Scene size up
You have a two0car MVC. Before approaching either vehicle, what should you do first?
Preform a scene size up and identify potential hazards
You find an unresponsive adult patient. What should you assess immediately after determining the patient is unresponsive?
What is the patient’s airway and breathing
which mnemonic is commonly used to obtain a patients SAMPLE history
What are signs/symptoms, Allergies, medications, Past medical history, Last oral intake, and Events leading up to.
A conscious patient has an oxygen saturation 88% and difficulty breathing. What treatment should you consider?
What is administering supplemental oxygen as indicated by the patients clinical condition and local protocol?
What document provides the EMT with the authorized treatments and procedures that may be performed under medical direction
What are state/local protocols and medical direction.
You arrive at a house for a patient experiencing difficulty breathing. You smell a strong chemical odor coming from inside. What should do
Remain outside the hazard area and request the appropriate resources.
A patient is breathing 8 times/minute with shallow respirations and has a weak radial pulse. What is your immediate priority?
What is assisting ventilations with a BVM and supplemental oxygen
A patients reports chest pain that began while mowing the lawn. Which mnemonic helps you the characteristics of the pain?
What Is OPQRST
A patient with suspected hypoglycemia is awake, able to swallow, and follows commands. What treatment may an EMT provide if allowed by protocol?
What is oral glucose?
You are treating a patient who refuses transport. What must you establish before allowing the patient to refuse care
What is.. that the patient has decision -making capacity and understands the risk and consequences of refusing care?
You arrive at a shooting scene and law enforcement has not yet declared the scene secure. What should you do?
Remain in a safe location until law enforcement determines the scene is secured
A conscious patient has severe difficulty breathing, is cyanotic, and can only speak one or two words at a time. What finding should receive the highest priority?
What is inadequate breathing/respiratory failure?
A patient with abdominal pain says the pain started around the umbilicus and has moved to the right lower quadrant. What additional information is particularly important?
What is associated signs and symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, fever, and changes in bowel or urinary function.
A patient has a severe allergic reaction with difficulty breathing and signs of shock. The patient has a prescribed epi auto-injector. What should the EMT do?
What is assist the patient with administration of the epi auto-injector according to protocol.
You arrive at a mass-casualty incident with multiple injured patient. What is the primary purpose of triage.
What is rapidly determining treatment priority based on the severity of injuries and available resources?
You are dispatched to a patient with altered mental status. The patient’s family tells you he has been acting strangely. During your assessment, you notice several medication bottles and drug paraphernalia around the patient. What should you consider?
What is the possibility of an overdose or toxic exposure while maintaining scene safety.
A 58-year-old patient suddenly develops weakness on the right side, facial droop, and difficulty speaking. What should you determine as quickly as possible?
What is the patient’s last known well time?
A diabetic is confused but conscious. His skin is cool and sweaty. What additional assessment should you perform immediately?
What is obtaining a blood glucose level?
A patient has a penetrating chest injury with an open wound. Air is being sucked through the wound during inspiration. What should you provide
what is covering the wound with an appropriate occlusive dressing/vented chest seal and monitoring respiratory distress?
During transport, your patients condition suddenly deteriorates. What should you do?
What is reassess the patinet, treat any immediate life threats, notify medical direction/ receiving facility as appropriate and continue transport
You arrive at a motor vehicle crash. A power line is lying across the vehicle, and the driver is conscious and calling for help. What is your priority?
Keeping yourself and your crew out of the danger zone and requesting appropriate resources.
You assess an unconscious patient. He has a pulse but is not breathing normally. What should you do?
What is immediately begin ventilations with a BVM and supplemental oxygen while continuing to assess for a pulse?
A 72yo male patient fell at home. He denies pain but takes warfarin. Why should you maintain a high index of suspicion for serious injury?
What is the increased risk of significant internal bleeding, including intracranial bleeding in a patient taking an anticoagulant.
You arrive at a patient with severe respiratory distress. He is becoming confused, exhausted, and unable to to maintain adequate breathing. what should take priority over completing a lengthy secondary assessment?
What is immediate management of the airway and ventilation followed by rapid transport?
You arrive at a mass cass where the number of patients exceeds the available resources. how are patients being triaged and using what system, and what she you be doing?
Jump start it start triage, calling for a balance and treating life threats