1st Semester Final Review

An EMT at a basic level is operating as a designated agent of the:

• EMT-Intermediate

• ER Nurse

• Medical Director

• shift commander

A policy set by an EMS Medical Director that allows EMTs to administer glucose to patients in certain circumstances without speaking to the physician is an example of a(n):

• Direct order

• On-line order

• Standing order

• QI order

The level of EMS training in which the emphasis is on activating the EMS system and controlling immediate life-threatening emergencies is:

• EMR

• EMT

• AEMT

• Paramedic

Equipment and procedures that protect you from the blood and body fluids of the patient are referred to as:

• ineffective body fluid measures

• isolated infection controls

• preventive control substance standards

• Standard Precautions

A communicable disease that results in an infection that causes inflammation of the liver is:

• influenza

• hepatitis

• AIDS

• MRSA

It is important that the EMT follow the same path in and out of a crime scene to:

• expedite patient care

• assist the police officer in scene control

• prevent disturbing the crime scene

• thoroughly document the location of the crime

When you are lifting a heavy object, most of the work should be done by the muscles of your:

• back

• neck

• legs

• arms

Patients who weigh 600 pounds or more may require a specialty built stretcher called a(n):

• Stokes basket

• barometric stretcher

• bariatric stretcher

• deluxe stretcher

The preferred device for carrying a conscious medical patient down a flight of steps is the:

• chair chair

• backboard

• Reeves device

• ambulance stretcher

Mentally competent adults of legal age who accept care from an EMS crew are said to give:

• guardian consent

• partial consent

• implied consent

• expressed consent