EMR Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 2024
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EMR Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 2024
Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______.
Basic emergency care
How is malaria transmitted?
Through vector-borne transmission (mosquitos)
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EMR Final Exam Study Guide Questions
and Answers 2024
Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. - answerBasic
emergency care
How is malaria transmitted? - answerThrough vector-borne transmission (mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. - answerBiohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is to
_____. - answerFlush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? - answerParamedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of practice. -
answerGood Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. - answerUnderstand questions and the
implications of their decisions.
Providing basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. - answerStandard of
Care
The medial part of the body is ______. - answerTowards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be the
least vital. - answerKidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? - answerWhen a building is on fire,
from a vehicle that is smoking, and when the patient is blocking access to other
patients.
What is the best way to move a patient who has a suspected neck or spinal injury? -
answerBlanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? - answerExplosions,
penetrating trauma, blunt force.
_________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. - answerHazardous
, When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. - answerScene safety
What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a patient? -
answerPower grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. - answer5
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be wearing
when working with a patient? - answerDisposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? - answerTo identify changes in
the patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery. -
answerBrachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical control? -
answerIdentify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway obstruction. -
answerFalse
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. - answerAxial (transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver? - answerBy sliding
your fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. - answerUnconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is responsible
for breathing. - answerDiaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. - answerSkin
What signs would you expect if hazardous materials were present on a scene? -
answerFoul and acrid odors
When suctioning a patient, do not suction for more than _____ seconds at a time -
answer15
If a choking patient goes unconscious, then the first thing you must do is ______. -
answerLower them carefully to the ground
An oxygen cylinder should be refilled when the pressure gauge reads _____ ppi or
below. - answer200
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