..evidence-based research
The ability to handle multiple tasks based on their priority is called __________. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..time management
The ability to take appropriate action with little direction is known as __________. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..self-motivation
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 __________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..patient advocacy
The ability to understand others and have them understand you is known as
__________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..communication
Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical
services (EMS)? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..A team of health care professionals who are
responsible for providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
Which of the following statements regarding the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
of 1990 is correct? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The ADA prohibits employers from failing to provide
full and equal employment to those who are disabled.
As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest pain
based on: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..medical director approval.
Which of the following statements regarding the NREMT is correct? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..The NREMT provides a national standard for EMS testing.
Which of the following is a specific example of the Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH)
model? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The paramedic administers a patient's flu vaccination
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