Prep #1

A question that the patient can answer in simple one- or two- word answers.

• Non-leading

• Open Ended

• Close Ended

• Clarifying

Which is NOT an interview technique to AVOID?

• Tell the patient that everything will be OK in order to relieve their stress level.

• Use "why" questions to eliminate unclear messages.

• Ask leading questions to steer the patient towards the important things.

• Make the patient that is in denial focus on urgent issues.

In EMS, PCR stands for___.

• Primary Consideration of Resources

• Palliative Care and Reassessment

• Patient Care Report

• Polymerase Chain Reaction

Convert 4:00 PM to 24-hour (Military) time. (Do NOT use the " : " and do NOT place HOURS after it)

Convert 8:15 am PM to 24-hour (Military) time. (Do NOT use the " : " and do NOT place HOURS after it)

Convert 0600 to 24-hour time

• 6:00 am

• 6:00 pm

• 12:06 am

• 12:06 pm

A special radio that receives a signal on one frequency, then transmits it on another.

• Duplex

• Simplex

• Trunking

• Repeater

Electronic signals (from devices like EKG machines) are converted into coded, audible signals that can be transmitted by radio or telephone to be received and decoded at a hospital. This process is called ___.

• trunking

• telemetry

• interoperable communications system

• a mobile data terminal

All radio operations conducted by EMS are regulated by the ___.

• County that the agency operates in.

• NHTSA

• FCC

• NYS Bureau of EMS

Which is NOT a type of Medical Control?

• Online

• Standing

• Direct

• Offline