How many miles over the speed limit can you drive with lights/sirens?
What is: 10 miles over.
100
What is your first priority upon arriving on scene as an EMT?
What is: your safety and the safety of your crew.
100
True/False: The new soft restraints are re-usable.
What is: NO - one time only.
100
As an EMT-B - what is the age protocol for administering Albuterol?
What is: Age 1 - 65
100
Contraindications
What is: a reason not to give a medication/treatment.
200
What does a signal 28 mean?
What is: Back in service - fully restocked and available for another call.
200
List three things to consider during Scene Size-Up.
What is:
1) Additional resources needed.
2) Number of patients
3) Is ALS needed?
4) MOI/NOI
200
CPR - On a witnessed arrest, do you begin compresions or go get an AED?
What is: Get an AED.
200
What is the contraindications for giving oxygen?
What is: There are none.
200
Epistaxis
What is: a nose bleed.
300
True/False: You can use the lights without the sirens when responding.
What is: False
300
In an HazMat situation - where should you park the ambulance if an unknown substance is in the air?
What is: Upwind
300
During a delivery - do you suction a baby's mouth or nose?
What is: Mouth only.
300
What is dyspnea?
What is: Shortness of breath
300
Aspirate
What is: inhaling foreign objects into the lungs.
400
As a driver - what are the steps you take while waiting for your crew?
1) Pull the ambulance out on the ramp
2) Call MEDCOM and let them know you are signal 9
3) Turn on all emergency lights
What is: 1 & 2
400
What does AVPU stand for and explain each.
What is: Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
400
Bleeding - Do we now apply a tourniquet if bleeding persists?
What is: Yes
400
What is epiglottitis?
What is: a bacterial infection of the epiglottis that can produce severe swelling over the flap of the larnyx. Only happens to pre-school and school-aged children.
400
Air Embolism
What is: air bubble within a blood vessel.
500
Who do you call to get your response times for your PCR?
What is: MEDCOM (852-4806)
500
You arrive on scene to find your patient bleeding perfusely from the chest. Your first course of action after you don your appropriate PPE and determine the scene is safe is to...
1) Control bleed | 2) Check ABC's | 3) Get ALS | 4) 24 it
What is: Check ABC's.
500
Bleeding - Are we allowed to remove dressings when applying Quik-Clot?
What is: Yes
500
Explain rhonchi.
What is: coarse sounds by mucus in UPPER airway.
500
Agonal Respirations
What is: occasional inadequate gasping breaths that occur prior to death. These respirations are NOT adequate because they are SLOW and generally shallow.