Lesson 21/ Chapter 5

Which of the following questions would be appropriate to ask a patient who has no medical training?

"Do you have any breathing or heart problems?"

What are three interviewing tools you can use to elicit useful responses to questions from your patient?

Empathy, facilitation, and reflection

Radio frequencies are grouped into bands by the:

Federal Communications Commission

In a multiagency MCI event, to achieve consistent communication and cooperation, agencies' communication systems must be compatible with one another. This is called:

Interoperability

What is the benefit of communicating over an assigned tactical channel?

Leaves the main dispatch channel open for other radio traffic

When communicating medical information via radio, you should be:

Simple, brief, and direct

When a caller requests EMS in an area that uses an enhanced 911 system:

The caller's name and address are automatically displayed

The Term "frequency," as it applies to radio communications, is MOST accurately defined as:

The number of oscillations per second of the carrier wave.

Which of the following is the BEST definition of culture?

The system of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that are learned and shared by members of a group

The ability of multiple agencies or systems to share the same radio frequency is called:

Trunking

If a patient asks for your advice regarding a treatment decision that his or her physician made, you should:

advise the patient to consult with his or her physician.

After asking a patient a question about how he is feeling today, you sense that he is having difficulty putting his feelings into words. You should:

be patient and give the patient time to express his feelings.

The purpose of a closed-ended question is to:

elicit a specific response from the patient

If the EMD suspects that your patient has a life-threatening emergency, the EMD should make you aware of the situation and then:

give prearrival instructions to the caller.

Before you begin to transmit over the radio, you should check the volume and then:

listen to make sure that the channel is clear of traffic.

If you want reliable answers to personal questions, you should?

manage the scene so you can ask such questions quietly and privately

Under the instructions of a good EMD, a layperson should be able to:

perform chest compressions

A(n) _______________ receives a weak signal and retransmits it at a higher power on another frequency.

repeater

Biotelemetry is MOST accurately defined as:

the capability of measuring vital signs and ECG tracings and transmitting them to a distant terminal.

It is important to remember that if a patient is not personally sensitive to modesty because of an impaired mental state:

the patient's family likely will be