ems practice exam 2 errors

Aims of the quality improvement process, as identified by the Institute of Medicine, include which of the following?

Timeliness

A 33-year-old woman has a possible broken left ankle. She is in significant pain but is conscious and otherwise stable. This patient needs:

transport.

Which component of the PACE mnemonic of crew resource management involves looking or asking to confirm the problem or make sense of the situation?

Probe

In addition to ensuring your own safety, the most important guideline to follow when moving a patient is to:

do no further harm to the patient.

Which of the following concepts is the first and most important when providing patient care?

Above all else, do no harm.

Which of the following general statements regarding communication devices is most correct?

It is more important to understand how to send and receive data than it is to understand how the system is built.

When dispatched to an emergency call, you should:

get in your response vehicle and proceed immediately.

A 40-year-old woman struck a tree with her car at a high rate of speed. You arrive at the scene, ensure that it is safe, and gain access to the patient. The woman is lying motionless across the front seat of her vehicle. You should:

open her airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver.