CH. 1

Question 1

Answers to Assessment in Action Questions

Answer 1

Answers to Assessment in Action Questions

1. Answer: B National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2. Answer: C Ensure personal safety
3. Answer: D Americans with Disabilities Act
4. Answer: B Certification reciprocity
5. Answer: A Providing cervical spine immobilization
6. Answer: C Providing legal advice to patients
7. Answer: B Being able to communicate while giving respect to the listener
8. Answer: D Limits the availability of a patient’s health care information
9. Answer: Continuous quality improvement is a circular system of continuous internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system. By looking at all the components of an EMS system, the CQI process seeks to identify areas that need improvement and enables the problems to be resolved through remediation and training rather than through punitive measures.
10. Answer: Research provides data that identify treatments that are beneficial and/or lifesaving for trauma patients and those that are not. Participation in EMS research empowers the EMT to help shape the future of trauma care.