EMT Prep Exam Questions and Answers
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What do patients most remember about their medical emergency? ✔✔your Attitude, Behavior,
Communication, and how much you care
What is online medical direction? ✔✔direct o
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EMT Prep Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
What do patients most remember about their medical emergency? ✔✔your Attitude, Behavior,
Communication, and how much you care
What is online medical direction? ✔✔direct orders from physician given by radio or phone
What is offline medical direction? ✔✔medical policies, procedures, and practices that medical
direction has established in written guidelines [also called protocols, standing orders]
What are the 4 levels of E.M.S. practitioners? ✔✔- Emergency Medical Responder [E.M.R.]
- Emergency Medical Technician [E.M.T.]
- Advanced Emergency Medical Technician [A.E.M.T.]
- Paramedic
What is patient advocacy? ✔✔the E.M.T.'s role to protect patients' rights when they are ill, injured,
and vulnerable.
Provide some examples of patient advocacy. ✔✔- collecting and safeguarding valuables
- protecting patient's privacy
- answering questions truthfully
An Emergency Medical Responder's [E.M.R.] training includes what? ✔✔- basic Airway
- Oxygen (O2) therapy
- Vital Signs
- C.P.R. and A.E.D.
An Emergency Medical Technician's [E.M.T.] training includes what? ✔✔- basic emergency
medical care
- Ambulance equipment and transport
- advanced Oxygen (O2) therapy
- limited Medications
An Advanced Emergency Medical Technician's [A.E.M.T.] training includes what? ✔✔-
Advanced airway
- blood glucose monitoring
- I.V. and I.O.
- select Medications
A Paramedic's training includes what? ✔✔- the highest level of pre-hospital care
- advanced assessments
- patient management skills
- aim to reduce disability and death of patient
List the roles and responsibilities of an E.M.T. ✔✔- Personal safety and the safety of others
- Patient assessment and emergency care
- Safe lifting and moving
- Transport and transfer of care
- Record keeping and data collection
- Patient advocacy
What are the professional attributes E.M.T.'s are expected to maintain? ✔✔- Appearance
- Knowledge and skills
- Physical demands
- Personal traits
- Certification and licensure
When do the patient's needs become your priority? ✔✔once scene safety is assured
After scene safety has been assured and you gain access to the patient(s), how do you proceed?
✔✔- perform a Primary Assessment
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