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If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS Provider's responsibility to:
-Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with the new protocols
-Continue to use the old protocols because they are already familiar
-Begin to use the new protocols as soon as the agency receives them
-Operate only when in direct communication with the physician - ✔✔Attend in-service training with the
agency medical director to become familiar with the new protocols
You arrive at the scene of an automobile accident where several bystanders are trying to remove
an unconscious patient from one of the vehicles. What should you do?
-Have police respond to control the crowd
-Apply a cervical collar and help extricate the patient
-Have the crowd stop the extrication process immediately
-Tell the crowd to continue their extrication efforts - ✔✔Have the crowd stop the extrication
process immediately
A single EMT finds a non-breathing pulseless victim of a motor vehicle accident lying prone in the
road he/she suspects a spinal injury, the EMT should:
,-Apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate
-Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR
-Leave the patient in place and attempt to apply the principles of CPR
-Do nothing until help arrives - ✔✔Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR
During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient complaining loudly of pain in
the leg. You should:
-Begin to obtain the history
-Assess the leg immediately
-Discontinue the Initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam
-Continue with your initial assessment - ✔✔Continue with your initial assessment
If a EMT is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly stops talking, the next step
should be to:
-Consult with an advanced EMS provider
-Repeat the Initial Assessment
-Initiate a priority transport
-Stop the ambulance - ✔✔Repeat the Initial Assessment
The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to:
-Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
-Ensure that airway is open and locate breathing problems -
Identify and treat major extremities injuries
-Identify minor problems and provide treatment - ✔✔Identify and correct life threatening problems
and set priorities
,In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient?
-Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen
-Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
-Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities
-Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities - ✔✔Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities
A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs of life-threatening
problems in this accident victim?
-Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage
-Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse
-Hemorrhage, pulse, respirations
-Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage - ✔✔Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage
If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Initial Assessment, you should:
-Finish the Initial Assessment and then go back to correct the
problem -Complete both the Initial Assessment and the secondary
survey -Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
-Correct the problem before continuing with the Initial Assessment - ✔✔Correct the problem before
continuing with the Initial Assessment
In assessing a pediatric trauma patient's capillary refill time, a normal finding would be a refill time of:
-Greater than 5 seconds
-Less than 2 seconds
-Greater than 2 seconds
-Greater than 4 seconds - ✔✔Less than 2 seconds
, All of the following are symptoms EXCEPT:
-Headache
-Weak pulse
-Chest pain
-Nausea - ✔✔Weak Pulse
Which of the following is an example of a sign?
-Cyanosis
-Nausea
-Dizziness
-Chest Pain - ✔✔Cyanosis
You are assessing an unconscious patient who responds to a sternal rub by moaning. Using AVPU how
would this patient be described:
-Alert
-Verbally
-Painful stimulus
-Unresponsive - ✔✔Painful stimulus
AVPU determines level of consciousness
After you have determined that the scene is safe, the FIRST step in caring for a patient is to:
-Check for a carotid pulse
-Open the airway
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