Randoms
Legal/Ethics
ICS
START/Jump START
Terrorism
Extricating
Air Transport
100

Do ambulance drivers have the absolute right of way when driving emergency traffic, or are we requesting other drivers to yield?

We are requesting them to yield

100

The act of touching a patient, or providing treatment without consent of any kind

What is battery?

100

The officer that is in charge of the safety of all providers and personnel on scene of an MCI

What is the safety officer?

100

The color category given to a patient that is able to walk away from an MCI without any assistance, regardless of mentation, respiratory status, or circulatory status

What is green?

100

The most important thing to remember when responding to a possible terrorism event

What is SCENE SAFETY (possibility for secondary bombs/ targeting of first responders)?
100

The reason for disconnecting car batteries in wrecks, and being aware of risks when entering a vehicle that has been involved in an accident

What are undeployed airbags?

100

The type of transport that should be utilized when there is prolonged extrication of a critical patient, time sensitive conditions (such as STEMI or stroke), or prolonged transport time of a critical patient

What is air medical transport?

200

The federal agency that oversees all radio operations in the United States, and creates regulations and laws regarding the use of radio frequencies

What is the FCC? ("you know the FCC won't let me be, or let me be me!" -Eminem)

200

The act of providing treatment that is inadequate, or not performing treatments that should be provided due to patient condition

What is negligence?

200

The act of working alone without orders, or direction during an MCI/ICS event

What is freelancing?

200

The color category that is given to a patient that is presumed dead, or expectant

What is black?

200

3 Most common injuries after an explosion

What are tympanic rupture (ear drum), lung and hollow organ damage?

200

The action that should be taken prior to entering, or working around a vehicle that has been involved in an accident

What is stabilization?

200

The minimum amount of space that should be utilized to create a landing zone for a helicopter

What is 100x100ft

300

The type of communication in which you are aware of body language (non-verbal communication), speak clearly and slowly, are honest with patients, face patients that are hard of hearing, etc. 

What is therapeutic communications?

300

A written document that dictates what treatments a patient wishes to be performed, or not performed, during an emergency situation where they cannot express their wishes

What is an advanced directive?

300

The three main areas of the medical branch of the ICS

What are Triage, treatment and transport?

300

The color category that is given to a patient that is able to follow commands, but is unable to walk due to an injury (such as a broken leg)

What is yellow?

300

The 3 ways to prevent exposure to radiation

What are time, distance and shielding?

300

The type of extrication that should be utilized when there is no risk to life or safety in the vehicle, no critical status of the patient being extricated, or the patient is not blocking another critical patient in the vehicle

What is normal extrication (non-rapid)?

300

How lights should be utilized to mark a landing zone with the ambulance and emergency vehicles

What is an x pattern with lights pointing inward?

400

The things to do to preserve evidence at a crime scene

What is avoid cutting clothing, placing items in paper bags, and preventing victims from cleaning themselves?

400

The type of medical direction orders that are prewritten instructions on treatments that are allowed per your protocols

What are standing orders?

400
The approach that is used in an ICS to maintain effective management of subordinates (no more than 5 people) during a MCI

What is span of control?

400

The color category that is given to a patient that has respiratory compromise, circulatory compromise, is unconscious, or unable to follow commands. (ie has a respiratory rate >30 or < , cap refil >2 seconds, or absent radial pulses)

What is red?

400
The four types of blast injuries

What are primary (blown ear drums, lung/hollow organ damage), Secondary (injuries from flying debris), tertiary (injuries from getting blasted into the next century and hitting things) and quaternary (any other injuries such as long term complications). 

400

The type of extrication that is utilized when the patient is critical(compromised ABCs, or cardiac arrest), is blocking access to another critical patient, or there is risk/ danger being in the vehicle

What is rapid extrication?

400

The characteristics of a safe landing zone for a helicopter

What are free from debris, powerlines, trees, and loose object?

500

The 3 obvious signs of death

What are putrefaction (rotting), Lividity (livor mortis), and rigor mortis?

500

The treatments that you are allowed to perform under your certification level

What is Scope of Practice?

500

The four divisions of the Incident command system

What are command, planning, logistics and financing?

500

The extra treatment that is provided to pediatric patients during an MCI, that is not normally provided to an adult patient utilizing Jump START triage method

What are 5 rescue breaths?

500

The four types of radiation 

What are Alpha, Beta, Gamma and neutron radiation?

500

The device that is used to remove a patient from a vehicle when rapid extrication is not needed, to provide spinal immobilization in the seated position

What is a KED?

500

When and how you should approach a helicopter when utilizing air transport

What is from the front, after gaining permission from the pilot? and always from downhill coming up

600

Driving technique that should be utilized when driving emergency traffic

What is defensive driving?

600

The act that is committed when you have made patient contact and are treating a patient on one call, but leave your patient to respond to a higher priority call

What is abandonment?

600

The first thing that should be done when arriving at an MCI/ICS incident as a medical provider

What is reporting to the medical command/ incident command officer for assignment?

600

The three criteria used to determine a patient's color category when utilizing START triage

What are respiratory status-> circulation-> mental status? (in that order)

600
The most potent neurotoxin

What is botulinum?

600

The type of extrication that should be used on a 32 yo female that has a broken leg, is complaining of neck pain, is breathing adequately, and has present radial pulses, who is seated in the drivers seat of a vehicle that has been stabilized?

What is normal extrication (use KED)?
600

The reasons to utilize air medical transport

What are prolonged extrication, prolonged transport time, and time sensitive conditions?