Understanding the mission of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) is important for aerospace
medical technicians to understand in order to provide care to Airmen, Guardians, and their
families. Who is responsible for establishing and defining the mission of the AFMS? How does
the mission of the AFMS relate to the overall mission of the Air Force? - ANS The USAF
Surgeon General establishes the mission of the AFMS and it supports the overall mission of the
Air Force.
Being prepared and empowered to shift medical resources to meet changing requirements of
operations in medical planning and execution essentially is an example of which Joint Health
Services principle? - ANS Flexibility
What casualty management care role are you performing in while working at a stateside base
hospital representing the most definitive medical care available within the medical care system?
- ANS Role 4
You are working in a tent/facility that is providing advanced trauma management and
emergency medical treatment, including the continuation of resuscitation. What type of facility
are you in? - ANS Health Response Team (EMDS HRT) and/or Expeditionary Medical Support
(EMEDS) +10
Which of the following is NOT a plane typically used for expeditionary medical support? - ANS
F-16
You are stationed at a stateside military treatment facility (MTF). What TRICARE plan are you
enrolled in? - ANS TRICARE Prime
Which of the following is NOT a goal of the Air Force Medical Service? - ANS Cut Costs
Who is the military health system led by? - ANS Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs
What is the most reliable and objective research study method that minimizes the chance that
bias or opinion will influence research results? - ANS Scientific Method
You have been assigned to work in family health as a medical technician and have been actively
working for three months when you realize that the process of checking-in patients could go
much smoother if you changed a few steps. What is the best formal approach to take for an
analysis of health care related processes? - ANS Process Improvement
,How do you as a medical technician, provide seamless health service support to the Air Force
and joint forces? - ANS By assisting in sustaining the performance, health, and fitness of every
Airman at home station and while deployed within the continental United States and outside the
United States in support of global operations.
You have been tasked to deploy to a bare base location where you will have the capability of
supporting a population at risk (PAR) of 6,000. What layout will you be working in and how many
beds will you have the capability to hold? - ANS Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) +25 /
25 beds
Your assistance in provider support activities related to patient care, patient education,
documentation of chronic medical conditions and preventive services, medication reconciliation,
and coordination of patient check-out and follow up falls under what concept? - ANS Patient
Centered Medical Home
Which of the following is NOT a part of evidence based practice? - ANS Personal or Provider
Preferences
What are the three levels of doctrine in order of levels of intellectual content (low to high)? -
ANS Basic, Operational, Tactical
What casualty management care role has the capability to provide packed blood products,
limited x-ray laboratory, dental support, combat and operational stress control? - ANS Role 2
You are deployed to the middle east and working in an expeditionary medical support (EMEDS)
facility. What is your primary mission? - ANS To provide forward stabilization, resuscitative care,
primary care, dental services, and force health protection and prepare casualties for evacuation
to the next level of care.
What is the outcome of evidence based practice vs a traditional approach to care? - ANS Higher
quality of care, improved patient outcomes, reduced costs, greater nurse satisfaction
You just arrived at your first duty station and have been assigned your career development
courses (CDCs). You want to better understand the doctrine to plan, prepare, and execute joint
and combined health services across the range of military operations. What doctrine publication
would you review? - ANS Joint Publication 4-02 Joint Health Services
Understanding the mission of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) is important for aerospace
medical technicians to understand in order to provide care to Airmen, Guardians, and their
families. Who is responsible for establishing and defining the mission of the AFMS? How does
the mission of the AFMS relate to the overall mission of the Air Force? - ANS The USAF
Surgeon General establishes the mission of the AFMS and it supports the overall mission of the
Air Force.
, You are working as a medical technician in the active duty clinic. You are scrubbing your
schedule the day prior. What system needs to be checked, at the minimum before the patient is
done with their visit to verify the member's individual medical readiness (IMR) status? - ANS
Aeromedical Services Information Management (ASIMS)
Which medical clinic is responsible for the overall management of individual medical readiness
(IMR)? - ANS Base Operational Medicine Clinic (BOMC)
Which of the following immunizations is NOT given a 30 day grace period before becoming
overdue? - ANS Influenza
What two elements is Personnel Reliability Assurance Program (PRAP) comprised of? - ANS
Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) & Arming Use of Force (AUoF)
Keeping your medical records up to date is important as it may affect which of the following? -
ANS Security Clearance
Which of the following is NOT a topic discussed during out-processing? - ANS Book an
appointment for your arrival at your new military personnel flight (MPF).
Which of the following is NOT true about the Personnel Reliability Assurance Program (PRAP)?
- ANS PRAP is a flight medicine program.
______________________ is temporary disability retired list (TDRL) disposition
recommendation applies to TDRL members found fit and being removed from the TDRL? - ANS
Removal from TDRL (fit)
________________ is used for medical conditions for which specialist medical care and referral
within one year is likely but who could be deployed or reassigned outside the continental United
States (CONUS) or to non-fixed environments if appropriate specialty care is available, or for
short periods of time? - ANS Assignment limitation code (ALC) Y with a C2
What is the temporary disability retired list (TDRL) used for? - ANS Service members with
medical conditions that could improve for a return to active duty.
Which form is used to track immunizations from birth-current? - ANS Department of Defense
(DD) Form 2766C
Whose responsibility is it to check who is due for individual medical readiness (IMR)
requirements and complete them in a timely manner before going over-due? - ANS Member
A patient comes into the clinic during sick call with flu symptoms. After evaluating the patient,
the provider decides to place the member on 48-hour quarters. After you input the information
into Aeromedical Services Information Management (ASIMS) and the provider digitally signs it,
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