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It is clearly a waste of time to ask additional Case Entry Questions and Chief Complaint Key
Questions after initiating a 7-ECHO-1 response and providing PDI-a and PDI-f for person on
fire.
A.) True
B.) False ✔✔B.) False
The ECHO send point under Case Entry Question 3 for 9-E-1, "Obviously NOT BREATHING and
Unconscious (non-traumatic)," applies only to:
A.) non-traumatic situations when a caller reports that a patient is OBVIOUSLY dead.
B.) traumatic-injury situations in which a patient is in desperate need of SPECIALIZED
rescue equipment.
C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously provides
information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also unconscious. ✔✔C.)
,non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously provides
information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also unconscious.
An INEFFECTIVE BREATHING situation, when volunteered during Case Entry, always warrants
an ECHO-level response.
A.) True
B.) False ✔✔B.) False
For cases where a patient is currently hanging by the neck, and it is not an OBVIOUS DEATH
situation, you should first initiate a 9-E-3 response, provide Case Entry PDI-a, then:
A.) ask if the patient is changing color and if s/he is still warn to try to determine if the patient
is still alive.
B.) instruct the caller not to move or touch anything at the scene in order to preserve evidence.
C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if s/he's
breathing." ✔✔C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down immediately, loosen the noose, then
tell me if s/he's breathing."
,A caller tells you that she just found her 2-year-old son in their backyard swimming pool and
he is still under the water. After initiating a 14-E-2 response and providing Case Entry PDI-a,
you should:
A.) ask the caller about the size and depth of the pool and how good of a swimmer they are
to determine if it is safe to tell the caller to go in the water.
B.) Instruct the caller to immediately get the child out of the water.
C.) Instruct the caller not to go in the water unless it's safe to do so. ✔✔C.) Instruct the
caller not to go in the water unless it's safe to do so.
You have just initiated a 9-E-5 response in suffocation case where the patient may still have
something covering her face or in her mouth that is interfering with her ability to breathe.
After providing Case Entry PDI-a, you should immediately tell the caller:
A.) "Remove anything covering the face or in the mouth, then tell me if she's breathing."
B.) "Loosen anything around the neck, then tell me if she's breathing."
C.) "Turn her on her side and check to see if there is anything in her mouth then tell me if
she's breathing."
, D.) "Cut her down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if she's breathing." ✔✔A.)
"Remove anything covering the face or in the mouth, then tell me if she's breathing."
In response to, "Okay, tell me exactly what happened," the caller reports that her dad's pants
are on fire. What should you do next?
A.) Continue with the Case Entry interrogation.
B.) Instruct the caller to, "Tell him to stop running, drop to the ground, cover his face, and roll
around. If water is available, douse him with it immediately until the fire is completely out."
C.) Initiate a 7-ECHO-1 response.
D.) Instruct the caller to immediately, "Get away and call us from somewhere safe."
✔✔C.) Initiate a 7-ECHO-1 response.
After an ECHO response, completing all Case Entry and Chief Complaint Key Questions, when
directed, ensures that the proper knowledge regarding safety issues and the appropriate
warnings and/or advice are immediately and always passed on to the responders and potential
scene helpers.
A.) True
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