EMT 1st Semester Final

Driver's license

Where would you MOST likely find information regarding a patient's wishes to be an organ donor?

Protecting patient privacy

Which aspect of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) MOST affects EMS personnel?

Abandonment, breach of duty, damages, and causation

Which of the following components are needed to prove negligence?

EMT

Which of the following courses requires about 150 hours of training?

A team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured

Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical services (EMS)?

Cardiac arrest

Which of the following incidents does NOT require a report to be filed with local authorities?

Automated external defibrillator

Which of the following interventions is used by all levels of EMS providers?

Developing a social network outside of EMS

Which of the following is an effective stress management strategy?

"dipl-" and "bi-"

Which of the following prefix mean "two"?

An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same type of car in which a child was previously killed.

Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaction?

It is difficult to prove actions were performed if they are not included on the report.

Which of the following statements about the patient care report is correct?

"General impression revealed that the patient was intoxicated."

Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate to document in the narrative section of a PCR?

There is no vaccine against HIV infection.

Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?

It is a constantly open line of communication that cannot be accessed by outside users

Which of the following statements regarding a "dedicated line" is correct?

A mentally competent adult has the legal right to refuse EMS care and transport.

Which of the following statements regarding a patient refusal is correct?

The NREMT provides a national standard for EMS testing.

Which of the following statements regarding the NREMT is correct?

The stages of the grieving process may occur simultaneously.

Which of the following statements regarding the different stages of the grieving process is correct?

Open-ended questions

Which of the following types of questions allow for the most detailed response?

Wait 1 second after pressing the transmit button before speaking

Which of the following will help improve radio communications?

A concrete barricade

Which of the following would provide the EMT with the BEST cover in a situation involving active gunfire?

stomach

"Gastro" in the word "gastroenteritis" means:

muscle.

"Myo" in the word myocarditis means:

Proximal

Applying a tourniquet to the patients bicep, this is what in relevance to the hand?

allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.

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

are in violation of HIPAA because you did not remove the PHI from the PCR beforehand.

During your monthly internal quality improvement (QI) meeting, you review several patient care reports (PCRs) with the staff of your EMS system. You identify the patient's name, age, and sex, and then discuss the treatment that was provided by the EMTs in the field. By taking this approach to the QI process, you:

communicate effectively with other members of the health care team

EMTs should have a strong working knowledge of medical terminology in order to:

verbal and nonverbal communication techniques

Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.

considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with people of a different culture.

Ethnocentrism is defined as:

Alarm response, reaction and resistance, and recovery

General adaptation syndrome is characterized by which of the following phases?

when performing endotracheal intubation.

Gloves, a mask, eye protection, and a face shield should be used:

posterior

In relation to the chest, the back is:

The patient is competent and signs a release form

In which of the following circumstances can the EMT legally release confidential patient information?

A call is received 15 minutes prior to shift change

In which of the following situations does a legal duty to act clearly exist?

It is difficult to prove actions were performed if they are not included on the report.

Standards of emergency care are often partially basAs an EMT, the sted on:

HIPAA

The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patient's privacy according to

personal safety

The EMT's first priority is __________.

medical director.

The EMT's scope of practice within his or her local response area is defined by the

substandard or inappropriate patient care.

The MOST serious consequence of drug or alcohol abuse among EMS personnel is

apex

The ___________ of the heart is the inferior portion of the ventricles.

time management

The ability to handle multiple tasks based on their priority is called

self-motivation

The ability to take appropriate action with little direction is known as

Prone

The body is in the ________ position when lying face down.

Plantar

The bottom of the foot is referred to as the ____ _____ surface.

rapid fast

The meaning "tachy" can have which of the following meanings?

black

The root "melan/o" means:

wash your hands in between patient contacts.

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

disease

The suffix "-pathy" means:

medial

The topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are closer toward the midline of the body is:

quadrants

The way to describe the sections of the abdominal cavity is by:

a privacy officer to answer questions

To help protect patients, EMS agencies are required to have __________.

have been infected with hepatitis in the past.

Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus is unnecessary if you:

animals or insects.

Vector-borne transmission of an infectious organism occurs via:

The main area in which the EMS agency operates

What is an EMT's primary service area?

Follow the agency's written protocols

What should an EMT do to limit errors in the field?

llow surfaces to air dry unless otherwise indicated in the product directions.

