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EMT-B FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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EMT-B FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and
improving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
A. System effectiveness management
B. Total quality system
C. Quality improvement
D. Process Improvement Plan (PIP) - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Quality
improvement
In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the agencies
with the development of emergency medical service standards?
A. U.S. Department of the Interior
B. U.S. Department of Health Services
C. U.S. Department of Transportation
D. U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Precise Answer ✔✔C. U.S.
Department of Transportation
Centralized coordination of emergency medical access, transportation,
and care most refers to which of the following?
A. Emergency preparedness plan
B. Resource management
C. Central deployment
,D. Tauma system - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Resource management
Which of the following agencies is responsible for establishing EMS
system assessment programs?
A. United States Health Services Agency (HSA)
B. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
C. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - Precise
Answer ✔✔D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the modern
emergency medical services (EMS) system?
A. To have trained personnel respond quickly and provide emergency
care on the scene, during transport, and at the hospital
B. To have trained personnel understand the limitations of their training
and "do no harm," while providing prompt transport to the hospital
C. To have trained personnel capable of assessing and caring for injured
and ill patients on the scene
D. To have trained personnel knowledgeable in all aspects of prehospital
care - Precise Answer ✔✔A. To have trained personnel respond quickly
and provide emergency care on the scene, during transport, and at the
hospital
What is the minimum level of certification required of ambulance
personnel responsible for direct patient care?
,A. Emergency Medical Technician
B. Emergency Ambulance Driver
C. Advanced EMT
D. Emergency Medical Responder - Precise Answer ✔✔A. Emergency
Medical Technician
What BEST describes the level of EMS training that emphasizes
activation of the EMS system and provides immediate care for life-
threatening problems?
A. Cardiac care responder
B. Emergency Medical Responder
C. EMT
D. Emergency Medical Dispatcher - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Emergency
Medical Responder
What level of emergency medical training provides the most advanced
pre-hospital care?
A. Emergency Medical Responder
B. Paramedic
C. Emergency Medical Technician
D. Advanced EMT - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Paramedic
What is a common term used to describe the items needed for Standard
Precautions or body substance isolation precautions?
A. Exposure-control plan
, B. Harm-reduction strategy
C. Personal protective equipment
D. Infection-control plan - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Personal protective
equipment
Which of the following descriptions BEST defines the term pathogen?
A. A study of the origins of infection and disease
B. An organism that causes infection and disease
C. A medication with a harmful effect
D. An immunity developed after an exposure - Precise Answer ✔✔B.
An organism that causes infection and disease
An EMT should consider wearing protective eyewear when caring for
which of these patients?
A. A patient with a difficult-to-visualize scalp laceration
B. A patient who was sprayed with mace by police during arrest
C. A patient who is actively coughing
D. A trauma patient who is covered in dirt, rocks, and other foreign
debris - Precise Answer ✔✔C. A patient who is actively coughing
Due to the high risk of an unstable work environment, EMTs responding
to a motor vehicle crash may consider using ____________ in addition
to standard PPE.
A. Face shields
B. Heavy- duty gloves
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