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STUVIA 2024/2025Chapter 2
What statement would you expect to hear from a patient who has accepted the fact that he is
terminally ill and will die sooner than later?
"It's okay. I am not afraid."
3 multiple choice options
As EMTs leave a house where the patient refused care, a panicked boy approaches them and states
that some men just shot his friend in a house two doors up the street. The EMTs' immediate action
should be to:
Contact the police and move the ambulance from the immediate area
3 multiple choice options
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You are doing CPR on a male patient who is unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. Emergency
Medical Responders (EMRs) were on scene first and applied the AED, which did not deliver a shock
to the patient. The patient's wife is crying and asks how her husband is doing. Your response would
be:
"Right now he is not breathing and his heart is not beating, but we are doing everything we possibly
can for him."
3 multiple choice options
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What action taken by an EMT illustrates an effort toward maintaining well-being in the field of EMS?
Creating a healthy balance between work and family life
1 multiple choice option
A young girl with end-stage cancer is unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. Her mother and
father are by her side, both crying as you start resuscitation. Which statement indicates the most
appropriate thing you could say to the parents as you begin?
"If you feel comfortable, it's okay to stay and watch how we care for your daughter."
3 multiple choice options
What action taken by an EMT illustrates an effort toward maintaining well-being in the field of EMS?
Creating a healthy balance between work and family life
3 multiple choice options
The hospital staff has just returned the long spine board that you used to immobilize a patient from a
minor motor vehicle collision. There is no blood on the board, but your service policy states that all
equipment is to be disinfected anytime that it is used. To properly disinfect the long spine board,
which type of product should you use?
Germicidal solution
3 multiple choice options
You would be concerned about cumulative stress when an EMS provider informs you that she:
Drinks a small amount of alcohol every night to help her sleep
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3 multiple choice options
Which rationale best explains the reason for wearing a high-visibility safety vest at the scene of a
motor vehicle collision?
The use of the vest can increase your visibility to passing drivers at the scene of an accident
3 multiple choice options
A patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is complaining of chest pain. In this
situation, which personal protective equipment, at a minimum, is required to be donned prior to
contact with the patient?
Gloves and eyewear
3 multiple choice options
You have worked with the same partner for several years and know him well. Over the past three
months, the two of you have had four horrific pediatric calls with death as the outcome of each. Which
observation would make you the most suspicious that your partner is experiencing a possible stress
reaction that might encumber his ability to work as an EMT?
Excessive and uncharacteristic irritability
3 multiple choice options
A prospective student is interested in becoming an EMT, but is unsure how it will affect his family. He
says that his wife is very worried about the danger associated with EMS and has never had to deal
with him being gone for 24 hours at a time. What is the most appropriate response?
"It may help to bring your wife here so she can see what we do and the safety precautions we take."
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3 multiple choice options
A tornado ripped through a small town, killing 5 people and seriously injuring 21, including several
young children. At a defusing session, which action is most appropriate?
Allow the rescuers to vent their emotions
3 multiple choice options
A coworker is suffering from posttraumatic stress. Which statement made by you would be the most
appropriate and beneficial to the coworker?
"I think that it would be best if you saw a mental health professional."
3 multiple choice options
You are by the side of a patient whom you suspect has severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
What is an effective way to prevent transmission of the disease from the patient to you?
Place a surgical mask on the patient
3 multiple choice options
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A reaction to death or dying where the patient asserts "Not me!" is recognized as which stage of
grieving?
Denial
3 multiple choice options
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