Module One Review Flashcards
A network of services coordinated to provide aid and medical assistance from a primary response to definitive care is referred to as which area?
Health maintenance organization
Advanced life support
Medical transportation system
EMS System
EMS System
Which responsibility would be considered a primary responsibility of the paramedic?
Support of primary care
Advocating citizen involvement
Professional development
Documentation
Documentation
Which is an attribute of an EMS system identified by the Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future?
Nationally standardized treatment protocols
Capitated finance structures
Provision of advanced life support
Prevention activities
Prevention activities
National standard curricula for EMS providers are established by which agency?
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Which aspect of professionalism is provided by belonging to national EMS groups?
Development of national standard curricula
You Answered
Continuous Quality
Improvement (CQI) for EMS providers
A unified voice for EMS providers
Collective bargaining
A unified voice for EMS providers
A paramedic makes special efforts to keep family members apprised of progress during a cardiac arrest. This demonstrates which of the following characteristics?
Careful delivery of service
Self-motivation
Respect
Empathy
Empathy
Which aspect contributes to the existence of a profession?
Specialized body of knowledge
High salary expectations for members of the profession
Membership in an organization promoting the profession
Four-year degree from a college or university
Specialized body of knowledge
Which most accurately describes the term professionalism?
Uniform standards of appearance
Public trust in the individual
Charge for services rendered
Adherence to standards of conduct
Adherence to standards of conduct
The practice of physician participation in education, equipment selection, and development of protocols for EMS systems is best described by which term?
Physician extension
Correct!
Medical direction
Medical conscience
Administrative interface
Medical direction
Which treatment protocol for an EMS system requires consultation with a physician at the base hospital before the administration of certain medications?
Standing orders
Retrospective off-line medical direction
Online medical direction
On-scene medical direction
Online medical direction
What are two main components of wellness and physical well-being?
Physical fitness and adequate nutrition
Prevention of disease and taking vitamins
Adequate nutrition and minimal exercise
Mental and emotional health
Mental and emotional health
A paramedic beginning a new exercise program should aim to keep his or her heart rate in the target zone for _____ minutes to increase cardiovascular endurance.
80
60
40
20
20
How can most infectious diseases be avoided?
Cooking foods thoroughly to kill bacteria
Drinking water that has been boiled for at least 10 minutes
Asking patients to wear a mask
Handwashing and following universal precautions
Handwashing and following universal precautions
When lifting and moving patients, what action should be implemented to help prevent injury?
Bend at the waist, not at the knees.
Keep the load close to the body.
Take long steps if walking.
Move backward rather than forward when possible.
Keep the load close to the body.
What term is best described as an apprehensive uneasiness or painful dread about an impending event?
Anxiety
Stress
Depression
Guilt
Anxiety
What is the purpose of critical-incident stress management?
Allows emergency workers opportunities to vent their feelings
Gives medical direction the opportunity to provide a learning example, based on an emergency response
Looks objectively at an emergency response and finds what went wrong
Determines the fault for the unsuccessful outcome of an emergency response
Allows emergency workers opportunities to vent their feelings
An 80-year-old woman has just died in her home. Her anxious family members ask you how she is doing. What is the most appropriate response?
“She is gone.”
“She has died.”
“She has passed on.”
“She is no longer with us.”
“She has died.”
Which of the following statements about unintentional injuries in the United States is true?
Unintentional injuries rarely result in death.
Unintentional injuries result in more potential life lost than any other cause.
The economic effect of unintentional injuries is about $1 million per year.
About 5% of all hospital emergency department visits are related to unintentional injuries.
Unintentional injuries result in more potential life lost than any other cause.
If a person does not speed while driving so as to avoid an expensive traffic ticket, the driver is responding to which of the three Es of injury prevention?
Enhancement
Education
Enforcement
Engineering
Enforcement
A person escaping injury during a vehicle crash because the air bags deployed has benefited from which of the three Es of injury prevention?
Enhancement
Engineering
Enforcement
Education
Engineering
A paramedic who places the needs of the patient before his or her self-interest is displaying:
Empathy
Self-confidence
Patient advocacy
Integrity
Patient advocacy
What is the purpose of a patient care report?
