Category #1
Who is the overall leader of a medical care team?
A. Physician/Medical Director
B. Paramedic
C. US Surgeon General
D. EMR
A. Physician/Medical Director
You are called to a scene that seems unsafe. What is your best course of action?
A. Refuse to respond
B. Wait at a safe distance and request law enforcement
C. Put the needs of the patient ahead of your safety
D. Proceed to the patient, but with caution
B. Wait at a safe distance and request law enforcement
What’s the goal of your primary assessment?
A. Quickly diagnose the patient's condition
B. Determine the need to perform a full-body assessment
C. Determine the number of patients
D. Identify and treat life threats
D. Identify and treat life threats
Which of the following steps might be performed during the scene size-up?
A. Assessing vital signs using appropriate monitoring devices
B. Forming a general impression of the patient
C. Notifying dispatch to send fire personnel
D. Performing a full-body scan
C. Notifying dispatch to send fire personnel
If you find an unresponsive patient who you do suspect has a traumatic injury, what type of airway maneuver would you utilize to open their airway?
A. Head tilt-chin lift
B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
C. Head tilt-jaw thrust maneuver
D. Place a pillow underneath their head
B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
Who is often the first medical-trained person to arrive on the scene of an emergency?
A. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's)
B. AEMT's and Paramedics
C. An EMR
D. Nurses and physicans
C. An EMR
What is your primary goal in extrication as an EMR?
A. Use specialized equipment to access patients
B. Access patients safely and stabilize them
C. Reach patients as quickly as possible to administer pain medications
D. Dismantle vehicles or machinery
After performing a primary assessment and treating any immediate life threats, you should next:
A. Determine priority of patient care and transport
B. Reassess the patient
C. Recheck your interventions
D. Promptly transport the patient to the closest hospital
A. Determine priority of patient care and transport
You should place a patient in the recovery position to:
A. Prevent the patient from going into respiratory arrest
B. Allow secretions to drain out of the mouth
C. Protect the patient's spine from injury
D. Facilitate administration of supplemental oxygen
B. Allow secretions to drain out of the mouth
What piece of equipment should you utilize to stabilize a patient's cervical spine if they've suffered a traumatic injury?
A. Long backboard
B. Cervical spine collar (C-collar)
C. KED
D. Sam splint
When EMT’s or paramedics arrive on the scene of an emergency, the EMR should:
A. Cease all patient care
B. Prepare to accompany the patient to the hospital
C. Assist higher-level EMS providers in continuing care
D. Obtain signatures from all other EMS providers
C. Assist higher-level EMS providers in continuing care
Information from dispatch should include all of the following except:
A. Number of patients
B. Nature of call
C. Nearest hospital
D. Call-back number
C. Nearest hospital
What’s the purpose of a secondary assessment on a patient who’s experienced a traumatic injury?
A. Providing treatment for life-threatening injuries
B. A detailed head-to-toe assessment of each body part
C. Investigating their chief complaint
D. Obtaining vital signs
B. A detailed head-to-toe assessment of each body part
You begin to provide bag-valve-mask ventilations on a patient who does have a pulse, but is not breathing. How often should you deliver a breath in a normal adult?
A. Every 2-3 seconds
B. Every 5-6 seconds
C. Every 8 seconds
D. Constantly
B. Every 5-6 seconds
What piece of equipment would be most useful to remove a patient who is more comfortable in a sitting position from their home? (i.e a patient who's short of breath or any patient who can't tolerate lying flat)
A. Soft stretcher
B. Stair chair
C. Scoop stretcher
D. Stoke's basket
B. Stair chair
Who developed the national standard curriculum for EMS providers?
A. American Red Cross
B. Washington University
C. US Department of Transportation
D. US Department of Health
When approaching a helicopter, you should:
A. Always approach from the rear
B. Always approach from the front
C. Attempt to move the patient to the aircraft as soon as it lands
D. Not need eye protection
B. Always approach from the front
Which of the following would not be considered a special rescue situation?
A. A school bus collision
B. A hiker who has fallen through thin ice
C. A diver who is discovered unconscious underwater
D. An elderly man with chest pain at the park
What is the advantage of a nasal airway vs an oral airway?
A. Nothing - they do the same thing
B. An oral airway is easier to remove after the patient wakes up
C. A nasal airway is less likely to induce vomiting
D. Nasal airways are more flexible
C. A nasal airway is less likely to induce vomiting
True or false. A caregiver of the same sex should take primary responsibility of the patient if the patient was sexually assaulted.
True
During what time period did the use of advanced life support (ALS) within EMS become common?
A. 1920's
B. 1960's
C. 1980's
D. 2000's
C. 1980's
What is the manner in which you must act or behave?
A. Duty to act
B. Behavioral expectations
C. Standard of practice
D. Standard of care
D. Standard of care
True or false. You can use profanity on the radio because of the First Amendment of The Constitution.
False
If you find an unresponsive patient who you do NOT suspect has a traumatic injury, what type of airway maneuver would you utilize to open their airway?
A. Head tilt-chin lift
B. Jaw-thrust maneuver
C. Head tilt-jaw thrust maneuver
D. Place a pillow underneath their head
A. Head tilt-chin lift
Which of the following would NOT be appropriate to do when a patient has been sexually assaulted?
A. Keep the patient's clothing and all evidence as intact as possible
B. Aggressively question the patient to obtain as much information as possible
C. Have the patient not use the restroom or take a shower
D. Treat the patient with empathy
B. Aggressively question the patient to obtain as much information as possible