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NREMR - Questions And Accurate Answers (Solved)A 4 year old girl has suffered severe burns after pouring a bottle of liquid
drain cleaner over her legs. Appropriate treatment for this chemical burn
would include: Right Ans - Irrigating with copious amounts of water
Your ambulance is requested to stage a safe distance from the scene of a haz-
mat spill involving an unknown gas. your station is approximately 3 miles east
of the spill and the wind is blowing west to east at 15 mph. How should you
approach the scene? Right Ans - take a route to the south west and turn
north once you are past the scene. come in from the west
HIPPA stands for? Right Ans - Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
In an emergency situation what can you do to help avoid acting unethically?
Right Ans - put the patients well-being first
If someone is tachycardia they? Right Ans - have a heart rate more than
100
Which of the following choices is a normal systolic blood pressure range in a
child? Right Ans - Greater than 70 mm Hg
you are assessing a 6 month old infant girl and become concerned when you
discover her respiratory rate. which of the following rates would give you this
concern? Right Ans - 60 breaths/min
Hematochezia is? Right Ans - passing blood in stool
During one person CPR you can assess ventilations by watching what?
Right Ans - bilateral rise and fall of the chest
The term____ describes the location nearest to the organ or injury Right Ans
- Proximal
with regard of maintaining a Childs airway which of the following would be
true? Right Ans - a towel under the shoulders will help put the airway in
alignment
,you are the transportation officer at a mass casualty incident involving the
collision of a passenger train and a semi truck and trailer. you have two
hospitals at your disposal. Holycross is 8 miles away and City Central is 25
miles away. which of the following answered would be the most acceptable
method of distributing the patients to the different hospitals? Right Ans -
send the red tagged patients to HolyCross and the yellow tagged patients to
City Central
someone who is U on the AVPU scale would require what type of secondary
assessment Right Ans - Rapid full-body scan
when is a burn considered minor in a child Right Ans - Partial thickness
involving less than 10% of the body
you are called to a home where a 90 year old woman has been found
unresponsive by her caregiver. you arrive to find the woman lying supine on
the couch snoring heavily. what are you going to do? Right Ans - execute
head tilt chin lift maneuver to raise the tongue off the pharynx
you arrive on scene to find a 34 year old male laying on the ground in a pool of
blood. Bright red blood is spurting from a large cut in his shirt sleeve and he is
clutching a knife between his teeth. what should you do first? Right Ans -
leave the scene until the police arrive to make the scene safe
you arrive at a restaurant to a call of a woman choking. you find her sitting a
chair, very pale, and sweating. she states in a very hush tone that she has a
piece of steak stuck in her throat. you should immediately? Right Ans -
encourage her to cough as it is likely high enough in the airway to expel it
the portion of HIPPA that EMS personnel need too be concerned with is
Right Ans - privacy
a burn that involves only the epidermis is called Right Ans - superficial
you arrive on scene with your partner David to a MVA involving one bike and
a tree. the patient has lacerations about the face, broken tibia, apparent head
trauma, and a possible spinal cord injury. which of these injuries is most life
threatening? Right Ans - head injury
, which is the main pump for blood and what are the 3 main types of bleeding
Right Ans - Heart, arterial, capillary, and venous
the main railroad line through Boxvile had a train derailment in which three
railcars turned over. the incident has been declared a mass casualty with
multiple EMS, Fire, and haz-mat units responding. During scene size up you
note that non of the container are leaking and there is a green haz-mat placard
with the number 2 on at least one of the cars. what type of cargo is most likely
on board Right Ans - Gasses
you and your partner have arrived at the home of an elderly woman who has
fallen. she does not seem willing to talk with either of you. which of the
following is not an appropriate method of encouraging her to talk with you.
Right Ans - question why she is not more communicative
what is perfusion defined as Right Ans - the movement of blood through
the tissues
what does 140/p mean Right Ans - you palpated a BP of 140
a patient has come out of their apartment and met the ambulance on the
sidewalk after dumping a pot of boiling water across one arm. the burn has
resulted in damage to the dermis and epidermis. this type of burn would be
classified as what? Right Ans - partial thickness
what does the D stand for in DCAPBTLS Right Ans - Deformities
if a patient, whom you believe is of sound mind, denies medical attention even
though you know it would be in their best interest to be treated, the best thing
you could do is? Right Ans - try to convince them again and be honest
about what their condition is and the possible risks of refusal
you are assisting in the delivery of a baby. when the head emerges from the
vagina, you should? Right Ans - suction the mouth and nose then check for
nuchal cord
you arrive on scene with your partner to a restaurant where a man was
reported to be choking. you enter to find an unconscious cyanotic male on the
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