EMR Chapter 1 Review

You should always use a stern tone of voice to ensure that you gain your patient's confidence?

• True
• False

You are at the scene of a shooting.  The patient, who is being cared for by paramedics , is unconscious and has a severe uncontrollable bleeding.  As an EMR, your MOST important function is to:

• report your observations to law enforcement personnel 
• help the paramedics prepare for rapid transport 
• keep bystanders away from the patent
• factually document the care that your provided

You are first to arrive on scene of a patient who has had a motor vehicle accident. He is still in the vehicle , which has power lines draped across the hood. You should:

• carefully remove the patient from the vehicle w/o touching any metal
• ask the patient to crawl out of the vehicle
• put on rubber gloves and carefully move the power lines away
• advise the patient to remain still and immediately contact the power company

A basic life support (BLS) ambulance is defined as a properly equipped vehicle that is staffed by EMT personnel. 

• True
• False

A cardiac arrest patient's MOST crucial contact with the EMS system occurs when:

• trained EMR's arrive at the patient's side
• medical control is made aware of the situation
• paramedics arrive and administer advanced care
• the receiving hospital is made aware of the situation

Any sick or injured patient should be transported to the closest hospital, regardless of the patient's condition

• True
• False

Patients may require immediate stabilization at the closest hospital and then transfer to another facility.

• True
• False

EMRs are legally obligated to accompany the patient in the back of the ambulance to the hospital

• False
• True

In most states and EMS systems, EMRs are not authorized to assist the EMT in the back of the ambulance

• True
• False

Resource management, regulation and policy, and education of the public safety are all criteria used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to evaluate an EMS system

• False
• True