Test Bank for Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th
Edition by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
, CH 1: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Systemergency
medical services
1. EMS is an acronym that stands for:
a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B COMPLEXITY- Easy SOURCE- Pg. 4
2. The earliest recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of Malaga in:
a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ D COMPLEXITY- Moderate SOURCE- pg. 4
3. (CoAEMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICESP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs. T h e
a c r o n y m stands for:
a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Professions
c. Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
People CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ A COMPLEXITY- Hard SOURCE- Pg. 10
4. A registry system used to test and establish licensure is:
a. NREMT
b. NREMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
c. NREMP
d. NREMR
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ A COMPLEXITY- Moderate SOURCE- Pg. 9
5. What is Reciprocity?
,a. Granting certification to a provider from same state or agency
b. Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
c. Granting certification to a provider both from same or another state
d. No need of granting certification from any
state CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B COMPLEXITY- Easy SOURCE- Pg. 10
6. Select the right ranking:
a. The Dispatcher, EMT, Paramedic, Advanced EMT, Emergency Medical Responder
b. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, The Dispatcher
c. Paramedic, Advanced EMT, EMT, Emergency Medical Responder, The Dispatcher
d. The Dispatcher, Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, Advanced EMT,
Paramedic CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ D COMPLEXITY- Moderate SOURCE- Pg. 12, 13
7. Who launched the first rescue squad known as Roanoke Life Saving in 1928?
a. Nancy Lee Caroline
b. Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey
c. Julian Stanley Wise
d. Dr. David Boyde
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ C COMPLEXITY- Easy SOURCE- Pg. 6
8. The first National Standard Curriculum for paramedics was created by:
a. NHTSA
b. US DOT
c. AHRQ
d. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B COMPLEXITY- Easy SOURCE- Pg. 8
9. At the emergency scene, what s h o ul d be the initial assessment of client?
a. Respiration, Pulse, Blood pressure
b. Pulse, Skin, Blood test
c. Pupil, Respiration, Temperature
d. Blood pressure, Allergen test, Pulse
, CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ A COMPLEXITY- Easy SOURCE- Pg. 15
10. If a client is facing diminished breath sounds and distented necks veins and his radial pulses are
weakening and increasing in rate and you insert an oral airway and starts ventilating him with bag-
maskdevice and 100% oxygen but still the client is feeling difficult to breath. So withfurther findings,
you assessed that he is facing tension pneumothorax, what would you do?
a. Rushed him to hospital
b. Perform chest compressions
c. Perform needle thoracotomy
d. Mouth to mouth breathing
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ C COMPLEXITY- Hard SOURCE- Pg. 15
11. Choose the correct sequence of procedures for each emergency call?
a. Preparation, Response, Scene Management, Client Assessment
b. Response, Preparation, Scene Management, Client Assessment
c. Scene Management, Preparation, Response, Client Assessment
d. Client Assessment, Scene Management, Response,
Preparation CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ A COMPLEXITY- Easy SOURCE- Pg. 19
12. A treatment plan for specific illness or injury:
a. Direct Medical Control
b. Standing order
c. Protocol
d. Indirect Medical Control
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ C COMPLEXITY- EASY SOURCE- Pg. 21
13. CQI stands for:
a. Control Quality Improvement
b. Continuous Quality Improvement
c. Control Quantity Improvement
d. Continuous Quantity
Improvement
CORRECT CHOICE✔✔ B
COMPLEXITY- EASYSOURCE- Pg. 22
14. How many points are there for good CQI process?
a. 5
