Ch. 3: Roles and Responsibilities

Question 0

Your patient is a 24 year-old male with a severe closed head injury. He is unresponsive, and his vitals are unstable. What is the appropriate receiving facility for this patient?

Answer 0

Level I Trauma Center

Question 1

What professional characteristic is required for patients to trust paramedics to be in their homes and have access to their property and personal information?

Answer 1

Integrity

Question 2

During the return to service, one of the paramedic’s chief responsibilities is:

Answer 2

Decontaminating the ambulance

Question 3

The paramedic is responsible for determining the mechanism of injury or the nature of illness when carrying out which of the primary responsibilities?

Answer 3

Scene size-up

Question 4

Consoling and offering emotional support to a person who has just seen a loved one die is an example of the professional attribute of:

Answer 4

Empathy

Question 5

What is one of the paramedic’s primary responsibilities?

Answer 5

patient disposition

Question 6

What is an example of professional development?

Answer 6

Participating in mentoring activities, reading professional publications, and attending refresher and continuing education classes

Question 7

What is not a part of a paramedic’s administrative duties?

Answer 7

promoting community health

Question 8

What is an example of how paramedics support primary care when carrying out their out-of-hospital functions?

Answer 8

determining the appropriateness of treating on the scene and releasing the patient

Question 9

What is not an example of the paramedic’s responsibility for community involvement?

Answer 9

allowing citizens to vote on EMS protocols

Question 10

A way for paramedics to determine appropriate injury prevention programs for their community is by using:

Answer 10

injury risk surveys