You're the Manager
This incident has utilized all your available resources for care and transport requiring mutual aid support.
What is a MCI
To exam by touch
What is palpation?
This is the process of removing or neutralizing and disposing of hazardous materials.
What is decontamination?
This device should be used for a victim after extrication from a vehicle who is c-spine immobilized and suffering from slow and shallow respirations.
What is a BVM?
Responding to the scene for a wellness check of a 35 y/o female to assist police with no known illness or injury.
What is Nonemergency
What is Incident Command Systems (ICS) or National Incident Command Systems (NIMS)
The P in AVPU
Responsive to pain
Using this resource during a Haz mat response will help identify the potential hazards encountered onscene by diamond shaped placards on storage units.
What is the ERG?
Upon arrival onscene to a rollover MVA/MVC and identifying 2 people ejected and 1 entrapped this should be you next immediate action.
What is request additional resources?
Transporting a successful delivery of a baby and new mom to hospital with no life threats presenting in either patient.
What is Nonemergency
Your ambulance has a critical patient in the back onscene of a MCI and no other EMS units are available. If you initiate transport violation of this offense has occurred.
Abandonment
Rate and quality are important when assessing these 2 components of a patients ABC's.
What are respirations and pulse
Your school uniform is an example of what level of personal protection during a hazardous materials scene.
What is level D. Limited/ lowest protection level
This technique is used when the scene is unsafe (fire) and simple access to the patient is available .
What is rapid extrication?
Transporting an anxious 4 y/o male who swallowed a nickel, no stridor, stable vital signs and SpO2 of 98%.
Nonemergency
Independently acting, first responders to a disaster that make inefficient decisions and don't operate under the Incident Command Structure are dangerous and called this lancing term.
What are freelancers
This letter indicates the need for the EMT to ask questions about the patients daily prescriptions.
Hydrogen cyanide blocks the bodies use of oxygen and puts off this type of nutty odor.
What is bitter almonds?
Using the " jaws of life" and other specialized tools by the rescue unit accesses patients in this way. Different than simply opening the car door.
What is complex access?
Using the left turn lane to pass vehicles on a undivided 2 way road.
Emergency
During a large MCI this supervisor is responsible for counting the number of patients in each colored category and communicates with Medical branch officer before treatment and transport begins.
Who is the Triage Supervisor?
Color, temperature and moisture are all important when assessing this part of a patients body.
What is skin?
Ebola; classified as a hemorrhagic Fever virus; has these two initial signs and symptoms similar to the seasonal flu virus.
What are headache and sore throat?
This unit is the opposite of ground transport for ill or injured.
What is air ambulance.
Responding to the scene for a " person down" when advised by dispatch to " downgrade ".
Nonemergency