Emergency Medical Responder Review
What is your primary concern as an EMR on scene? {Answ} Your Own personal safety
What is the level of training provided by local laws, administrative orders, guidelines and protocols by the local EMS System called? {Answ} Standard of Care
What must a pa...
What is your primary concern as an EMR on scene? {Answ} Your Own personal safety
What is the level of training provided by local laws, administrative orders, guidelines and
protocols by the local EMS System called? {Answ} Standard of Care
What must a patient be informed of in order to consider it "Informed Consent" ? {Answ}
Your Level of Training, Why you want to give care and What care you plan on doing
A competent adult refuses care for an injury. What things must be done? {Answ} Stay
Calm, Inform the patient of the risks and potential dangers of refusal and carefully and
thoroughly document the refusal of care
You can only be found "Negligent" in a court of law if what fours elements can be
proved? {Answ} 1) Duty to Act
2) Breach of that Duty
3) Obligation
4) Witness
What is your first priority on scene with a suicide patient? {Answ} Scene Safety
What is most effective way to minimize the spread of infection? {Answ} Wash Hands
What is it called when you examine a patient by feeling with the hands / fingers?
{Answ} Palpate
What cavity of the body contains the heart, lungs and aorta? {Answ} Thoracic Cavity
Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart? {Answ} Arteries
What system in our body is responsible for exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide? 2
{Answ} Respiratory System
When is an Emergency Move done? {Answ} Pt is critical and no one on scene is there
to help you move the patient.
What piece of equipment is the most appropriate to use when carrying a seated patient
down a staircase? {Answ} Stair Chair
What things must be included in your transfer of care report ? {Answ} Patient Name
and Age
Chief Complaint
Vital Signs
, What is the act of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide? {Answ} Respiration
What is the name of the major muscle used in breathing? {Answ} Diaphragm
What is the preferred method to open the airway when you don't suspect trauma in your
patient? {Answ} Head Tilt Chin Lift
Noisy breathing such as snoring can suggest what type of obstruction? {Answ} Tongue
partially or intermittently obstucting the airway
What is correct way to determine the size of a NPA? {Answ} tip of the nose to the angle
of the jaw
What are good signs of adequate breathing? {Answ} Chest Rise and fall
What are s/sx of inadequate breathing? {Answ} Poor Chest Rise and Fall
Pale or Bluish Skin
Accessory Muscle Usage
2 Attempts have been made to recusitate a 3yo child with an airway obstruction, what
do you do next? {Answ} Begin Chest Compressions
A bag valve mask can deliver what percentage of oxygen when connected to
supplemental oxygen? {Answ} 100%
List the 4 steps in operating an AED: {Answ} 1) Turn It On
2) Attach Electrodes
3) Analyze
4) Shock
If your initial attempt was unsuccessful for delivering a rescue breath, what should you
do next? {Answ} Improper Airway position, reposition and give another breath
What is the proper ratio for 2 Rescuer CPR? {Answ} 30:2
What is proper compression rate per minute? {Answ} 100-120
What is maximum time CPR should be interrupted for any reason? {Answ} 10 seconds
What does "P" mean in SAMPLE? {Answ} Past Medical History
What does "E" stand for in SAMPLE? {Answ} Events leading up to complaint
What is the acronym to assess a patient for Stroke or Chest Pain? {Answ} OPQRST
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