EMT Midterm Practice

Quiz Questions

Continuring education in EMS serves to:

Maintain, update, and expand the EMT’s knowledge and skills

which of the following scenarios involves the administration of ALS?

a 48 year old patient whose airway is secure with a supraglottic devide

Cardiac monitoring, pharmacologic interventions and other advanced treatments skills are function of the

Paramedic

The EMT certification exam is design to

ensure that EMT are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills

The continuous quality improvement (CQI) process is design to?

identify ares of improvement and provide remedial training if needed

Which of the following is an example of primary preventing strategy

which of the following statement regarding the NREMT is correct

which of the following errors is a example of knowledge based failures?

The stands for prehospital emergency care and the individuals who are typically regulated buy the

which of the following criteria is required to become licensed and employed as an EMT

if a defiblittaor manufacture claims that its divide terminates ventricular fibrillation on the first shock 95% of the time, you should

The determination that prompt surgical care in the hospital is more important then performing time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma patient is based mostly on:

Obtaining continuing medical education is the responsibility of the:

Which type of medical direction do standing order and protocols describe?

Which of the following skills or intervention is included every level of prehospital energy training:

automated external defibrillation

EMT as e know it today had its origins in 1996 with the publication of

Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern

An EMS provider who has extensive training in various aspects of advanced life support (ALS) is called a(n):

Paramedic

According to the National EMS Scoe of practice Model, an MET should be a able to:

assist a patient with certain prescribed medication

An appropriate demonstration of professionalism when you patient is frightened, demaning, or unpleasant is to:

continue to be nonjudgmental, compassionate, and respectful

which of the following description most accuretaley portrays emergency medical services (EMS)

a team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergy care and trasportion tot he sick and injured

What should you do Meroe attempting to access a patient trapped in a vehicle

ensure the vehicle is stable

a cfittial incident stems debrifin should be conducted no longer then hour sfolowing the incident

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the capacity of an indivuadl to cope with and recover from stress is called

resillience

when decontainmiantin the back of your ambulance after a call, you should

allows surfaces to air dry unless others indicated in the product

charactersisticns of eustress following a to a high speed motor vehicle collision may include

increased self-image from performing well under challenging situations

the most important consideration of the scene of a hazard material incident is

ensuring your personal safety

the most effective way to preserve your won Boyd heat hen auctioning in cold wet weather is to?

wear at least three layers of clothing

a postive TB skin test indicated that

you have been excised to TB

which of the following infectious diseases condors no protection from reinfection after exposure

syphilis

the most serious consequence of drug or alcohol abuse among EMS personnel is

substandard or inappropriate patient care