Public Health
The largest number of preventable injuries for persons over 75 years of age are caused by:
Falls
What should be your primary concern at the scene of a crime?
The patient
Your patient clearly needs medical attention, but is refusing treatment. So long as the patient is confident and competent, the patient is exercising:
Autonomy
What is most important when assessing a scene for safety?
Situational awareness
According to statistics gathered by the state of New York, the most dangerous places for emergency vehicles, with regard to risk of collision, are:
Intersections
If EMS was providing an industry related class on injury prevention, it should focus heavily on this topic as greater than one-fifth of disabling injuries in the workplace are from:
Back Injuries
What is a DNR?
Do Not Resuscitate Order.
A common type of advanced directive and legal document outlining which life-sustaining measures should be taken when the patient’s heart and respiratory functions have ceased.
Which organization adopted a code of ethics for emergency medical technicians in 1978?
National Association of EMTs
What is a hand-off?
Verbal report given by an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic to the receiving nurse or physician during the process of transferring patient care to receiving facility staff.
What type of ambulance is a standard van, forward control integral cab-body ambulance?
Type II
Epidemiology is:
The frequency and pattern of health events
What best protection for an EMS provider against malpractice action?
A complete, well-written patient care report
You are called to the home of a 56-year-old patient. Based on past experience, you know that this individual does not have valid health insurance and will likely not be able to pay any medical bills. What should you do?
Provide care as you would to any other patient
Which innovation may improve emergency medical services (EMS) communications in the future?
Medical-quality video
The period of time when the highest volume of emergency calls occurs is known as the:
Peak Load
In the United States, there has been a decline in cardiovascular related deaths. EMS can help assist by offering free blood pressure checking clinics. This strategy contributes to what accomplishment in public health?
Disease surveillance and testing
When do you have a Duty to Report?
When there is suspected abuse or neglect of an at risk person
Someone is questioning a decision you made on a recent emergency medical services (EMS) call. Their rationale for questioning your decision is based entirely on the consequences of your decision. What process is being used to evaluate your decision?
Consequentialism
A system that transmits voice and data simultaneously is called a:
Multiplex system
Research has suggested that improved patient outcomes are associated:
Only with EMS response times of less than 4 minutes.
EMS providers respond to the scene of an accident in which a single car rolled and landed in a ditch. The driver had multiple lacerations of the arms and face from a shattered window. The emergency first responders applied pressure to the wounds to stop the bleeding. This is an example of:
Secondary Prevention
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act:
The ADA prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
One method of ethical decision making is to consider what will make the most people happy. This is known as:
Utilitarianism.
Radio communications, including trends in the patient condition, responses to interventions, and information from the scene, are monitored by the:
FCC
What is NFPA 1917?
The standard for ambulance manufactures to use high visibility reflective paint