EMT chapter 4 questions

Medical control guides the treatment of patients in the system through all of the following EXCEPT:

A hands-on care

Information given to the responding unit(s) should include all of the following EXCEPT:

A list of all patient medications

The patient report commonly includes all of the following EXCEPT:

A list of the patient's childhood illnesses

Instances in which you may be required to file special reports with appropriate authorities include all of the following EXCEPT:

Diabetic emergencies

Which of the following is a reason to contact medical control?

Direct orders needed to administer certain treatments

If you can make an error when documenting in record, a patient's record, you should:

Draw a single horizontal line trough the error and initial it

Which of the following is NOT an FCC principal EMS responsibility?

Ensuring that all radios contain lithium batteries

Digital signals are also used in some kinds of paging and tone-alerting systems because they transmit _______ and allow for more choices and flexibility

Faster

What is your first step when initiating communication with a non-English-speaking patient?

Find out how much English the patient can speak

Which of the following is an example of a close-ended question?

Has this ever happened before?

Which of the following is FALSE with regard to simplex mode?

It is called a "pair of frequencies"

When delivering a patient report, be sure that you report all patient information in a(n) _________ manne

Objective

Which of the following is TRUE when communicating with a child?

Overly anxious parents can make the situation worse.

Which of the following is NOT included in the patient care report (PCR) narrative?

Patient's address

In most ares, medical control is provided by the _____ who work at the receiving hospital.

Physicians

The transmission range of a(n) _________ __________ is more limited than that of mobile or base station radios.

Portable radio

IN regard to therapeutic communication techniques, what does the term reflection mean?

Restating a patient's statement made to you to confirm your understanding

Which of the following is NOT helpful when attempting to effectively communicate with a hearing impaired patient?

Shouting

When you encounter a patient who is angry, you should:

Speak calmly and slowly

When caring for a visually impaired patient, you should:

Try to avoid sudden movements

When is using a closed-ended question appropriate?

When patients are unable to provide long answers

The transfer of care officially occurs during:

Your oral report at the hospital