EMT QUIZZES

______ is the process in which a person, institution, or program is evaluated and recognized as meeting predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.

Certification

are an irregular respiratory pattern in which the patient breathes with an increasing rate and depth of respirations that is followed by a period of apnea, followed again by a pattern of increasing rate and depth of respiration.

Cheyne-Stokes

_____ has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications.

EMT

T/F A portable suctioning unit should generate airflow of more than 40 L/min and a vacuum of more than 300 mm Hg when the tubing is clamped.

False

T/F The development of airbags in vehicles is an example of primary prevention.

False

T/F The focus of the public health arm of health care is education.

False

T/F Use continuous ventilation if vomitus or other particles are present in the airway.

False

______ limits the availability of a patient's health care information.

HIPAA

What is used with an unresponsive patient or a patient with an altered level of consciousness who has an intact gag reflex and is not able to maintain his or her airway spontaneously?

Nasopharyngeal

T/F A tonsil-tip catheter is the best kind of catheter for infants and children.

True

T/F ALS-level instructors and directors must hold a four-year degree.

True

T/F Evidence-based research is the primary means to determine if changes need to be made in patient care.

True

T/F You should repeat suctioning only after the patient has been adequately ventilated and reoxygenated.

True

________ can be reached by dialing 9-1-1.

public safety access points