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EMT AAOS Chapters 1-23 Exam Questions and Answers
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EMT AAOS Chapters 1-23 ExamQuestions and Answers
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - Answer -Comprehensive legislation that is
designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination
AED - Answer -A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias
(ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical
shock to the patient.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - Answer -A system of internal and external
reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
emergency medical dispatch (EMD) - Answer -A system that assists dispatchers in
selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing
callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
EMS - Answer -A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of
several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick
and injured.
EMT - Answer -An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated
external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with
certain medications.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Answer -federal legislation
passed in 1996; limits availability of patients' health care information and penalizes
violations of patient privacy
intravenous (IV) therapy - Answer -delivery of medication into a vein
medical control - Answer -Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone
(online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the
medical director of the service program.
medical director - Answer -The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field.
,mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) - Answer -A method of delivering health care which
involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physician's office or
hospital
primary prevention - Answer -Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
primary service area (PSA) - Answer -The designated area in which the EMS service is
responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the
hospital.
public health - Answer -Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations
with the goal of preventing health problems.
public safety access point - Answer -A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are
responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services.
secondary prevention - Answer -Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you
cannot completely prevent.
acute stress - Answer -occurs during a stressful situation
airborne transmission - Answer -spread of an organism via droplets or dust
bloodborne pathogens - Answer -pathogenic microogranisms that are present in human
blood and can case disease in humans; these pathogens include hepatitis B and HIV
CDC - Answer -primary federal agency that conducts and supports public health
activities; is part of US Department of Health and Human Services
communicable disease - Answer -disease that can be spread from one person or
species to another
critical incident stress management - Answer -a process that confronts the responses to
critical incidents and defuses them, direction the emergency services personnel toward
physical and emotional equilibrium
cumulative stress reaction - Answer -Prolonged or excessive stress
delayed stress reaction - Answer -reaction to stress after a stressful situation
designated officer - Answer -the individual in the department who is in charge with the
responsibility of managing exposures and infection control issues
foodborne transmission - Answer -The contamination of food or water with an organism
that can cause disease.
,general adaptation syndrome - Answer -bodys response to stress that begins with an
alarm response followed by a stge of reaction and resistance and then recovery or if the
stress is prolonged, exhaustion
hepatits - Answer -inflammation of the liver usually caused by a viral infection that
causes fever, loss of appetite, jaundice, fatigue and altered liver function
HIV - Answer -AIDS is caused by _____ which damages the cells in the body's immune
system so that the body is unable to fight infection or certain cancers
infection - Answer -The abnormal invasion of a host or host tissues by organisms such
as bacteria, viruses, or parasites, with or without signs or symptoms of disease.
infection control - Answer -Procedures to reduce transmission of infection among
patients and health care personnel.
occupational safety and health admin - Answer -OSHA the federal regulatory
compliance agency that develops, publishes, and enforces guidelines concerning safety
in the workplace
vector borne transmission - Answer -The use of an animal to spread an organism from
one person or place to another.
abandonment - Answer -Unilateral termination of care by the EMT without the patient's
consent and without making provisions for transferring care to another medical
professional with the skills and training necessary to meet the needs of the patient.
advance directive - Answer -Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for
a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions; also called a
living will or health care directive.
applied ethics - Answer -The manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into
professional conduct.
Assault - Answer -Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm.
battery - Answer -Unlawfully touching a patient or providing emergency care without
consent.
breach of confidentiality - Answer -Disclosure of information without proper
authorization.
compensatory damages - Answer -Damages awarded in a civil suit that are intended to
restore the plaintiff to the same condition that he or she was in prior to the incident
complained about in the lawsuit.
, competent - Answer -Able to make rational decisions about personal well-being.
Contributory Negligence - Answer -A legal defense that may be raised when the
defendant feels that the conduct of the plaintiff somehow contributed to any injuries or
damages that were sustained by the plaintiff.
defamation - Answer -The communication of false information about a person that is
damaging to that person's reputation or standing in the community.
dependent lividity - Answer -Blood settling to the lowest point of the body, causing
discoloration of the skin.
depositions - Answer -Oral questions asked of parties and witnesses under oath.
discovery - Answer -The phase of a civil lawsuit where the plaintiff and defense obtain
information from each other that will enable the attorneys to have a better
understanding of the case and which will assist in negotiating a possible settlement or in
preparing for trial. Discovery includes depositions, interrogatories, and demands for
production of records.
durable power of attorney for health care - Answer -A type of advance directive
executed by a competent adult that appoints another individual to make medical
treatment decisions on his or her behalf in the event that the person making the
appointment loses decision-making capacity.
duty to act - Answer -A medicolegal term relating to certain personnel who either by
statute or by function have a responsibility to provide care.
emergency doctrine - Answer -The principle of law that permits a health care provider to
treat a patient in an emergency situation when the patient is incapable of granting
consent because of an altered level of consciousness, disability, the effects of drugs or
alcohol, or the patient's age.
expressed consent - Answer -A type of consent in which a patient gives express
authorization for provision of care or transport.
false imprisonment - Answer -The confinement of a person without legal authority or the
person's consent.
forcible restraint - Answer -The act of physically preventing an individual from initiating
any physical action.
Good Samaritan Law - Answer -Statutory provisions enacted by many states to protect
citizens from liability for errors and omissions in giving good faith emergency medical
care, unless there is wanton, gross, or willful negligence.
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