Deck 2: Paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand

Question 1

To where can you trace the earliest ambulance service in Australia?

A) Queensland
B) New South Wales
C) Sydney
D) Auckland

Answer 1

New South Wales

Question 2

This refers to the emergency service model involving attending the patient at the site of emergency and transporting to the hospital, where all treatment happens:

A) EMS mixed model
B) Anglo-American model
C) Franco-German model
D) Vocational education model

Answer 2

Anglo-American model

Question 3

This is the person or professional who provides first aid while waiting for the ambulance crew.

A) Paramedic
B) Intensive care paramedic
C) Ambulance transport officer
D) First responder

Answer 3

First responder

Question 4

This is the person who can provide basic life support in an emergency situation; usually this person holds a level IV certificate.

A) Paramedic
B) Intensive care paramedic
C) Ambulance transport officer
D) First responder

Question 5

A paramedic is expected to be skillful in the following skills, EXCEPT:

A) Cardiac monitoring
B) Surgery
C) Defibrillation
D) Vital signs taking

Question 6

This is an emergency service model where the principle is to stabilise the patient and treatment at the scene, where an available physician is on site during the rescue.

A) Anglo-American model
B) Franco-German model
C) EMS mixed model
D) VET

Question 7

In Australia, these personnel can provide a pre-booked, non-urgent transport for patients who are considered low risk.

A) Ambulance transport officer
B) Patient transport officer
C) Paramedic
D) First responder

Question 8

These personnel have more advanced skills in establishing an airway and are able to apply wider pharmacological interventions.

A) Intensive care paramedic
B) Patient transport officer
C) First responder
D) Ambulance transport officer

Question 9

Which of following activities falls under the scope of practice for a retrieval paramedic?

A) Interpretation of X-rays and blood tests
B) Rapid sequence intubation
C) Expanded access to medications
D) All of the above

Question 10

What is the newest role in the paramedicine scope, which allows for advanced care, plus at the same time attending to subacute or non-acute healthcare needs?

A) Extended care paramedic
B) Flight paramedic
C) Patient transport officer
D) First responder

Question 11

Ambulance services have been operating in Australia and New Zealand since:

A) The 1600s
B) The 1700s
C) The 1800s
D) The 1900s

Question 12

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A) Early ambulance services prioritised treatment of patients on scene over transport to hospital
B) Early ambulance services prioritised transport of patients to hospital over treatment on scene
C) The introduction of motorised ambulances coincided with a rapid decrease in workload
D) The 'Ashford litter' is an example of the first motorised ambulances to be used

Question 13

How many government ambulance services operate in New Zealand?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 14

The world's first Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance service was set up by:

A) Dr Peter Safar in the US
B) Dr Nancy Caroline in the US
C) Dr Frank Pantridge in Northern Ireland
D) Dr Frank Archer in Victoria, Australia

Question 15

Which service was introduced to help manage the problem of sparsely populated and isolated populations along with difficult topology throughout Australia and New Zealand:

A) Intensive Care Ambulances
B) Extended Care Paramedics
C) Air Ambulance
D) The Volunteer Workforce

Question 16

Which of the following statements is CORRECT:

A) Ambulance services only rarely use volunteers to provide services
B) Approximately 10% of the ambulance workforce is volunteer
C) Approximately 45% of the ambulance workforce is volunteer
D) Since the introduction of professional regulation it is no longer possible to allow volunteers to provide services within the ambulance services

Question 17

Which of the following roles is responsible for the provision of advanced care to patients with subacute healthcare needs?

A) First responders
B) Extended care paramedics
C) Intensive care paramedics
D) Retrieval paramedics

Question 18

In order to practise as a paramedic in Australia, which of the following will be assessed by the Paramedicine Board of Australia?

A) The individual's English language skills
B) The individual's university results
C) The individual's association with Professional Unions
D) The individual's ability to perform complex medical skills

Question 19

How many hours of continuing practice development does a paramedic in Australia need to complete each year?

A) 8 hours
B) 10 hours
C) 30 hours
D) 38 hours

Question 20

A 'university lecturer' falls under which career stream within paramedicine:

A) Clinician
B) Manager
C) Education and Research
D) Instructor