EMT Final Study Guide 1-41 Exam Updated
Chapter 1
According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to: - ANSWER-assist a patient with certain prescribed medications
An appropriate demonstration of professionalism when your patient is frightened, demanding, or unpleasa...
According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able
to: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-assist a patient with certain prescribed medications
An appropriate demonstration of professionalism when your patient is frightened,
demanding, or unpleasant is to: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-continue to be nonjudgmental,
compassionate, and respectful
An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life
support (ALS) is called a(n): - ✔✔✔ANSWER-paramedic
Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions, and other advanced treatment
skills are functions of the: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-paramedic
Continuing education in EMS serves to: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-maintain, update, and
expand the EMT's knowledge and skills
, EMS as we know it today had its origins in 1966 with the publication of: -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of
Modern Society
Obtaining continuing medical education is the responsibility of the: -
✔✔✔ANSWER-individual EMT
The continuous quality improvement (CQI) process is designed to: -
✔✔✔ANSWER-identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training if
needed
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: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-EMS research
The EMT certification exam is designed to: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-ensure that EMTs
are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills
The standards for prehospital emergency care and the individuals who provide it
are typically regulated by the: - ✔✔✔ANSWER-state office of EMS
Which of the following criteria is required to become licensed and employed as an
EMT? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Proof of immunization against certain communicable
diseases
Which of the following descriptions most accurately portrays emergency medical
services (EMS)? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A team of health care professionals who are
responsible for providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
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