Pcpp Vol. 1 Chap. 2

Front 1

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?

Back 1

Resources management

Front 2

One area of EMS that will rely especially heavy on Research is

Back 2

Funding

Front 3

Direct access to Medical consultation is a feature of

Back 3

A tiered response system

Front 4

Entering a person's name and relevant information in a particular record maintained by an organization is best described as

Back 4

Registration

Front 5

Which of the following choices best explains the difference between an EMT intermediate and an EMT paramedic

Back 5

Scope of practice

Front 6

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?

Back 6

The EMS agenda for the future

Front 7

With regard to Medical authorization, which of the following best describes the role of a paramedic in providing pre-hospital care?

Back 7

He relies on the delegated practice of a licensed physician medical director

Front 8

Which of the following is not one of the three basic elements of Citizen involvement in EMS?

Back 8

Providing financial support for EMS agencies

Front 9

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?

Back 9

EMS system

Front 10

The first use of a pre-hospital system of triage and transport took place

Back 10

1797 ; during the Napoleonic Wars

Front 11

The future enhancement of EMS is strongly dependent on

Back 11

Availability of quality research

Front 12

Which of the following certification levels is currently not recognized by the national EMS scope of practice model?

Back 12

Critical Care paramedic

Front 13

Which of the following best describes the practice of evidence-based medicine?

Back 13

Combining clinical expertise with best available clinical evidence

Front 14

Categorisation of EMS receiving hospitals was initially developed to identify which of the following?

Back 14

Trauma care capability

Front 15

Which of the following is not typically a role of the medical director in an EMS system?

Back 15

Dispatching EMS personnel

Front 16

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

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Clinical protocols

Front 17

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

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Reciprocity

Front 18

Paramedics can improve their Knowledge and Skills through an evaluation by others of equal Rank and skills, known as

Back 18

Peer review

Front 19

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the KKK specifications?

Back 19

To standardize the design of ambulances

Front 20

No EMS system should be without which of the following items?

Back 20

A disaster plan

Front 21

Reasons to be involved with a professional membership organization include all of the following, except to

Back 21

Conform to National Institute for occupational safety and health (NIOSH) standards

Front 22

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

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Licensure

Front 23

Which of the following is a knowledge-based failure of patient safety?

Back 23

A stressed EMS provider applies the wrong rule, resulting in patient injury

Front 24

Which of these is not an issue facing EMS providers, according to Emergency Medical Services: at the crossroads?

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Medical malpractice

Front 25

An example of a quality improvement activity in EMS is

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Peer review of patient care

Front 26

The rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession are called

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Ethics

Front 27

Components of a paramedics education include all of the following, except

Back 27

Disciplinary action

Front 28

Which of the following are likely subjects of standing orders or protocols?

Back 28

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

Front 29

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

Back 29

Profession

Front 30

Sending multiple levels of Emergency Care Personnel for the same incident is called a

Back 30

Tiered response

Front 31

Medical policies, procedures, and practices that a system medical director has established in advance of a call are called

Back 31

Offline medical oversight

Front 32

The national EMS education instructional guidelines are divided into three domains of learning. The affective domain refers to which of the following?

Back 32

Attitudes, values, and emotions

Front 33

Key events in the historical development of EMS include all of the following except the

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1975 Cater - Benson Reform Act