EMT-B Ch. 9 Module Quiz (The Team Approach to Health Care)

What is the best group dynamic for an EMS situation?

a. Independent

b. Dependent

c. Codependent

d. Interdependent

d. Interdependent

Which of the following is an example of closed-loop communication?

a. Repeating a message back to the speaker

b. Speaking concisely

c. Telling a team member when he or she is doing something wrong

d. Asking "yes" or "no" questions

a. Repeating a message back to the speaker

What is the purpose of crew resource management (CRM)?

a. It ensures that the team leader has the ultimate decision-making power in an emergency situation

b. It provides clear guidelines for providing support to ALS providers in the field

c. It clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of each team member prior to engaging in a potentially hazardous event

d. It empowers team members to speak up when they detect a potential problem

d. It empowers team members to speak up when they detect a potential problem

What is the best way to ensure the effectiveness of a team?

a. Carefully select team members who can collaborate well with others

b. Train and practice together

c. Ensure that the team leader can deliver direct and timely feedback to team members

d. Make sure each team member is knowledgeable about how to do critical procedures

b. Train and practice together

Triage, treatment, and transport groups at a mass-casualty incident are an example of what?

a. A team

b. A group

c. Freelancing

d. Mobile integrated healthcare

b. A group

Which of the following is not one of the essential elements of a group that people must share?

a. A sense of continuity of the group

b. Focus on individual goals

c. Shared values

d. Different roles within the group

b. Focus on individual goals

What is anchoring?

a. Ignoring others when they disagree with a decision

b. Tying yourself to a decision even when information proves the decision to be wrong

c. Settling on one possible cause early and failing to consider other options

d. A fixed belief about something

c. Settling on one possible cause early and failing to consider other options

You are dispatched to a private residence where the patient is unresponsive, not breathing, and has a weak pulse. You secure her airway with an oral airway and ventilate her with a bag-mask device at a rate of one breath every 5 seconds. An ALS transport ambulance arrives. The paramedic and her AEMT partner enter the house and approach you and the patient. Now that the ambulance has arrived, who will be the team leader?

a. You, because you were the first provider on scene

b. The AEMT, because the paramedic will be too busy intubating the patient

c. The paramedic, because she is the highest-level provider on scene

d. The hospital physician, because he provides medical control

c. The paramedic, because she is the highest-level provider on scene

Which mnemonic is used in CRM?

a. PACE (Probe, Alert, Challenge, Emergency)

b. PRONE (Problem, Report, Object, Negotiate, Evaluate)

c. PUSH (Placate, Urge, Suggest, Help)

d. PIE (Plan, Interventions, Evaluation)

a. PACE (Probe, Alert, Challenge, Emergency)

What does the mnemonic ROWS stand for?

a. Render opinions without subjectivity

b. Reach out with sympathy

c. Rule out worst-case scenario

d. Review only worthy suggestions

c. Rule out worst-case scenario