EMS SYSTEMS
What should be an EMT’s highest priority?
personal safety
A disease that can be spread from person to person is known as
a communicable disease
You arrive at the scene of an older woman complaining of chest pain. In assessing her, she holds her arm out for you to take her blood pressure. This is an example of:
expressed consent
When health care providers force their cultural values onto their patients because they believe their values are better, they are displaying
cultural imposition
Prefixes can indicate
color
Emergency patient care occurs in progressive phases. What occurs first?
A.Incident recognition
The MOST effective way of preventing the spread of disease is
hand washing
The unauthorized confinement of a person is called
false imprisonment
After receiving an order from medical control over the radio, the EMT should
repeat the order to the physician word for word
The plural form of the word bronchus is
bronchi
Quality control in an EMS system is the ultimate responsibility of the
medical director
While caring for a trauma patient, the EMT has blood splashed into her eyes. This is an example of
exposure
You are treating a patient with an apparent emotional crisis. After the patient refuses treatment, you tell him that you will call the police and have him restrained if he does not give you consent. Your actions in this case are an example of
assault
When treating a potentially hostile patient, you should try to diffuse the situation by
speaking calmly, confidently, and slowly
Movement of the arm toward midline is referred to as
adduction
what is the minimum age to be a licensed EMT
18 years old
What is the second stage of response in the stress response known as the general adaptation syndrome?
Reaction and resistance
The EMT has a legal duty to act if he or
she is
a volunteer, is on duty, and is dispatched on a call
A device that receives a low-frequency signal and then transmits it at a relatively higher frequency is called a
repeater
A body part that lies closer to the midline when compared to another is considered to be
medial
A patient who requires cardiac monitoring in the field would require, at a minimum, which level of EMS provider?
Paramedic
Placards are used on
buildings
Failure of the EMT to provide the same care as another EMT with the same training is called
negligence
When requesting medical direction for a patient who was involved in a major car accident, the EMT should avoid
using radio codes to describe the situation
A laceration located on the plantar surface is on the
sole of the foot