EMR Exam Study Guide with complete
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Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. - Answer -Basic
emergency care
How is malaria transmitted? - Answer -Through vector-borne transmission (mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. - Answer -Biohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is to
_____. - Answer -Flush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? - Answer -Paramedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of practice. -
Answer -Good Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. - Answer -Understand questions and the
implications of their decisions.
Proving basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. - Answer -Standard of
Care
The medial part of the body is ______. - Answer -Towards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be the
least vital. - Answer -Kidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? - Answer -When 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? -
Answer -Blanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? - Answer -Explosions,
penetrating trauma, blunt force.
, _________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. - Answer -
Hazardous
When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. - Answer -Scene safety
What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a patient? -
Answer -Power grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. - Answer -5
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be wearing
when working with a patient? - Answer -Disposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? - Answer -To identify changes in
the patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery. - Answer -
Brachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical control? -
Answer -Identify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway obstruction. -
Answer -False
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. - Answer -Axial (transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver? - Answer -By
sliding your fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. - Answer -Unconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is responsible
for breathing. - Answer -Diaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. - Answer -Skin
What signs would you expect if hazardous materials were present on a scene? -
Answer -Foul and acrid odors
When suctioning a patient, do not suction for more than _____ seconds at a time -
Answer -15
If a choking patient goes unconscious, then the first thing you must do is ______. -
Answer -Lower them carefully to the ground
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