EMT-B Final Exam Study Set (Answered)
C. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Most EMT training programs are based on standards developed by the:
A. American Red Cross (ARC).
B. American Heart Association (AHA).
C. National Highway Transportation Safety Administrati...
EMT-B Final Exam Study Set (Answered)
C. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Most EMT training programs are based on standards developed by the:
A. American Red Cross (ARC).
B. American Heart Association (AHA).
C. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
D. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
D. being pleasant, cooperative, and sincere, and a good listener.
An EMT can inspire patient confidence and cooperation by:
A. transporting the patient from the scene to a hospital.
B. providing patient care without regard for her own personal safety.
C. telling the patient that everything will be all right.
D. being pleasant, cooperative, and sincere, and a good listener.
C. negligence.
If an on-duty EMT fails to provide the standard of care and if this failure causes harm or
injury to the patient, the EMT may be accused of:
A. assault.
B. abandonment.
C. negligence.
D. breach of promise.
D. informed
You are treating a conscious and mentally competent adult patient who wants to refuse
your care and transport to the hospital. This refusal must be _____ and documented.
A. implied
B. actual
C. involuntary
D. informed
B. implied
The EMT is authorized to treat and transport an unconscious patient because of the
legal consideration known as _____ consent.
A. applied
B. implied
C. triage
D. immunity
D. meaningless.
A child falls of a trampoline at an elementary school and twists her ankle. Because the
parents are not present, the child's consent is
A. not needed.
B. actual.
C. implied.
D. meaningless.
C. Good Samaritan laws
In some states, _____ help protect the off-duty EMT from lawsuits when stopping at the
scene of a collision to offer assistance.
A. professional associations
,B. blanket insurance policies
C. Good Samaritan laws
D. abandonment laws
A. entering hazmat scenes with SCBA.
Each of the following is the responsiblity of an EMT at a hazardous-materials (hazmat)
incident except:
A. entering hazmat scenes with SCBA.
B. protecting yourself and others.
C. recognizing potential problems.
D. notifying the hazardous-materials response team.
B. Standard Precautions.
The form of infection control that assumes that all body fluids should be considered
potentially infectious is:
A. infectious disease.
B. Standard Precautions.
C. immunity.
D. universal precautions.
D. the distance the patient needs to be carried.
When planning to lift a patient, all of the following are important considerations for the
EMT except:
A. the weight of the patient.
B. one's physical characteristics.
C. communicating with one's partner.
D. the distance the patient needs to be carried.
C. use the leg muscles to do the lift.
When lifting an injured patient, the EMT should:
A. keep the back loose and knees locked.
B. twist or attempt to make moves other than the lift.
C. use the leg muscles to do the lift.
D. try not to talk to her or his partner.
C. use a stair chair whenever possible.
You are treating a 45-year-old male who twisted his ankle in the upstairs bathroom. To
carry this patient on the stairs, you should:
A. keep the stretcher as level as possible.
B. use a long backboard at all times.
C. use a stair chair whenever possible.
D. do all of these.
C. keep arms straight when pulling.
Ways an EMT can avoid a potential back injury include all of the following except:
A. push, rather than pull, a load.
B. keep the back locked in while lifting.
C. keep arms straight when pulling.
D. push or pull from a kneeling position if the weight is below waist level.
D. the patient is unconscious.
An emergency move is required in each of the following situations except when:
A. the scene is hazardous.
,B. care of life-threatening conditions requires repositioning.
C. other patients who have life threats must be reached.
D. the patient is unconscious.
A. A spinal injury may be aggravated.
Which of the following is the greatest danger to the patient in an emergency move?
A. A spinal injury may be aggravated.
B. Bleeding may increase after movement.
C. The airway may become obstructed.
D. There is no danger associated with an emergency move.
B. extremity lift.
A method of lifting and carrying a patient in which one EMT slips hands under the
patient's armpits and grasps the wrists while another EMT grasps the patient's knees is
called the:
A. direct ground lift.
B. extremity lift.
C. draw-sheet method.
D. direct carry method.
B. modified draw-sheet method.
Your patient is a medical patient with a suspected drug overdose. He is lying supine on
your stretcher, and you have been maintaining his airway. When moving him from the
ambulance stretcher to the hospital stretcher, you will probably use the:
A. crade carry.
B. modified draw-sheet method.
C. direct ground lift.
D. extremity lift.
A. opposite sides
To load the wheeled ambulance stretcher into the ambulance, the two EMTs should
position themselves on _____ of the stretcher.
A. opposite sides
B. opposide ends
C. the same side
D. one end and one side
B. extremity lift.
You are treating a 28-year-old conscious diabetic who has an altered level of
consciousness. She is lying on the floor at the moment. To move her from the floor to a
stair chair, use the:
A. indirect carry.
B. extremity lift.
C. slide transfer.
D. chair lift.
A. do not protect the patient's neck and spine.
Drags are used only in emergencies because they:
A. do not protect the patient's neck and spine.
B. require excessive energy from the EMT.
C. may injure the EMT's back.
D. provide full immobilization.
, B. an even number of
To maintain balance when lifting a patient-carrying device, it is best to use _____
rescuers to carry the device.
A. three
B. an even number of
C. an odd number of
D. bystanders and
B. make an urgent move.
You are treating the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision. He is a 22-year-old male
who requires immediate airway and bleeding control. You are unable to provide this
treatment in the vehicle. You should:
A. check the patient's vital signs.
B. make an urgent move.
C. remove the patient on a short backboard.
D. do all of these.
D. Piggyback
Your patient is an unconscious adult female stroke patient. Which carry is considered
very difficult to use with an unconscious person?
A. Cradle
B. Three-rescuer
C. Shoulder
D. Piggyback
C. firefighter's
The _____ carry must be performed in one unbroken sweep.
A. pack strap
B. front piggyback
C. firefighter's
D. four-rescue
C. flexible
A canvas or rubberized stretcher that can be used to move a patient through a narrow
hallway or restricted are is called a _____ stretcher.
A. basket
B. portable
C. flexible
D. wheeled-ambulance
B. clothes drag.
A patient with obvious spinal injuries is found on the floor of a burning building. The
EMT rates the situation hazardous but not yet dire. Alone and without special
equipment, the EMT should use the:
A. cradle carry.
B. clothes drag.
C. firefighter's carry.
D. pack-strap method.
C. wheeled ambulance
The patient-carrying device of choice for the 20-year-old male who is dizzy by not
injured is the _____ stretcher.
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