MFR Ch 1,2 & 4 Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Define AEMT - ANSWERSAdvanced Emergency Medical Technician - a person who is able to perform basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.
Define ALS - ANSWERSAdvanced Life Support - the use of specialized equipment and...
Define AEMT - ANSWERSAdvanced Emergency Medical Technician - a person who is able to perform
basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.
Define ALS - ANSWERSAdvanced Life Support - the use of specialized equipment and techniques to
stabilize a patients condition
Define BLS - ANSWERSBasic Life Support - emergency lifesaving procedures performed without advanced
emergency procedures to stabilize the condition of patients who have experienced sudden illness or
injury
Define Defibrillation - ANSWERSThe process of delivering an electric shock through a person's chest wall
and heart for the purpose of ending lethal heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation and to help
establish normal heart contraction rhythm
Define EMR - ANSWERSEmergency Medical Responder - The first medically trained person to arrive on
scene.
What are the 10 Standard Components of an EMS System? - ANSWERS1. Regulation and policy
2. Resource management
3. HR and training
4. Transportation equipment and systems
5. Medical and support facilities
6. Communications systems
7. Public information and education
8. Medical Direction
9. Trauma System and development
10. Evaluation
, What are the 3 forms of transport? - ANSWERS1. Transport
2. Prompt transport
3. Rapid Transport
Define Prompt Transport - ANSWERSThe patient needs to be taken to the appropriate medical facility in
a short period of time or the condition will worsen and possibly cause death.
Define Rapid Transport - ANSWERSWhen EMS personnel are not able to give the patient adequate
lifesaving care in the field and the patient may die if not transported immediately.
What are the sequence of events of the EMS System? - ANSWERSReporting, Dispatch, Emergency
Medical Response, EMS Vehicle Response and Hospital Care
What are the 4 basic goals of EMR training? - ANSWERSTo know what NOT to do, how to provide care
using your EMR life support kit, how to improvise and how to assist other EMS providers
Define CISD - ANSWERSCritical Incident Stress Debriefing - A system of psychological support designed to
reduce stress on emergency personnel after a major stress producing incident
Define CISM - ANSWERSCritical Incident Stress Management - A process that confronts the responses to
critical incidents and defuses them, directing the EMS personnel toward physical and emotional
equilibrium
Define Pathogens - ANSWERSMicroorganisms that are capable of causing disease
Define Standard Precautions - ANSWERSAn infection control method concept that treats all body fluids
as potentially infectious.
What are the 5 stages of grief? - ANSWERSDenial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
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