Exam 1: Introduction to Paramedicine

Which of the following gives you greater control over medication delivery and allows you to easily discontinue the infusion when therapy is complete or must be stopped?

Into which of the following containers would it be necessary to inject a volume of air equal to the intended volume of medication before withdrawing the medication with a needle and syringe?

Which of the following best describes a comprehensive network of personnel, equipment, and resources established to deliver aid and emergency medical care to the community?

Which of the following allows you to increase the amount of information you can quickly and efficiently write on your PCR?

Teratogenic refers to the:

Which of the following is NOT an acute inflammatory response?

The movement of water from a region of low solute concentration to a region of high solute concentration is known as:

The term oxytocin means :

Which of the following is a hypertonic solution?

Which of the following is defined as the percentage of blood volume occupied by erythrocytes?

Which of the following statements about Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief is most accurate?

When performing tracheobronchial suctioning, what should be the maximum amount of suction time?

Benzodiazepines and barbiturates achieve their sedation effects by ________ in the CNS.

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) achieve their therapeutic effects by:

Which of the following occurrences is LEAST likely to require mandatory legal reporting by the paramedic?

You are allowed to share the information in patient charts with all of the following, EXCEPT:

A solution having a comparatively higher concentration of solutes is said to be:

One area of EMS that will rely especially heavily on research is:

When developing and measuring the success of prevention programs, each EMS agency should contribute data to all of the following agencies, EXCEPT:

What is the drug of choice when treating patients having generalized motor (grand mal) seizures?