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Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. - ANS Basic emergency
care
How is malaria transmitted? - ANS Through vector-borne transmission (mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. - ANS Biohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is to _____. -
ANS Flush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? - ANS Paramedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of practice. - ANS
Good Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. - ANS Understand questions and the implications
of their decisions.
Providing basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. - ANS Standard of Care
The medial part of the body is ______. - ANS Towards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be the least vital.
- ANS Kidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? - ANS When a building is on fire, from a
vehicle that is smoking, and when the patient is blocking access to other patients.
What is the best way to move a patient who has a suspected neck or spinal injury? - ANS
Blanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? - ANS Explosions, penetrating
trauma, blunt force.
_________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. - ANS Hazardous
When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. - ANS Scene safety
, What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a patient? - ANS Power
grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. - ANS 5
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be wearing when
working with a patient? - ANS Disposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? - ANS To identify changes in the
patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery. - ANS Brachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical control? - ANS
Identify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway obstruction. - ANS
False
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. - ANS Axial (transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver? - ANS By sliding your
fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. - ANS Unconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is responsible for
breathing. - ANS Diaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. - ANS Skin
What signs would you expect if hazardous materials were present on a scene? - ANS Foul
and acrid odors
When suctioning a patient, do not suction for more than _____ seconds at a time - ANS 15
If a choking patient goes unconscious, then the first thing you must do is ______. - ANS
Lower them carefully to the ground
An oxygen cylinder should be refilled when the pressure gauge reads _____ ppi or below. -
ANS 200
An advantage of a variable flow rate device on an oxygen tank is that you can ______. - ANS
Adjust the flow rate for different types of delivery devices.
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