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Regarding "burnout" and the Emergency Medical Services, which statement is most accurate?

A) Employers are required to have a written plan addressing EMT burnout.
B) Burnout can diminish an EMT's ability to provide competent care.
C) Research indicates that burnout affects all EMS personnel within a five-year period.
D) Burnout often tends to resolve on its own over time.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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As EMTs leave a house where the patient refused care, a panicked boy approaches them and states that some men just shot his friend in a house two doors up the street. Their immediate action would be:

A) instruct the boy to carry the patient from the house to the yard.
B) gather basic equipment and go to the home to care for the patient.
C) notify dispatch and proceed to the home to care for the patient.
D) contact the police and move the ambulance from the immediate area.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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As an EMT, you would recognize which of the following as holding the greatest potential for causing emotional stress?

You and your partner were among several rescuers on a call involving a house fire in which a 4-year-old girl died. That night, your partner states that he did not sleep well and is extremely bothered by the little girl's death. The next day he calls you and states that he is so upset that he is now having chest pain. Your response would be:

You are attempting to increase your cardiovascular endurance in an effort to better perform your job as an EMT. Which of the following would be most appropriate in working toward this goal?

Which one of the following organisms is classified as multi-drug resistant?

You are transporting a 58-year-old female suffering from terminal breast cancer. While in the ambulance, she becomes tearful and repeatedly asks, "Why me?" As a knowledgeable EMT, you recognize that she is in what stage of grieving?

A coworker is suffering from post-traumatic stress. Which one of the following statements is most appropriate and beneficial to the coworker?

A coworker is constantly tired and asks you for advice on how to better sleep after a busy night shift. Which of the following responses would best address this situation?

The hospital staff has just returned the long spine board you used to immobilize a patient from a minor motor vehicle collision. There is no blood on the board, but your service policy states that all equipment is to be disinfected any time that it is used. To properly disinfect the long spine board, what should you use?

Organisms that cause diseases are correctly called:

A patient with terminal lung cancer has called EMS for shortness of breath. At the request of your paramedic partner, you are getting the patient's blood pressure. While inflating and then deflating the blood pressure cuff, the patient angrily shouts, "That thing is too tight … what are you trying to do, send me to the funeral home a couple of weeks early!" Your best reply would be:

For your safety and that of your crew, you should:

The major primary threat to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is:

You have been called to transport a patient from one medical facility to another. The patient has vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) , but does not have any open wounds and is medically stable. Which one of the following is most appropriate?

If you have questions regarding the steps to take when exposed to an infectious disease, your best resource would be:

An EMT is correct when he describes a communicable disease as:

A patient informs you that he was recently diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , but has yet to develop AIDS. Which one of the following statements is true?

Which one of the following statements made by an EMT shows that he has an accurate understanding of hepatitis C?

A tornado ripped through a small town, killing five and seriously injuring 21, including several young children. At a defusing session, which one of the following is most appropriate?