Question 1

What is your primary concern as an EMR on scene?

Accepted Answer

Your Own personal safety

Question 2

What is the level of training provided by local laws, administrative orders, guidelines, and protocols by the local EMS System called?

Accepted Answer

Standard of Care

Question 3

What must a patient be informed of in order to consider it "Informed Consent" ?

Accepted Answer

Your Level of Training, Why you want to give care, and What care you plan on doing

Question 4

A competent adult refuses care for an injury. What things must be done?

Accepted Answer

Stay Calm, Inform the patient of the risks and potential dangers of refusal and carefully and thoroughly document the refusal of care

Question 5

You can only be found "Negligent" in a court of law if what four elements can be proved?

Accepted Answer

Duty to Act

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Obligation

Answer

Breach of Duty

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Witness

Question 6

What is your first priority on the scene with a suicide patient?

Accepted Answer

Scene Safety

Question 7

What is the most effective way to minimize the spread of infection?

Accepted Answer

Wash Hands

Answer

Mask

Answer

Gloves

Answer

Gown

Question 8

What is it called when you examine a patient by feeling with the hands/fingers?

Accepted Answer

Palpate

Answer

Auscultate

Question 9

What cavity of the body contains the heart, lungs, and aorta?

Accepted Answer

Thoracic Cavity

Answer

Ribs

Answer

Lumbar Cavity

Question 10

Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?

Accepted Answer

Arteries

Answer

Veins

Answer

Vessels

Question 11

What system in our body is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide?

Accepted Answer

Respiratory System

Question 12

When is an Emergency Move done?

Accepted Answer

Pt is critical and no one on the scene is there to help you move the patient.

Question 13

What piece of equipment is the most appropriate to use when carrying a seated patient down a staircase?

Accepted Answer

Stair Chair

Question 14

What things must be included in your transfer of care report?

Accepted Answer

Patient Name and Age, Vitals signs, CC

Answer

Address, Name, CC, Insurance

Answer

Patient Name and Insurance

Question 15

What is the act of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide?

Accepted Answer

Respiration

Answer

Inspiration

Answer

Ventilation

Question 16

What is the name of the major muscle used in breathing?

Accepted Answer

Diaphragm

Question 17

What is the preferred method to open the airway when you don't suspect trauma in your patient?

Accepted Answer

Head Tilt Chin Lift

Question 18

Noisy breathing such as snoring can suggest what type of obstruction?

Accepted Answer

Tongue partially or intermittently obstructing the airway

Question 19

What is the correct way to determine the size of an NPA?

Accepted Answer

tip of the nose to the angle of the jaw

Answer

Corner of the mouth to the angle of the jaw

Answer

Bridge of the nose to angle fo the jaw

Question 20

What are good signs of adequate breathing?

Accepted Answer

Chest Rise and fall

Question 21

What are s/sx of inadequate breathing?

Accepted Answer

Accessory muscle usage

Answer

Chest rise and fall

Answer

Clear lung sounds

Question 22

2 Attempts have been made to resuscitate a 3yo child with airway obstruction, what do you do next?

Accepted Answer

Begin Chest Compressions

Answer

Pulse check

Answer

Rescue breathing

Question 23

A bag valve mask can deliver what percentage of oxygen when connected to supplemental oxygen?

Accepted Answer

100%

Answer

85%

Answer

90%

Answer

92%

Question 24

What is the proper ratio for 2 Rescuer adult CPR?30:2

Accepted Answer

15:2

Answer

1 every 6 seconds

Answer

30:2

Question 25

What is the proper compression rate per minute?

Accepted Answer

100-120

Answer

60-100

Answer

120

Question 26

What does "P" mean in SAMPLE?

Accepted Answer

Past Medical History

Answer

Post-surgery care

Answer

Proper medication

Question 27

What does "E" stand for in SAMPLE?

Accepted Answer

Events leading up to complaint

Question 28

What is the acronym to assess a patient for Stroke or Chest Pain?

Accepted Answer

OPQRST

Question 29

What does the "Q" mean in the acronym OPQRST?

Accepted Answer

Quality

Answer

Quantity

Question 30

What does the "P" in AVPU stand for?

Accepted Answer

Painful Stimulus

Question 31

What are s/sx of cardiac compromise?

Accepted Answer

shortness, of, breath, angina, cool, skin

Question 32

It is the assessment done on a stable patient which is focused on a specific injury or medical complaint

Accepted Answer

What is "Focused Secondary Assessment"?

Question 33

What should you expect to see after administering a patient an inhaler for asthma?

Accepted Answer

tachycardia

Question 34

A diabetic patient with warm, dry skin and a fruity smell to their breath most likely is suffering from what?

Accepted Answer

Hyperglycemia or DKA

Question 35

What is hypothermia?

Accepted Answer

A decrease in core body temperature below normal

Question 36

What are s/sx of shock associated with internal bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Cool, pale skin and tachycardia

Question 37

Road rash and scrapes are described as:

Accepted Answer

Abrasions

Question 38

What should you do with a hypothermic patient c/o painful movement in extremities & bluish color cold skin?

Accepted Answer

Move out of the cold, prevent further heat loss, remove wet clothing

Question 39

What is the proper way to remove a stinger from a stinging insect?

Accepted Answer

Use a rigid dull object similar to a credit card and scape it away

Question 40

What is the proper way to treat a burn victim with isolated partial-thickness burns to his hand?

Accepted Answer

Cover the burn with a dry, clean dressing

Question 41

How long after the baby is born does the placenta usually deliver?

Accepted Answer

20 min

Answer

3-5 min

Answer

45 min

Answer

up to 60 min

Question 42

What is crowning?

Accepted Answer

The bulging of the head of the baby out of the vagina

Question 43

How does nourishment and oxygen pass from the mother to the fetus?

Accepted Answer

Umbilical Cord

Answer

Arteries

Answer

Placenta

Question 44

Deprivation of basic needs of life: Water, Food, Clothing, Medical Care or housing is defined as:

Accepted Answer

Neglect

Question 45

A good landing zone is characterized as:

Accepted Answer

100 x 100 area, tall trees and lights to direct pilot

Answer

100 x 100, free or sand/loose gravel

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