Critical Care Paramedic Exam Questions and Answers
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Course
Critical Care
Institution
Critical Care
Critical Care Paramedic Exam Questions
and Answers
Which of the following best defines the goal of critical care transport?
a) continuous intensive care bed-to-bed providing the same or higher level of service offered in intensive
care units
b) rapid transport of critical patients to trauma ce...
Rotor-wing transport is typically used for transports less than ___ nautical miles. - ANSWER✔✔-c) 150
T/F: Air medical accidents are usually caused by a single event. - ANSWER✔✔-False
List the four major contributing factors to HEMS crash as identified by the NTSB. - ANSWER✔✔-I) Human
error
II) Weather
III) Mechanical failure
IV) Obstacle strikes
T/F: Weather has been frequently found to be the primary causes of HEMS accidents. - ANSWER✔✔-
False
Briefly describe the "cardinal sin" of requesting air medical transport. - ANSWER✔✔-Having the patient
transported by air when they could have reached an appropriate hospital by ground transport.
__ minutes or __ minute ground transport time is considered to be the minimum to which air medical
transport is beneficial to the patient (with few exceptions such as extended extrication, weather, traffic,
etc.). - ANSWER✔✔-30, 30
Which of the following is a DEBATABLE criteria for the use of HEMS?
a) death of an occupant in the vehicle
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