When decontaminating the back of your ambulance after a call, you should:

When the patient poses a significant threat to self or others

When is forcible restraint permitted?

exercise reasonable care and act prudently

When performing his or her duties, the EMT is generally expected to

not disclosing his or her name.

When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:

brief and easily understood.

When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be

most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions.

When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that:

ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.

A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his mother's lap. His father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins crying uncontrollably, which causes the child to start crying. You should:

Inflammation of the throat

A 6- year old child with "Pharyngitis". What does this mean?

bilatera

A patient has fractured both femurs. Anatomically, these injuries would be described as being

Prone

An intoxicated 40-year-old male is found lying face down. How would you document his body's position?

report the incident to your supervisor after the call.

After assessing a patient's blood glucose level, you accidentally stick yourself with the contaminated lancet. You should:

under, or below

An example of "Hypo" would be

inflammation of the joints.

Arthritis can best be described as:

medical director approval

As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest pain based on:

respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.

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

mark off a danger zone around the downed lines.

At the scene of an automobile crash, a utility pole has been broken and power lines are lying across the car. The patients inside the car are conscious. You should

assessment by the EMT.

Common factors that influence how a patient reacts to the stress of an illness or injury include all of the following, EXCEPT:

elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation

Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by doing all of the following, EXCEPT:

phone or radio contact with the medical director

Online medical control requires

not cutting through holes in clothing that were caused by weapons.

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

advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.

Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition. After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you should:

provide more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United States

National guidelines for EMS care are intended to

decomposition of the body's tissues.

Putrefaction is defined as

requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.

Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser

put on high-visibility safety vests

Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you note that two small cars collided head-on; the occupants are still in their vehicles. The fire department is in the process of stabilizing the vehicles and law enforcement personnel are directing traffic. After parking the ambulance at a safe distance, you and your partner should

Indirect contact

While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to another emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later. Which route of transmission does this scenario describe?

have your partner check for a pulse to confirm that the patient is deceased.

You and your partner arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The driver, a young male, is severely entrapped in his car. He has an open head injury and massive facial trauma. He is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a palpable carotid pulse. You should

confirm the patient's identity and honor the DNR order.

You are called to attend to an elderly patient with an extensive medical history who is now in cardiac arrest. The patient's family tells you that the patient has a DNR order. There is no paperwork available but the patient does have a MedicAlert bracelet indicating Do Not Resuscitate. You should

the ePCR allows patient information to be transmitted directly to the receiving hospital's computers.

You are caring for a 56-year-old male patient complaining of abdominal pain. Your service has recently switched to an electronic PCR system (ePCR). When completing the ePCR, it is important to be aware that:

patient advocacy

You are encouraging a patient to go to the hospital by ambulance. You know that a transport will keep you on duty several hours after your regular quitting time. This is an example of

use the multiplex system to transmit the information

You are providing care to a 61-year-old female complaining of chest pain that is cardiac in origin. Your service utilizes a multiplex communication system. You wish to transmit the patient's electrocardiogram to the hospital. In order to accomplish this, you must:

Have the driver contact dispatch and relay the patient information to the hospital.

You are transporting a 54-year-old male in respiratory arrest. An EMR is driving the ambulance as you and your partner are caring for the patient. Which of the following is the MOST logical way of notifying the hospital?

acknowledge that she is scared and tell her that you will take good care of her.

You are transporting an elderly woman who has possibly experienced a stroke. She is obviously scared but is unable to talk and cannot move the entire right side of her body. In addition to providing the medical care that she needs, you should:

the problem is with the patient's liver

You are transporting to a 66-year-old patient with a history of heart problems. The patient chart indicates that he is experiencing Jaundice in his eyes. The root of the term indicates that:

Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital

You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. The patient, a 13-year-old male, is unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating the child, a law enforcement officer advises you that the child's parents will be at the scene in approximately 15 minutes. What should you do?

slander

You could be sued for ___________ if your radio report to the hospital describes the patient in a manner that injures his or her reputation.

begin treatment and contact medical control as needed.

You respond to the home of a 59-year-old man who is unconscious; has slow, shallow breathing; and has a weak pulse. The family states that the patient has terminal brain cancer and does not wish to be resuscitated. They further state that there is a DNR order for this patient, but they are unable to locate it. You should