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33 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA) elements of EMS systems deals with issues of equal access to acceptable emergency care for all patients? |
Resources management |
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One area of EMS that will rely especially heavy on Research is |
Funding |
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Direct access to Medical consultation is a feature of |
A tiered response system |
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Entering a person's name and relevant information in a particular record maintained by an organization is best described as |
Registration |
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Which of the following choices best explains the difference between an EMT intermediate and an EMT paramedic |
Scope of practice |
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Which of these documents recommended that EMS of the future should have the ability to identify and modify illness and injury risks, provide acute illness and Injury Care and follow-up, and contribute to treatment of chronic conditions at Community Health monitoring? |
The EMS agenda for the future |
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With regard to Medical authorization, which of the following best describes the role of a paramedic in providing pre-hospital care? |
He relies on the delegated practice of a licensed physician medical director |
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Which of the following is not one of the three basic elements of Citizen involvement in EMS? |
Providing financial support for EMS agencies |
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Which of the following best describes a comprehensive network of personnel, equipment, and resources established to deliver Aid and emergency medical care to the community? |
EMS system |
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The first use of a pre-hospital system of triage and transport took place |
1797 ; during the Napoleonic Wars |
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The future enhancement of EMS is strongly dependent on |
Availability of quality research |
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Which of the following certification levels is currently not recognized by the national EMS scope of practice model? |
Critical Care paramedic |
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Which of the following best describes the practice of evidence-based medicine? |
Combining clinical expertise with best available clinical evidence |
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Categorisation of EMS receiving hospitals was initially developed to identify which of the following? |
Trauma care capability |
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Which of the following is not typically a role of the medical director in an EMS system? |
Dispatching EMS personnel |
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The established policies and procedures of an EMS system that provide a standardized approach to Common patient problems and a consistent level of Medical Care are known as |
Clinical protocols |
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The process by which an agency in one state grants automatic certification or licensing to a paramedic who is certified or licensed by an agency in another state is called |
Reciprocity |
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Paramedics can improve their Knowledge and Skills through an evaluation by others of equal Rank and skills, known as |
Peer review |
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Which of the following best describes the purpose of the KKK specifications? |
To standardize the design of ambulances |
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No EMS system should be without which of the following items? |
A disaster plan |
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Reasons to be involved with a professional membership organization include all of the following, except to |
Conform to National Institute for occupational safety and health (NIOSH) standards |
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The process by which a governmental agency grants permission to engage in a given occupation to an applicant who has attained the degree of Competency required to ensure the public protection is called |
Licensure |
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Which of the following is a knowledge-based failure of patient safety? |
A stressed EMS provider applies the wrong rule, resulting in patient injury |
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Which of these is not an issue facing EMS providers, according to Emergency Medical Services: at the crossroads? |
Medical malpractice |
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An example of a quality improvement activity in EMS is |
Peer review of patient care |
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The rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession are called |
Ethics |
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Components of a paramedics education include all of the following, except |
Disciplinary action |
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Which of the following are likely subjects of standing orders or protocols? |
All of the above. - how to handle DNR orders - procedures that can be done only with a direct order - when to use Air transport versus ground transport |
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An occupation in which the practitioners have a competence and a specialized body of knowledge or skills that has been recognized by some organization or agency is called a |
Profession |
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Sending multiple levels of Emergency Care Personnel for the same incident is called a |
Tiered response |
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Medical policies, procedures, and practices that a system medical director has established in advance of a call are called |
Offline medical oversight |
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The national EMS education instructional guidelines are divided into three domains of learning. The affective domain refers to which of the following? |
Attitudes, values, and emotions |
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Key events in the historical development of EMS include all of the following except the |
1975 Cater - Benson Reform Act |