module one test

Question 1

You are treating a patient who has a productive cough and who reports weight loss, loss of appetite, weakness, night sweats, and fever. Which of the following diseases is most likely the cause of these signs and symptoms?

Answer 1

TB

Question 2

What pathogens can live in dried blood for days and should be a major concern for EMS providers even while cleaning contaminated equipment?

Answer 2

Hepatitis B

Question 3

What is a personal trait an EMT should demonstrate?

Answer 3

being a self starter

Question 4

Two EMTs respond to the scene of a syncopal episode. They evaluate a 50-year-old male patient who passed out and cut his upper lip. The EMTs examine the patient and his vital signs are normal. The EMTs talk the patient out of an expensive ambulance ride and suggest he will save money by driving himself to the urgent care clinic for stitches for his lip rather than waiting all night in the emergency department as a non emergency patient. The patient signs the EMS refusal form. The patient decides to see his own doctor the next morning but dies at his house from sudden cardiac arrest an hour later. Which of the following statements is true?

Answer 4

The EMTs are not negligent because the patient signed the refusal form.

Question 5

You and another new EMT are studying your local protocols. The other EMT notices that you may give oral glucose without utilizing on-line medical control, but you must get an on-line order from a physician before assisting a patient in taking his nitroglycerin for chest pain. The EMT asks you why some drugs require on-line medical control while others do not. What is the best answer to give him?

Answer 5

The physician wants to be sure it is appropriate for the patient.

Question 6

You are treating an elderly male patient in the back of your ambulance. En route, the patient becomes unresponsive. Upon arrival, the ED nurse asks you several questions about his condition. What should you do?

Answer 6

You should answer her questions because you may legally share the patient’s medical condition with other pertinent health care providers.

Question 7

what is the difference between slander and liability?

Answer 7

liable is when you write it and give a false statement, slander is talking about it and you give a false statment.

Question 8

Which of the following best describes a communication system capable of identifying the number and location of the phone from which a caller is calling?

Answer 8

Enhanced 911

Question 9

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