Can I do the WEE WOOs?
Which of the following is NOT essential equipment on an ambulance?
Portable oxygen tanks
Portable suction unit
Automatic transport ventilator
Pediatric oxygen administration devices
What is a Automatic Transport Venilator
Johnny is an EMT with a local ambulance service. As part of his job, he is trained to recognize the existence of a potentially dangerous scene involving hazardous materials and know when to request a hazmat response. Johnny's level of hazardous materials training is at the ________ level.
What is the First Response Awareness Level
When transporting patients from the scene of a mass-casualty incident, who should be responsible for contacting the receiving hospital?
Transportation officer
When several agencies work independently but cooperatively, rather than one agency exercising control over the others, this is called:
What is unified command
In which of the following zones is the EMT expected to be staged at the scene of a hazardous materials incident?
Ground zero
Cold zone
Hot zone
Warm zone
What is the Cold Zone
Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) is a system that relies on some simple commands and what three physiologic parameters?
What are Respiration, pulse, and mental status
Regarding ambulance warning devices, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Four-way flashers should not be used as emergency lights.
The large lights on the outermost corners of the ambulance box should blink alternately.
The use of strobes is controversial.
In most states it is illegal to drive at night with only one headlight.
What is The large lights on the outermost corners of the ambulance box should blink alternately.
You arrive on the scene where a school bus has been hit by a train. The bus was in its early stages of
picking up students and you have 5 patients. Your closest unit is 30 minutes away. Triage this patient based on this scenario:
Patient #1 is a 16-year-old female with the following vital signs: respirations 28, pulse 132, and altered mental status with cool clammy skin.
What is Priority 1 Red tag
Using START triage guidelines, a patient on the scene of a mass-causality incident who is not breathing initially, but begins breathing when the airway is open, is deemed a ________ patient.
What is Priority 1 or red tag
You arrive on the scene where a school bus has been hit by a train. The bus was in its early stages of
picking up students and you only have 5 patients. Your closest unit is 30 minutes away. Triage this patient based on this scenario:
Patient #5 is a 17-year-old male with the following vital signs: respirations 18, pulse 104, alert, crying, and wanting his mother; he is ambulatory.
What is Priority 3 or green Tag