Paramedic Final Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
The main goal of any CQI program is to: - ANSWERSAssess for ongoing improvement
before a problem arises.A CQI program should primarily focus on: - ANSWERSImproving patient care delivery.Which of the following is NOT a component of continuous quality improvement (CQI)? - ANSWERSNegative feedback given to those who make mistakes while on a call It is important to become involved in a national or state EMS organization, such as the National Association of EMTs (NAEMT) or the National Association of State EMS
Directors (NASEMSD), because: - ANSWERSSuch organizations have an impact on
the future direction of EMS.The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act. - ANSWERSLicensure
The kind of stress that motivates an individual to achieve is called: -
ANSWERSEustress Which of the following situations would be the LEAST likely to require a critical incident stress debriefing (CISD)? - ANSWERSDeath of a 91-year-old patient with lung cancer Which of the following is an example of secondary injury prevention? - ANSWERSAdministering oxygen to a patient with a closed head injury With regard to injury prevention, effective educational techniques include all of the
following, EXCEPT: - ANSWERSPenalties
The leading cause of kidney failure. - ANSWERSDiabetes One of the major differences between laws and ethics is that laws: - ANSWERSHave sanctions for violation that are enforceable.The judicial branch at the state level is responsible for: - ANSWERSResolving disputes based on interpretation of law.If a severely injured patient who will likely not survive is identified as being an organ donor, the paramedic: - ANSWERSHave witnessed informed consent, usually in writing. 1 / 2
You arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The patient, a 29-year-old man, is in cardiac arrest from a severe head injury and has been receiving bystander CPR for approximately 10 minutes. A law enforcement official advises you that the patient's driver's license identifies him as an organ donor. You should: - ANSWERSBegin full resuscitative efforts and transport the patient to a trauma center because certain tissues may be viable for harvesting.Data collected from the state EMS office for the purpose of research would likely NOT
include: - ANSWERSAverage cost per call.
Which of the following data would a state EMS office be the LEAST likely to require an EMS agency to report? - ANSWERSPatient Gender
Most EMS agencies require a double signature system any time a: -
ANSWERSControlled substance is checked, used, discarded, or replaced.Which of the following constitutes minimum data that must be included on every patient care report? - ANSWERSChief complaint, level of consciousness, vital signs, assessment, and patient's age and gender.A bruit differs from a murmur in that a bruit: - ANSWERSIs auscultated over a main blood vessel.Beginning with the outermost layer, the three meningeal layers of the central nervous
system are the: - ANSWERSDura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.
Glycogenolysis is the physiologic process in which: - ANSWERSGlycogen is converted to glucose.The diencephalon, a region of the brain, contains which of the following structures? - ANSWERSThalamus and hypothalamus
Efferent nerves (motor nerves): - ANSWERSCarry messages FROM the brain and
spinal cord Broca's region: - ANSWERSControls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
Half of the body's magnesium is stored in the: - ANSWERSBones
A loss of normal sympathetic nervous system tone causes: - ANSWERSNeurogenic
shock.Muscle cramps and paresthesias in a malnourished patient with alcoholism are MOST
likely the result of: - ANSWERSHypocalcemia.
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