Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. Right Ans -
Basic emergency care
How is malaria transmitted? Right Ans - Through vector-borne
transmission (mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. Right Ans - Biohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is
to _____. Right Ans - Flush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? Right Ans - Paramedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of
practice. Right Ans - Good Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. Right Ans - Understand questions
and the implications of their decisions.
Proving basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. Right Ans -
Standard of Care
The medial part of the body is ______. Right Ans - Towards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be
the least vital. Right Ans - Kidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? Right Ans - When a
building is on fire, from a vehicle that is smoking, and when the patient is
blocking access to other patients.
What is the best way to move a patient who has a suspected neck or spinal
injury? Right Ans - Blanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? Right Ans -
Explosions, penetrating trauma, blunt force.
, _________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. Right Ans -
Hazardous
When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. Right Ans -
Scene safety
What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a
patient? Right Ans - Power grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. Right Ans - 5
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be
wearing when working with a patient? Right Ans - Disposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? Right Ans - To
identify changes in the patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery.
Right Ans - Brachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical
control? Right Ans - Identify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway
obstruction. Right Ans - False
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. Right Ans - Axial
(transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver?
Right Ans - By sliding your fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. Right Ans -
Unconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is
responsible for breathing. Right Ans - Diaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. Right Ans - Skin
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