emergency Scene Management
What should an EMR do when EMTs arrive at an emergency scene?
What is assist EMTs in continuing care?
Which drug type is suspected when a patient has constricted pupils?
What are narcotics?
If a patient is unconscious or in shock, which pulse is located first?
What is the carotid pulse?
What is the bloody show?
What is a mucous plug mixed with blood expelled from the cervix?
What’s the most effective way to prevent exposure to infectious diseases?
What is following standard precautions on all calls?
Why is identifying potential exit routes at an emergency scene important?
you may need to exit quickly if the scene becomes unsafe?
What is the main cause of congestive heart failure (CHF)?
What is the heart failing to pump adequately?
Why should both eyes be bandaged if one eye has an impaled object?
What is because both eyes move together and can cause further injury?
How often should rescue breaths be delivered to a 6-month-old infant?
What is every 3 to 5 seconds?
What should you do if a helmet interferes with maintaining a patient’s airway?
remove part or all of the helmet?
During the primary assessment, what is the most critical action?
What is identifying and correcting life-threatening conditions?
What hormone helps sugar move into cells?
What is insulin?
How are burns classified?
What is by their depth?
What should you do for a newborn with a pulse of 50 beats per minute?
What is begin chest compressions?
What’s the correct order of actions for rescuing someone in water?
What is reach, throw, and row?
What is the most important factor in deciding to treat an emotionally disturbed patient against their will?
What is a reasonable belief that the patient may harm themselves or others?
How does carbon monoxide harm the body?
What is by preventing red blood cells from carrying oxygen?
What’s the primary technique to move a patient onto a backboard?
What is the log roll technique?
Back slaps and chest thrusts are used for which patients?
What are conscious infants with severe airway obstructions?
What’s the purpose of the START triage system?
What is prioritizing patients in 60 seconds or less?
What’s the most important consideration when assessing a patient at a scene with an unstable beam overhead?
What is moving the patient to safety?
What’s the key difference between veins and arteries?
What is arteries carry blood away from the heart under high pressure?
What’s the least visible and most dangerous part of a helicopter?
What is the tail rotor?
What’s the most important initial treatment for heatstroke?
What is moving the patient to a cooler place?
What’s a sign of organophosphate exposure?
What is excessive salivation?