Chapter 1

Question 1

Which one of the following is considered a limitation of evidence-based medicine

Answer 1

Minimal availability of research data

Question 2

Evidence-based medicine tends to emphasize which component of the traditional approach to the practice of emergency medicine?

Answer 2

Science

Question 3

What is the name of the program the EMS services should establish in order to better assess the ongoing efficiency of care they are rendering to patient

Answer 3

Quality improvement

Question 4

One of the EMTs at the station has been cited by the medical director for sloppy incomplete and sometimes in accurate patient care documentation practices. Why does this pose a risk to patient safety?

Answer 4

Poor communication could lead to misunderstanding and medical errors

Question 5

What was the effect of the publication of accidental death and disability the neglected disease of modern society on modern day EMS?

Answer 5

It served as a catalyst for improving ambulance systems

Question 6

What does an enhanced 911 system allow the emergency dispatcher to perform?

Answer 6

Immediately access the phone number and address from which the call is being made

Question 7

The person who is legally responsible for the clinical and patient care aspects of the EMS system is the

Answer 7

Medical director

Question 8

The national Highway traffic safety administration provides a set of recommend standards for EMS systems called the technical assistance program assessment stand. these 10 standards include which one of the following?

Answer 8

Medical direction

Question 9

When documenting the patient’s history DMT mixed up the patient’s medications with medications to it she is allergic what type of patient safety error this

Answer 9

Communication error

Question 10

The NHTSA technical assistance program assessment standards for EMS systems Address the resource management component by stating that each state must

Answer 10

Have central control of MS resources so that they each locality And our patients have equal access to acceptable emergency care

Question 11

Which of the following types of medicine focus on research to provide proof that medical treatments rendered improve patient outcomes

Answer 11

Evidence-based medicine

Question 12

Which step in the evidence-based medicine process focuses on the concept of determining what is already known about a particular intervention or situation

Answer 12

Search medical literature

Question 13

The EMT gains authority to render care from the

Answer 13

Medical director

Question 14

According to the national EMS scope of practice model and advanced EMT should be trained to

Answer 14

Administer medications intravenously

Question 15

If a buy standard summons EMS using a mobile phone and the EMS dispatch or is able to view the callers latitude and longitude coordinates what FCC rules has this wireless provider utilized?

Answer 15

Phase 2 and enhanced 911

Question 16

What is the official name for the physician who assumes responsibility for all patient care aspects within a specific EMS system

Answer 16

Medical director

Question 17

Which of the following statements about an EMS system CQI program Is false

Answer 17

Feedback for the CQI process should only be gathered from the EMTs and the receiving facility

Question 18

What is the first public health responsibility

Answer 18

Identifying a problem that affects a specific population

Question 19

Which one of the following is a service that may be provided by community paramedics

Answer 19

Management of chronic conditions

Question 20

EMS service has decided to staff a clinic at the county fair this is an example of

Answer 20

Community para medicine

Question 21

Which step in the evidence-based medicine process deals with the concept of deciding what aspect of emergency medicine to investigate

Answer 21

Formulate a question