EMT Preparatory Quiz

1. When inserting an OPA into a patients airway, it winds up being too long, and the patient gags. This is an example of:

Knowledge-based failure

Skills-based failure

Rules-based failure

2. Which is NOT a common use of a pre-hospital PCR?

Continuity of care

Quality Improvement

Education

All of the above are common uses of a PCR

3. When there is question as to whether the EMS provider has done all things feasible for a patient, the provider is held to the ___, which provides a comparison between what was done for the patient and what any other provider of that level is expected to perform, based upon the uniform training they receive for their certification.

Standing Orders

Tort

Standard of Care

Duty to Act

4. The release of a patient to a provider with a lesser level of care, or leaving a patient in a hospital without ensuring provisions for their continued care falls under:

Negligence

Unlawful Imprisonment

Breach of Duty

Abandonment

5. Protocols and standing orders are examples of which type of medical direction?

Written

Ongoing

On-line

Off-line

6. You and your crew had another difficult call. The past few weeks have been busy, with serious calls. You notice that one of your crew members is seemingly distant, and when questioned about it, snaps at the individual asking. This could be a sign of which type of stress reaction?

Cumulative

Delayed

Acute

PTSD

7. What is the term for considering your own cultural values more important than those of others?

Racism

Ethnocentrism

Cultural Imposition

Transcultural Inconsideration

8. What is another term for the Emergency Doctrine?

Informed consent

Emancipation

Implied consent

Medical restraint

9. Which type of question allows you to direct the patient to give a brief and definitive answer to it?

Close-ended

Open-ended

Focused

Direct

10. Which is an example of a mobile radio?

A radio mounted to the console of the ambulance.

A hand-held, walkie-talkie type radio.

Large console unit in the dispatch center.

There is no such thing as a mobile radio.

11. In order for a claim of negligence to hold, four things must be proven. They are: There was a duty to act;There was a breach of that duty; Damages were incurred; and_______.

There was proximate cause of the damages.

The good samaritan law was not in effect.

Protocols were not followed.

None of the above are correct.

12. One of the most urgent challenges facing health-care providers, especially pre-hospital providers, is:

Bystander safety

Provider safety

Patient safety

Patient confidentiality

13. As you assist a patient with nitroglycerine, you forget to inquire about his recent use of any sexually enhancing medications. This is an example of:

Rules -based failure

Knowledge-based failure

Skills-based failure

None of the above