Team Approach to Health Care Quiz

What is a key goal of EMS Agenda 2050?

• Promote a culture of safety.

• Minimize exposure to injury, infections, illness, or stress.

• Ensure effective communication and collaboration within the team.

• Provide continuum of care through community paramedicine and MIH teams.

Which of the following is an example of a regular team?

• EMTs consistently interacting with the same partner

• Fire team

• Hazardous materials (hazmat) team

• Rescue team

What are the essential elements of a group?

• Working with a set of shared values, different roles within the group, dependent, independent, and interdependent groups

• A common goal, an image of themselves as a 'group', a sense of continuity, different roles within the group

• Focusing on individual goals, placing emphasis on one way of accomplishing a task, promoting a personal identity

• A common goal, an image of themselves as a 'group', a sense of continuity, a set of shared values

What is the characteristic of an interdependent group?

• Focus on the goals of their own individual areas

• Rely on the group leader for task assignments

• Have limited ability to adapt and deliver critical care in an uncontrolled field environment

• Work together with shared responsibilities, accountability, and a common goal

Which of the following is an example of effective team performance?

• Communication and team dynamics fostered from crew resource management and team situational awareness

• All of the above

• Effective collaboration and communication, supportive and coordinated leadership

• A shared goal, clear roles and responsibilities, diverse and competent skill sets

What is the mnemonic used in crew resource management for effective communication?

• PACE

• LOOP

• SAFE

• TEAM

What are the general guidelines for a smooth transfer of patient care?

• Troubleshooting team conflicts, reviewing essential elements of a group

• Assisting with ALS skills, critical thinking and decision making in EMS

• Common priorities, common language or system, BLS and ALS providers working together

• Uninterrupted critical care, minimal interference, respectful interaction

Why is BLS care important throughout the continuum of care?

• BLS care is more effective than ALS care

• BLS care is the only care required in emergency situations

• BLS care is not important in the provision of emergency care

• BLS care can be performed by EMTs in any EMS system

What are the stages of the decision-making process in EMS?

• Physical examination, critical thinking and decision making, troubleshooting team conflicts

• Probe, alert, challenge, emergency

• Sound, up-to-date knowledge, information provided by the patient, the patient's history

• Prearrival, arrival, during the call, after the call

What should you do when faced with a team conflict?

• Choose your battles and confront the person in front of others

• Keep your cool and separate the person from the issue

• Engage in the conflict and try to resolve it immediately

• Involve the patient in the conflict and let them decide