Helps supervisors keep track of crews
Documents who called for the response
States what dispatcher dispatched the crews
Provides a legal record of the incident
Provides a legal record of the incident
Where should a clear and concise chronological description of a call be documented on the prehospital care report?
On a supplemental report form
Heading boxes
Narrative portion
Under the mechanism of injury or event
Narrative portion
How should paramedics handle statements or remarks made by patients or bystanders that might be pertinent to medical care?
Document as factual statements.
Report to police at the scene.
Document as quotes.
Report to the receiving medical facility without prehospital care report documentation.
Document as quotes.
How can errors involving the use of abbreviations be prevented when charting?
Using abbreviations only when documenting a patient’s statement
Never using abbreviations
Placing all abbreviations in quotes
Avoiding abbreviations that are not universally accepted
Avoiding abbreviations that are not universally accepted
Which term best describes assessment findings, such as the absence of diminished breath sounds, and warrants no medical care or intervention but shows evidence of a thorough examination?
Essential findings
Relevant positives
Pertinent negatives
Assessment norms
Pertinent negatives
You arrive on scene of a motor vehicle collision. After size-up and assessment you determine that there are no patient complaints and no one will be transported. However, you notice that there is a child seat in the rear of the vehicle that is not properly secured. Assuming you know the proper way to install a car seat, you decide to assist the parents with installing the seat the proper way. This would be an example of ______.
a teachable moment.
on-scene instruction.
arrogance.
being inappropriate.
a teachable moment.
How should a paramedic document a patient who refuses EMS treatment or transport?
There is no need to document the EMS response.
Documentation is required only if you feel the patient refused care inappropriately.
Carefully document the events, assessments, and recommendations to patients.
Contact medical direction to have them document the events.
Carefully document the events, assessments, and recommendations to patients.
The five phases of the grieving process are:
denial, anger, bargaining, deferring, and projection.
sadness, madness, happiness, stuffiness, and angerness.
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
duty, law, libel, slander, and negligence.
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
How should the paramedic correct an incorrect entry on a prehospital care report?
Erase the entry, and write the new entry in its place.
Immediately contact your supervisor and ask them to change it.
Mark through the entry with a black permanent marker, and write the new entry nearby.
Draw a single horizontal line through the entry so that it remains legible, and date and initial it.
Draw a single horizontal line through the entry so that it remains legible, and date and initial it.
Paramedics who successfully pass the written and skill exams upon completion of an accredited program may be granted permission to practice skills by a series of processes. Which process is conferring the right to engage in the pre hospital profession?
Certification
Credentialing
Licensure
Registration
Licensure
One goal of the EMS system is to evaluate and improve the quality of care provided. What is one form of modified quality assurance?
Critical Incident Stress Management
On-line Medical Direction
Off-line Medical Direction
Continuous Quality Improvement
Continuous Quality Improvement
The level of care that a paramedic might provide a patient, including advanced airway management, defibrillation, IV therapy, and medication administration, is called _______.
basic medical care
basic life support (BLS)
advanced medical care
advanced life support (ALS)
advanced life support (ALS)
A neat and professional appearance and being well groomed and clean are important and:
Very subjective qualities of a pre-hospital provider.
You Answered
An indication of your competency and skills
Correct Answer
Help to instill confidence in the patient and his family
Show diplomacy to the patient and his family
Help to instill confidence in the patient and his family
TRUE OR FALSE: Our bodies react to all stressful situations in a similar fashion. In most cases, the difference between ‘bad’ stress and ‘good’ stress is all mental.
True
A neat and professional appearance and being well groomed and clean are important and:
Very subjective qualities of a pre-hospital provider.
An indication of your competency and skills
Help to instill confidence in the patient and his family
Show diplomacy to the patient and his family
Help to instill confidence in the patient and his family
After a call, you document your findings in your narrative of your PCR. You state "The patient has an open wound to the LUQ of the abdomen." This would be an example of \_\_\_\_\_. a pertinent negative. possible slander. Correct! objective information. subjective information.
objective information
Off-line medical control primarily relies on:
ACLS algorithms
Advanced directives
Judgment
Protocols
Protocols
After a call, you document your findings in your narrative of your PCR. You state “The patient has an open wound to the LUQ of the abdomen.” This would be an example of _____.
a pertinent negative.
possible slander.
objective information.
subjective information.
objective information
