NREMT - Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician
NREMT - Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician
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NREMT; EMS Operations questions with correct answers
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NREMT - Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician
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NREMT - Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician
You are dispatched to the county jail. Upon arrival you are asked to evaluate a prisoner who was involved in a physical dispute. He is bleeding from several cuts and appears to have a black eye. He tells you, 'go away, I don't want your help. I don't want you here anyway.' What do you do? Correct A...
NREMT; EMS Operations questions with correct
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You are dispatched to the county jail. Upon arrival you are asked to
evaluate a prisoner who was involved in a physical dispute. He is
bleeding from several cuts and appears to have a black eye. He tells you,
'go away, I don't want your help. I don't want you here anyway.' What do
you do? Correct Answer-Inform the Deputy that you feel the prisoner
should be assessed and treated, and that if he refuses your care he should
be transported to the ER for evaluation under Law Enforcement custody.
You and your partner Benadeto arrive on scene to find a 24 yr old man
conscious, lying on the pavement in a pool of blood. Bright red blood is
squirting from a gash on his head and he is holding a knife in his hand.
What would you do first? Correct Answer-Leave the scene until police
arrive to make the scene safe
An ice storm has caused a 10 car pile up on a nearby interstate. Incident
command has instructed you to take over triage of the patients. Patient 1
is a woman who has a broken arm and a back injury with suspected
spinal cord damage. Patient 2 is male and has a broken femur and is
showing signs of shock. Patient 3 is an elderly woman who has a
laceration on her forehead and pain in her wrist. Patient 4 is a male,
breathing at 6 breaths a minute with a head injury. What color triage tag
should each of these patients receive? Correct Answer-1Yellow, 2Red,
3Green, 4Red
Information contained in a run report is confidential when? Correct
Answer-Information in the run report is always confidential
, Documentation regarding the administration of a drug should include all
of the following except? Correct Answer-Class of drug
You have just arrived at a mass casualty incident involving a train
wreck. The train was carrying a group of 100 plus coal miners when it
derailed into a ravine. IC has assigned you to triage. You begin tagging
patients that are brought to the area. What color tag would each of the
following patients receive? Patient 1 has a hematoma on his head and he
is complaining of neck pain. Patient 2 has a broken finger and is in
shock. Patient 3 is unconscious, apneic, and pulseless. Patient 4 is
breathing shallow at 12 breaths a minute and is in shock. Patient 5 has
broken both arms and has a dislocated shoulder. Correct Answer-
1Yellow, 2Red, 3Black, 4Red, 5Yellow
Your patient has an obvious fracture of the left radius. After some
assessment, you believe that he has a reasonable decision making
capacity, but he is not allowing you to treat him. He will not go to the
hospital after several requests and you know that if left untreated, it
could turn into a life threat. What should you do? Correct Answer-
Explain the complications that can result in an untreated fracture
You are dispatched to an accident involving two semi trucks and several
cars that have collided under an overpass. The reporting party says that
there are several people in the road and nobody is helping them. Your
unit is the first to arrive on scene. After performing a thorough scene
size-up, what should you do? Correct Answer-Assume command of the
scene
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