If the patient care protocols have been revised, it is the EMS providers responsibility to -
answer✔Attend in-service training with the agency medical director to become familiar with
the new protocols
You arrive at the scene of a car accident or people are trying to move an unconscious patient on
the car. You should - answer✔Have the crowd stop the extrication process ASAP
A single EMT finds a non-breathing, pulseless victim of a car accident laying prone in the road,
they suspect a spinal injury. They should - answer✔Turn patient's body as a unit and begin CPR
During initial assessment, you are assessing a contest on a patient complaining of leg pain. You
should - answer✔Continue with your initial assessment
If an EMT is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly stops talking, you
should - answer✔Repeat initial assessment
The overall purpose of the initial assessment is to - answer✔Identify and correct life-
threatening problems and set priorities
What order is the detailed physical exam - answer✔Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis,
Extremities
Pediatric trauma patients capillary refill time should be - answer✔Less than two seconds
All of the following are symptoms except - answer✔Weak pulse
A sign would be - answer✔Cyanosis- what you can see
You are assessing an unconscious patient responds to a sternal rub by moaning, using AVPU,
how would this patient be described - answer✔Painfully responsive
After determining scene is safe, the first step in caring for a patient is to - answer✔Determine
unresponsiveness
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During a physical exam, the EMT must inspect and palpate for a deformities, tenderness,
swelling and - answer✔Open injuries
Main tube which carries air to the lungs is called - answer✔Trachea
Which is not part of the respiratory system - answer✔esophagus
Foreign matter is kept from entering the trachea by the - answer✔Epiglottis
A stoma can be defined as - answer✔An opening from the front of the throat into the trachea
Recognizable sign of a fine body partial airway obstruction - answer✔High-pitched noise while
inhaling
Previously conscious patient with a partial area obstruction starts to become unconscious and
patient crowing noises stop, you should - answer✔Treat the patient as a complete every
obstruction patient and begin CPR
Signs and symptoms of inadequate breathing are - answer✔Sudden shortness of breath,
unequal chest expansion and diminished breath sounds
Only artery that carries an oxygenated blood away from the heart is - answer✔Pulmonary
artery
You arrive at the scene of a call and find an unconscious adult victim. The initial attempt
eventually proved unsuccessful. Next step should be - answer✔Reposition head and attempt to
ventilate again
When taking vital signs on an unstable patient, it is important to take them every -
answer✔Five minutes
Administering mouth mask ventilations without oxygen, you are giving how much oxygen -
answer✔16%
Standard oxygen cylinders are fully pressurized to approximately - answer✔2000 psi
Which description is correct for the correct placement of an AED - answer✔Under the right
clavicle is the white lead and base of lower left rib is the red lead
True statement of using an AED - answer✔CPR must be stopped for the entire cycle of analysis
for the AED to accurately assess patient's heart rhythm
Where can an AED be used - answer✔Patient in cardiac arrest
One ventilating a non breathing child how many times per minute should ventilations should be
performed - answer✔12 to 20
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