Exam 1

Front 1

A critical incident stress debriefing should be conducted no longer than _____ hours following the incident

Back 1

72

Front 2

according to OSHA regulations, an employer must:

Back 2

Offer a workplace environment that reduces the risk of exposure

Front 3

According to the CDC, recommended immunizations and tests include a:

Back 3

Tetanus-diptheria booster every 10 years

Front 4

According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to:

Back 4

Assist a patient with certain prescribed medications

Front 5

According to the National EMS Scope of practice model, an EMT would require special permission from the medical director and the state EMS officer in order to:

Back 5

Perform blood glucose monitoring

Front 6

According to the terminal drop hypothesis:

Back 6

Mental function is presumed to decline in the 5 years preceding death

Front 7

Acting in such a way to make another person fear immediate bodily harm is called:

Back 7

Assault

Front 8

After delivering your patient to the hospital, you sit down to complete the PCR. When documenting the patients last blood pressure reading, you inadvertently write 120/60 instead of 130/70. To correct this mistake, you should:

Back 8

Draw a single horizontal line through the error, initial it, and write the correct data next to it.

Front 9

After receiving online orders from medical control to perform a patient care intervention, you should:

Back 9

Repeat the order to medical control word for word

Front 10

Age-related changes in the renal system result in:

Back 10

A decreased ability to clear wastes from the body and decreased ability to conserve fluids when needed.

Front 11

An appropriate demonstration of professionalism when your patient is frightened, demanding, or unpleasant, is to:

Back 11

Continue to be nonjudgmental, compassionate, and respectful.

Front 12

An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of ALS is called:

Back 12

Paramedic

Front 13

An EMT would most likely be held liable for abandonment if he or she:

Back 13

Did not make provisions for continued care of an injured patient.

Front 14

An infant or small child's airway can be occluded if it is overextended or over flexed because:

Back 14

The occiput is proportionately large and the trachea is flexible

Front 15

An infants blood pressure typically increases with age because:

Back 15

Blood pressure corresponds with body weight

Front 16

Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in fixed location is called a:

Back 16

Base station

Front 17

As you were wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive another call for a major motor vehicle crash. You should:

Back 17

Respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician

Front 18

At present, the average life expectancy is _______ years, while the maximum life expectancy is is estimated at _____

Back 18

78, 120

Front 19

At what age does separation anxiety typically peak in infants and small children?

Back 19

10-18 months

Front 20

Breathing is often more labor intensive in older adults because:

Back 20

Elasticity of the lungs decreases

Front 21

Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions, and other advanced treatment skills are the function of the:

Back 21

Paramedic

Front 22

Critical incident stress management can occur at an ongoing scene in all of the following circumstances except:

Back 22

When patients are actively being assessed or treated

Front 23

Despite numerous, sincere efforts to convince a 40 year old man to consent to EMS treatment and transport, he refuses. After explaining potential consequences of his refusal and determining that he has decision-making capacity, you ask him to sign an EMS refusal form, he refuses to sign that as well. You should:

Back 23

Ask a family member, law enforcement officer, or bystander to sign the form verifying that the patient refused to sign.

Front 24

During the alert and dispatch phase of EMS communications, the dispatchers responsibilities include all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 24

Discouraging the caller from providing care until the EMS unit arrives

Front 25

During your assessment of a 20 year old man with severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You should:

Back 25

Allow him time to think about the question and respond to it

Front 26

EMT training in nearly every state meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by the:

Back 26

National highway traffic safety administration

Front 27

Ethnocentrism is defined as:

Back 27

Considering your own cultural values more important when interacting with people of a different culture

Front 28

If a defibfrillator manufacturer claims that its device terminates ventricular fibulation on the first shock 95% of the time, you should:

Back 28

Recognize that this does not mean it will save more lives

Front 29

If a person is particularly immune to a particular disease, he or she:

Back 29

May develop illness from germs that lie dormant from the initial infection

Front 30

If an action or a procedure that was performed on a patient is not recorded on the written report:

Back 30

It was not performed in the eyes of the law

Front 31

If an EMT candidate has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, he or she should:

Back 31

contact the state EMS office and provide them with the required documentation

Front 32

If it is not possible to adequately clean your ambulance at the hospital following a call, you should:

Back 32

clean the ambulance at your station in a designated area that is well ventilated

Front 33

In late adults, the amount of air left in the lungs after expiration of the maximum amount of air:

Back 33

increases, which hampers diffusion of gases because of stagnant air that remains in the alveoli.

