Medical Quiz

EMS Systems Quiz

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The __________ identifies the duties and skills an EMS provider is legally allowed to perform.

A. standard of care

B. scope of practice

C. medical procedures guide

D. National EMS Education Standards


National levels of EMS training include all of the following except:

A. advanced first aid.

B. EMR.

C. AEMT.

D. Paramedic.


Emergency Medical Dispatchers receive training that allows them to:

A. Control the scene via the radio

B. Triage patients via the radio

C. Declare a mass-casualty incident

D. Provide pre-arrival care instructions


Member of the EMS system whose training includes basic-level EMT training plus responsibility for a minimal level of advanced life support

A. Emergency Medical Responder

B. Emergency Medical Technician

C. Paramedic

D. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)


As a member of the EMS team, your primary role is one of:

A. patient care.

B. safety.

C. transport.

D. documentation.


The four levels of nationally recognized EMS training are:

A. Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Advanced Paramedic

B. Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, and Paramedic.

C. Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, Critical Care Nurse, Medical Director.

D. Emergency Technician, Medical Responder, Advanced Responder, Paramedic.


Where does scope of practice give an EMS provider the legal authority to practice?

A. A state

B. A city

C. The country

D. An EMS agency


Which of the following is NOT a criterion used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to evaluate an EMS system:

A. regulation and policy

B. resource management or human resources

C. billing and collections

D. education of the public


Guidelines written by the medical director to describe the care that EMS personnel provide for patients. Those guidelines are called:

A. dispatching.

B. protocols.

C. on-line direction.

D. prescriptions.


The systematic investigation to establish facts is called:

A. Inquiry

B. Assessment

C. Investigation

D. Research


Protocols and standing orders are forms of:

A. off-line medical direction.

B. on-line medical direction.

C. pre-arrival instructions.

D. stand-by guidelines.


You have received an order over the phone from the Medical Director to administer oxygen to the patient. This would be called:

A. EMS coordinator direction.

B. off-line medical direction

C. hospital direction.

D. on-line medical direction.


Member of the EMS system who provides pre-arrival instructions to callers, thereby helping to initiate lifesaving care before EMS personnel arrive:

A. Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD)

B. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

C. Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

D. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)


All care provided by EMS personnel within an EMS system is authorized by a(n):

A. Medical Director

B. Fire Chief

C. Ambulance Supervisor

D. Nursing Supervisor


Demeanor is part of professionalism for the Emergency Medical Responder, and it has which of the following as an attribute?

A. Advanced education

B. A take-charge attitude

C. Fearlessness

D. Respect


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