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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. - Answer A.
entering hazmat scenes with SCBA.


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. - Answer B. Standard Precautions.


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. - Answer D. the
distance the patient needs to be carried.


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. - Answer C. use the leg muscles
to do the lift.


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. - Answer C. use a stair chair whenever possible.


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. - Answer C. keep arms straight when pulling.


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. - Answer D. the patient is unconscious.


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. - Answer A.
A spinal injury may be aggravated.


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. - Answer B. extremity lift.


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. - Answer B. modified draw-sheet method.


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

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