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Texas DSHS - Jurisprudence Examc. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation. - ANS-A General Trauma Facility is a
facility that:
a. That only provides trauma care to patients.
b. Provides basic care to both
trauma and medical patients.
c. Is equivalent to the level IV Trauma Facility designation.
d. Is equivalent to meeting the criteria
for level III and level IV trauma facilities
Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility. - ANS-A Major Trauma Facility is a facility that:
a. Is equivalent to a level III trauma facility.
b. Is equivalent to a level II trauma facility.
c. Meets the requirements of a free standing emergency
facility.
d. Meets the requirements of
an urgent care facility.
a. licensed physicians - ANS-Medical supervision must be provided by:
a. Licensed physicians
b. Paramedics
c. Registered Nurses
d. Physician Assistants
d. All of the above - ANS-An AEMT is an individual who is certified by the department and is
minimally proficient in performing which of the following skills?
a. Intravenous therapy
b. Esophageal intubation
c. Endotracheal intubation
d. All of the above
d. Interfacility care - ANS-Care provided while transporting a patient between medical facilities
is:
a. Emergency Care
b. Health Care
c. Facility Care
d. Interfacility Care
b) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been made or
turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment has been
started. - ANS-Abandonment is:
,a) Leaving your station or assigned area without permission from a supervisor to do so.
b) Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been made or
turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment has been
started.
c) Failure to gain patient consent for treatment if patient is alert, conscious, and oriented.
d) Failure to show up for a shift that you have been assigned to.
a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from the Texas Department of
State Health Services - ANS-A certificant is:
a) Emergency medical service personnel with current certification from the Texas Department of
State Health Services
b) Any person certified to drive a vehicle
c) An individual who holds a current paramedic license from the NREMT.
d) A document showing that a student has completed training or continuing education hours.
d. Trauma Service Area - ANS-An organized geographical area of at least three counties
administered by a regional advisory council for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient
transportation and/or treatment of sick and injured patients
a. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
b. Regional EMS/Trauma System
c. Primary EMS Provider Response Area
d. Trauma Service Area
a. Trauma Facility - ANS-A hospital that has successfully completed the designation process, is
capable of stabilization and/or definitive treatment of critically injured persons and actively
participates in a regional EMS/trauma system.
a. Trauma Facility
b. Designated Trauma Facility
c. Major Trauma Facility
d. Lead Trauma Facility
c. Medical Oversight - ANS-The assistance and management given to health care providers
and/or entities involved in regional EMS/trauma systems planning by a physician or group of
physicians designated to provide technical assistance.
a. Medical Control
b. Medical Supervision
c. Medical Oversight
d. Offline Medical Direction
a) Direction given to an EMS provider either by direct/on-line control, or predetermined triage
criteria, to bypass the nearest hospital for the most appropriate hospital/trauma facility. -
ANS-With regards to EMS and hospital, "Bypass" means one of the following:
a) Direction given to an EMS provider either by direct/on-line control, or predetermined triage
criteria, to bypass the nearest hospital for the most appropriate hospital/trauma facility.
,b) Direction given to an EMS provider by the local hospital to bypass them with a patient that
they prefer not to accept.
c) Is a policy or procedure established by the EMS provider, allowing them to pick which hospital
they prefer to deliver patients to.
d) Is a decision often left up to the transporting EMS crew, as to which hospital to deliver the
patient to.
d) A designated officer who serves as a liaison between the employer's employees who have
been or believe they have been exposed to a potentially life threating infectious disease by a
person who was treated and/or transported by the EMS provider. - ANS-A designated infection
control officer is considered:
a) The person designated to provide over-site of the procedures established to limit the potential
of exposure to life threating diseases while treating and/or transporting patients
b) The person designated to serve as a liaison between the EMS crew and the Medical Director
when infection disease issues arise.
c) An infection control expert in how to prevent and handle potentially infectious patients.
d) A designated officer who serves as a liaison between the employer's employees who have
been or believe they have been exposed to a potentially life threating infectious disease by a
person who was treated and/or transported by the EMS provider.
d) A procedure put into effect by an EMS service to ensure appropriate patient care when a
facility is believed to be unable to provide the level of care demanded by a trauma patient's
injuries or when the facility has temporarily exhausted its resources. - ANS-A diversion in
reference to EMS and hospitals means:
a) The EMS is allowed to divert to the hospital of their choice.
b) EMS is allowed to divert to the hospital preferred by the patient.
c) A procedure put into effect by a trauma facility to ensure appropriate patient care when that
facility is unable to provide the level of care demanded by a trauma patient's injuries or when the
facility has temporarily exhausted its resources.
d) A procedure put into effect by an EMS service to ensure appropriate patient care when a
facility is believed to be unable to provide the level of care demanded by a trauma patient's
injuries or when the facility has temporarily exhausted its resources.
a. Trauma Service Area - ANS-An organized geographical area of at least three counties
administered by a regional advisory council for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient
transportation of sick and injured patients is a:
a. Trauma Service Area
b. Trauma Registry
c. Specialty Center
d. Prehospital Triage
c. Recertification - ANS-The procedure for renewal of Emergency Medical Services certification
is called:
a. Relicensure
, b. Quality Management
c. Recertification
d. Practical Exam
d. Credit Hour - ANS-A continuing education credit unit awarded for successful completion of a
unit of learning activity is a:
a. Current
b. Candidate
c. Distance Learning
d. Credit Hour
c. Infection Control Officer - ANS-An individual who serves as a liaison between the employer's
employees who have been or believe they have been exposed to potential life-threatening
disease, through a person who was treated and/or transported by the EMS Provider
a. Medical Director
b. Administrator of Record
c. Infection Control Officer
d. State EMS Director
d. Emergency Medical Task Force - ANS-A unit specially organized to provide coordinated
emergency medical response operation systems during large scale EMS incidents.
a. Trauma Regional Advisory Council
b. Emergency Militia Task Force
c. Governor's Emergency Trauma Advisory Council
d. Emergency Medical Task Force
c. Texas Department of State Health Services - ANS-In definition "Department" is referred to as
the:
a. Texas Department of Health
b. Texas Department of Public Safety
c. Texas Department of State Health Services
d. Texas Medical Board
b. Certificant - ANS-A(n) ___________________ is an emergency medical services personnel
with current certification from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
a. Candidate
b. Certificant
c. Applicant
d. Employee
c. Emergency Medical Services Administrator - ANS-The principal executive manager of an
emergency medical service organization who is responsible for the non-medical operations,
staffing, policies and procedures, and overall management of the service is
______________________________________.
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