Test Bank Questions with complete Solutions for EMT Operations Rated 100%
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Test Bank Questions with complete Solutions for EMT Operations Rated 100%
You have just arrived on scene at a mass casualty incident involving a building collapse. You are assigned to triage. The first patient you reach is unconscious with major multi-systems trauma. The patient has no palpable r...
Test Bank Questions with complete Solutions for EMT Operations Rated 100%
You have just arrived on scene at a mass casualty incident involving a building collapse. You are assigned
to triage. The first patient you reach is unconscious with major multi-systems trauma. The patient has no
palpable radial pulse, is unconscious, and has agonal respirations at 2/minute. You reposition their
airway but the patient's condition does not change. How should you triage this patient? - Answers
Deceased
You have responded to a motor vehicle crash and have one patient who is complaining of severe neck
pain with numbness and tingling in their extremities. Your partner is holding manual c-spine. Who
should be in charge of moving the patient onto a backboard? - Answers The person who is holding
manual c-spine
You are the third arriving apparatus to a motor vehicle crash with multiple vehicles involved. It is a
Tuesday night with heavy traffic in both directions. Upon your arrival, what is the best safety practice in
regards to your apparatus lights? - Answers Leave the emergency lights on but turn off the headlights to
avoid blinding oncoming traffic
You have been dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles on a busy highway with
no center median. As you arrive, you notice that traffic in the opposing lanes is still moving. One lane of
traffic A power pole is leaning after being hit head on by a vehicle. Lines appear to be down near the car
but are not arcing. One vehicle is on its side but the occupants have crawled out. Another vehicle
appears to have at least two entrapped occupants. Which of the following is least important as your
assessing your scene safety? - Answers Multiple patients entrapped
Which of the following is an acceptable way to approach a helicopter? - Answers Approach from the
front
When moving a backboarded patient down a set of stairs, what it the most appropriate method? -
Answers feet first
There are five stages in the death/dying process. Of those five stages, which comment or question does
a patient usually ask themselves in the bargaining stage? - Answers "ok, but first let me.."
The majority of motor vehicle collisions involving ambulances: - Answers occured at an intersection
Your ambulance is the first to arrive at the scene of a multiple-vehicle accident that spreads across both
lanes of a 2-lane freeway. What is the best position for your ambulance? - Answers Park behind the
accident and block all lanes of travel
You are treating a diabetic patient who is hypoglycemic and unconscious. You administer Dextrose to
the patient and he awakens. He tells you that he does not want to go to the hospital. He is fully
conscious and rational and even after you explain the need for him to be evaluated, he still refuses. You
and your partner refuse to remove the IV and tell the patient that he must go to the hospital because
, treatment has begun, then force him onto the stretcher. You could be held liable for: - Answers False
imprisonment
what resource must be carried on ambulances which helps identify hazardous substances? - Answers
Emergency Resource Guidebook
what is NIMS? - Answers National Incident Management System
what do the colors mean? - Answers black: deceased/dying, red: immediate life threats, need attention,
yellow: patients who need treatment but are not immediate, green: walking wounded
What are the 3 components of START triage? - Answers respirations, perfusions and mental status
You and your partner just responded on a patient with trauma to the head and face. Following the call,
the patient's family informed you that the patient is HIV positive. What is the most important infection
control practice for field providers? - Answers hand washing
The expectation of the paramedic to do as little harm to the patient as possible while treating them is
known as? - Answers Nonmaleficence
What is most important safety precaution to take to avoid being struck by a vehicle while you are
involved in emergency operations near moving traffic? - Answers Utilize apparatus blocking
Another name for an advance directive is? - Answers Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order
While wheeling your patient into the ER, she begins shouting out loud that you threatened to physically
harm her in the back of the ambulance. She is accusing you of? - Answers Assault
The implementation of tsunami warning system with monthly drills is known as what? - Answers
Disaster mitigation
When working in a rural setting, with no radio or cellular phone reception, you are working off of? -
Answers Off-line medical control
Of the following, which unit has initial command upon arriving at an incident? - Answers The first in unit
You are responding to a MVC and will be the first emergency apparatus arriving on scene. There is no
fire or hazardous materials concern. How close to the crash should you park and where should you park
your vehicle? - Answers Park 50 feet away from the crash and park in front of the crash so oncoming
traffic will see your ambulance and stop
Your ambulance has been requested as an additional resource at the scene of a large chlorine leak. In
which safety zone will you be staging? - Answers Cold zone
What color tag should a person with altered mental status receive during triage? - Answers RED (altered
mental status always requires immediate attention)
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