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CIEMT QUIZ #1 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS ( UPDATE)
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CIEMT QUIZ #1 GENERALKNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS (2024-2025 UPDATE)
Medical Injury (define)
Nature of Illness (Internal)
Trauma Injury (define)
Mechanism of Injury (anything involving KINETIC ENERGY)
The White Papers (alternaEve name and funcEon)
Accident Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1. Development of training
2. Development of federal guidelines/policies
Highway Safety Act of 1966 (what funded it and helped it to grow?)
Emergency Medical Act of 1973 (created funding)
DOT (Department of TransportaEon) developed curriculum
Which two groups write the guidelines for the NREMT? When was the test last
revised?
DOT and NHTSA (NaEonal Highway Traffic Safety AdministraEon)
Revised in 2010
Rankings of EMS
1. EMR
2. EMT
,3. AEMT
4. Paramedic
EMR
Lifeguard, police, etc.
EMT
1. Training in BLS
2. AED
3. Airway Adjuncts
4. MedicaEon assistance
AEMT
1. Training in ALS
2. IV Therapy
3. AdministraEon of certain emergency medicaEon
Paramedic
1. Extensive ALS training
2. Endotrachel intubaEon
3. Emergency pharmocology
4. Cardiac monitoring
Levels of EMS
1. Federal Level
2. State Level
3. Local Level
What does EMS systems have?
EMS systems have QUALITY CONTROL and IMPROVEMENT
CQI
ConEnuous quality improvement
, 1. IdenEfies areas of improvement AND
2. Provide remedial training if needed
Online vs. Offline Training
Types of medical control given by medical director
Online = Direct (phone, etc)
Offline = Indirect (standing orders, training)
Protocols
Standing orders
Wrifen about appropriate care for each injury by medical director (guidelines
basically)
Structure of EMS LocaEons
Level 1 = Regional Trauma Center
Level 2 = Area Trauma Center
Level 3 = Community Trauma Center
Level 4 = Trauma Facility "doc in a box"
Specialty Centers
Interfacility Transports (dialysis)
Role of an EMT
Provide a COORDINATED CONTINUUM OF CARE to maximize survival and limit
paEent suffering
1. Limit and move paEent safely
2. Transport and transfer of care
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