Emergency Care 14th Edition Midterm
Exam (Chapters 1 - 17)
You are on the scene of an explosion at a suspected methamphetamine
manufacturing operation. You and your partner are the first to arrive and note
two middle-aged men and a woman on the front lawn with burns and cuts on
their faces and arms. The fire department is en route. Which of the following
resources would be the least important to request during the scene size-up?
a) Hazardous material clean-up crew
b) Gas company
c) Law enforcement
d) One or two additional ambulances - correct answer a) Hazardous material
clean-up crew
Which of the following is true concerning the potential for violence at the scene
of an EMS call?
a) The chance for violence is very low at emergency scenes
b) Signs of impending violence are obvious if you know what to look for
c) An unusual lack of activity at the scene may signal impending violence against
the EMT
d) You do not need to worry about violence at an emergency scene once the
police have secured it - correct answer c) An unusual lack of activity at the scene
may signal impending violence against the EMT
You are dispatched to a local bar for the report of an unresponsive female patient
found in the bathroom. As you approach the scene, you notice a large crowd
outside the front door holding beer bottles. The group has pulled the patient
outside. As you approach the scene, people from the group start yelling, "Do
something! She's not breathing." What concerns you the most about this scene?
a) The fact that the patient has been moved from where she was found
b) The crowd stating the patient is not breathing
c) The large crowd that has been drinking and is now yelling at you
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Exam (Chapters 1 - 17)
d) All of the above - correct answer c) The large crowd that has been drinking and
is now yelling at you
Which of the following may be a hazard at the scene of a vehicle collision?
a) Hazardous materials
b) Other emergency vehicles
c) Electrocution
d) All of the above - correct answer d) All of the above
Which of the following situations requires additional action by the EMT during
scene size-up?
a) A vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer that appears to be empty
b) A bystander who is smoking a cigarette at the scene of an assault at a local park
c) The sound of a barking and growling dog upon approaching the door to a
residence
d) A news media helicopter hovering overhead at the scene of a vehicle collision -
correct answer c) The sound of a barking and growling dog upon approaching the
door to a residence
As you are assessing a 32-year-old asthmatic woman who has called EMS due to
difficulty breathing, her husband enters the home through a back door and
shouts, "Get your hands off her; she doesn't need your help. She needs to be
taught a lesson about her smart mouth." Which of the following is the best course
of action?
a) Attempt to remove the patient from the home and continue treatment en
route to the hospital
b) Leave the scene and the patient, and then notify police
c) Continue assessment and respond that the patient is sick and needs medical
attention
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Exam (Chapters 1 - 17)
d) Let the husband know that his behavior is inappropriate, and if it continues you
will call for the police - correct answer b) Leave the scene and the patient, and
then notify police
You are on the scene of a tanker truck versus passenger vehicle collision on a rural
highway. The vehicles are just beyond a curve in the roadway and there is a
distinct odor of diesel fuel. It is dark and there is little traffic. Which of the
following should be used to alert oncoming traffic to the situation?
a) Yellow crime scene tape
b) Flashing lights on the ambulance
c) Reflective triangles
d) Flares - correct answer c) Reflective triangles
At which of the following points should you begin your scene size-up?
a) As you approach the scene in the ambulance
b) When you arrive on the scene, but before exiting the ambulance
c) After exiting the ambulance, but before making patient contact
d) When the patient or family member opens the door to the residence - correct
answer a) As you approach the scene in the ambulance
When determining possible injuries suffered from a gunshot wound, which of the
following is true?
a) Bullets pass in a straight line through the body from the point of entry to the
exit wound
b) The EMT must ask the patient or bystanders exactly where the shooter was
standing
c) The EMT must determine the caliber of ammunition involved
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Exam (Chapters 1 - 17)
d) The EMT must be aware that bullets cause damage in more than one way -
correct answer d) The EMT must be aware that bullets cause damage in more
than one way
Which law of physics explains why a patient's liver can be injured from the impact
of his car with a tree?
a) Newton's law of moving energy
b) Second law of motion
c) Law of inertia
d) Law of kinetic energy - correct answer c) Law of inertia
Which of the following will deliver a medium velocity impact?
a) Bullet from an assault rifle
b) Butcher knife
c) Ice pick
d) Bullet from a handgun - correct answer d) Bullet from a handgun
When considering the potential for injury from a fall, which of the following is
least important?
a) Height of the fall
b) Whether the patient struck anything with his body on the way down
c) Patient's weight
d) Type of surface onto which the patient fell - correct answer c) Patient's weight
An injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissue is
known as which of the following?
a) Cavitating trauma
b) Impaling trauma
c) Penetrating trauma
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