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HOSA EMT Study Guide 2024/2025 graded A+ by experts
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HOSA EMT Study GuideThe organization in the United States government that is responsible for establishing the
National Standard Curriculum for each EMT level is the: - ANSDepartment of Transportation
Why is the year 1966 usually referred to as the beginning of the modern era of EMS? - ANSThe
report "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society" was
published.
EMS providers who can perform advanced cardiac life support skills, may use a manual
defibrillator, and are trained for 800 to 1,500 hours are called: - ANSEMT- Paramedics
Emergency Medical Dispatch has been developed to: - ANSallow dispatchers to provide
instructions to the caller until EMS arrives.
The type of medical control where a physician may either confirm or modify a proposed
treatment plan over the radio or telephone is referred to as: - ANSonline or direct medical
control.
A Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) system is designed to: - ANSidentify areas of
improvement and appropriate education to help fix them.
The roles and responsibilities of the EMT-B do not include: - ANSplacing yourself or your
partner at risk to save a patient's life.
When you are called to assist a patient who is uncooperative and verbally abusive, you should: -
ANStreat the patient with respect and call for law enforcement assistance.
The second phase of a coordinated continuum of care is: - ANSthe patient is assessed, treated,
packaged, and transported to the hospital
The party responsible for ensuring that an EMT-B maintains his or her ability to provide
high-quality EMS care and updates his or her knowledge of EMS care is the: - ANSEMT-B.
Scenario:
You and your partner are dispatched to a "Medical Emergency, nature unknown" at a small
apartment complex in town. When you arrive, you see that law enforcement is already there,
trying to manage the six or seven neighbors who have gathered outside a first-floor apartment.
After applying BSI, you enter the apartment to find a 31-year-old woman lying on the sofa.
There are pills from a half-dozen bottles scattered on the carpet. From the doorway you see no
chest rise and fall. You note that there is blood-tinged, foamy saliva in her mouth. She is
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