Chapter 1/2/4

Question 1

Earliest documented EMS

Answer 1

1790s

Question 2

Nonmilitary ambulance services began operating in U.S.

Answer 2

early 1900s

Question 3

EMS did not develop in smaller communities until

Answer 3

late 1940s

Question 4

Department of Transportation charged with developing EMS standards

Answer 4

1966

Question 5

Founding of the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)

Answer 5

1970

Question 6

National Emergency Medical Service Systems Act passed by Congress

Answer 6

1973

Question 7

________ issued strict guidelines about precautions against exposure to bloodborne pathogens

Answer 7

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Question 8

When treating an individual suspected of TB, wear ______

Answer 8

N-95 or high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator

Question 9

Hepatitis B and C

Answer 9

• Infection causes inflammation of the liver
• Can live on surfaces in dried blood for several days
• Hepatitis B is deadly but vaccines are available
• Hepatitis C poses some risk but no vaccines

Question 10

HIV/AIDS

Answer 10

• Attacks immune system, leaving patient unable to fight off infection
• Set of conditions that results when the immune system has been attacked by HIV
• Infection through blood

Question 11

Scope of Practice

Answer 11

• Regulations and ethical considerations that defines the scope, or extent and limits of an EMT’s job

What you can do

Question 12

Standards of Care

Answer 12

• Care that would be expected from an EMT with similar training when caring for a patient in a similar situation

How you should do it

Question 13

Torts

Answer 13

Lawsuits against EMTs

Question 14

Res ipsa loquitur

Answer 14

“the thing speaks for itself”
Legal concept important in negligence cases

Question 15

Negligence

Answer 15

Failing to act properly when you have a duty to act

• Not providing patient care
• Not following the correct procedure of treatment