Front 34

In the eyes of the court, an incomplete or untidy patient care form indicates:

Back 34

that inadequate patient care was administered

Front 35

In which of the following situations does the EMT NOT have a legal duty to act?

Back 35

a response to a motor vehicle crash while off duty

Front 36

Infants are often referred to as “belly breathers” because:

Back 36

their rib cage is less rigid and the ribs sit horizontally.

Front 37

Information included in a radio report to the receiving hospital should include all of the following, EXCEPT:

Back 37

a preliminary diagnosis of the patient's problem.

Front 38

It is especially important for EMS personnel to develop nonadversarial relationships with their coworkers because they:

Back 38

depend on each other for their safety.

Front 39

Maintaining the chain of evidence at the scene of a crime should include:

Back 39

not cutting through holes in clothing that were caused by weapons

Front 40

Obtaining continuing medical education is the responsibility of the:

Back 40

individual EMT

Front 41

Physical changes that typically occur in early adults include an:

Back 41

increase in fatty tissue, which leads to weight gain.

Front 42

Prescription glasses do not provide adequate eye protection because they:

Back 42

offer little or no side protection

Front 43

The anterior fontanelle fuses together between the ages of:

Back 43

9 and 18 months

Front 44

The criteria to be licensed and employed as an EMT include:

Back 44

proof of immunization against certain communicable diseases

Front 45

The decline in cardiac function that commonly occurs in late adulthood is MOST often related to:

Back 45

atherosclerosis

Front 46

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:

Back 46

EMS research.

Front 47

The hepatitis B vaccine program, a component of the infection control plan, addresses all of the following issues, EXCEPT:

Back 47

family history of hepatitis

Front 48

The human body should be functioning at its optimal level between the ages of:

Back 48

19 and 25 years.

Front 49

The person who is responsible for authorizing EMTs to perform emergency medical care in the field is the:

Back 49

medical director.

Front 50

The risk of bleeding in the skull, which increases with age, is MOST directly related to:

Back 50

shrinkage of the brain

Front 51

The simplest yet most effective method of preventing the spread of an infectious disease is to:

Back 51

wash your hands in between patient contacts

Front 52

The standards for prehospital emergency care and the individuals who provide it are typically regulated by the:

Back 52

state office of EMS

Front 53

Two EMTs witnessed a call in which a coworker gave adequate medical care but ignored the patient's emotional needs. The coworker was deliberately rude solely because the patient was thought to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The EMTs ignored the coworker's treatment of this patient and took no steps to prevent this behavior from happening again. This lack of action on the part of the two EMTs is considered:

Back 53

legal but unethical

Front 54

Two-way communication that requires the EMT to “push to talk” and “release to listen” describes what mode of communication?

Back 54

simplex

Front 55

What type of communications equipment functions as a radio receiver and searches across several frequencies?

Back 55

scanner

Front 56

What type of stress reaction occurs when an EMT is exposed to many insignificant stressors over a period of several months or years?

Back 56

cumulative stress reaction

Front 57

When caring for a 65-year-old male with respiratory distress, you place him in a comfortable position but do not apply oxygen. The patient's condition continues to deteriorate and he develops cardiac arrest and dies at the hospital. This scenario is an example of:

Back 57

negligence

Front 58

When communicating with a visually impaired patient, you should:

Back 58

determine the degree of the patient's impairment.