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FISDAP Operations Exam Questions and Answers All Correct When the incident command system is activated at the scene, you should expect to: A) receive instructions and then function independently. B) be immediately directed to the established treatment area. C) report back to your section offic...

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When the incident command system is activated at the scene, you should expect to:
A) receive instructions and then function independently.
B) be immediately directed to the established treatment area.
C) report back to your section officer in between assignments.
D) be assigned one responsibility for the duration of the incident. - Answer-C) report
back to your section officer in between assignments.

Which of the following situations is an example of abandonment?
A) An EMT gives a verbal report to an emergency nurse.
B) An EMT departs the scene after a paramedic arrives.
C) An EMT transfers care of a patient to a paramedic.
D) A paramedic transfers care to an advanced EMT. - Answer-D) A paramedic transfers
care to an advanced EMT.

Which of the following is the MOST practical method of standard precautions when
treating multiple patients during a mass-casualtyincident?
A) Thoroughly washing your hands in between patient contacts
B) Changing your gloves in between contact with different patients
C) Placing clean gloves over soiled gloves in between patient contacts
D) Asking each patient you treat if he or she has a communicable disease - Answer-B)
Changing your gloves in between contact with different patients

A man who was recently diagnosed with advanced cancer tells the EMT that he doesn't
think that chemotherapy is necessary because his cancer is "not that bad." What stage
of the grieving process is this consistent with?
A) Anger
B) Denial
C) Bargaining
D) Acceptance - Answer-B) Denial

As soon as you begin transport of a patient to the hospital, you should:
A) contact medical control.
B) notify the receiving facility.
C) advise dispatch of your status.
D) conduct a detailed examination. - Answer-C) advise dispatch of your status.

,After arriving at a mass-casualty incident where other ambulances are already present,
you should:
A) repeat the triage process.
B) report to the staging area.
C) initiate care for the most critically injured patients.
D) obtain information from the fire service commander. - Answer-B) report to the staging
area.

Following an apparent terrorist attack, numerous patients present with shortness of
breath and persistent coughing. A green haze is noted in the area in which the patients
are located. Which of the following agents should you suspect they were exposed to?
A) V agent (VX)
C) Chlorine (CL)
B)Tabun (GA)
D) Phosgene oxime - Answer-C) Chlorine (CL)

The EMT fails to administer oxygen to a severely hypoxic patient. As a result, the
patient develops respiratory arrest. The patient is delivered to the emergency
department; however, the EMTs leave without providing a verbal hand-off report. Which
of the following does this scenario depict?
A) Assault and battery
B) Assault and negligence
C) Negligence and abandonment
D) Battery and abandonment - Answer-C) Negligence and abandonment

Which of the following vaccinations is NOT currently recommended by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
A) Smallpox
B) Hepatitis B
C) Measles, mumps, rubella
D) Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis - Answer-A) Smallpox

Medical control has ordered you to administer one tube of oral glucose to a
hypoglycemic patient. Immediately after receiving this order,
you should:
A) document the order on the prehospital care report.
B) administer the medication and reassess the patient.
C) ask medical control to repeat the order word for word.
D) repeat the order back to medical control word for word. - Answer-D) repeat the order
back to medical control word for word.

Which of the following statements would NOT be appropriate to include in your patient
care report?
A) "The patient stated that he wanted to kill himself."
B) "The patient's breath smelled strongly of alcohol."
C) "The patient's wife stated that he is drunk again."

, D) "The patient requires inpatient psychiatric care." - Answer-D) "The patient requires
inpatient psychiatric care."

You arrive at the scene of a traffic accident in which multiple vehicles are involved. You
see at least two patients who are lying on the road
and are not moving. You should:
A) begin triaging the patients.
B) begin immediate patient care.
C) notify medical control for advice.
• D) request additional ambulances. - Answer-D) request additional ambulances.

The process of removing dirt, dust, blood, or other vis ible contaminants from a surface
or equipment is called:
A) cleaning.
B) disinfection.
C) sterilization.
D) high-level disinfection. - Answer-A) cleaning.

Which of the following actions demonstrates the EMT's knowledge of crime scene
preservation?
A) At the scene of a shooting, the EMT removes the bullets from a handgun and gives
them to a police officer.
B) The EMT places a shooting victim's blood-soaked shirt into a clean plastic bag and
then gives it to a police officer.
• C) While caring for a patient who was stabbed, the EMT moves a coffee table and
then informs a police officer afterward.
D) After assessing a patient with a single stab wound to the chest, the EMT requests
law enforcement permission to treat. - Answer-C) While caring for a patient who was
stabbed, the EMT moves a coffee table and then informs a police officer afterward.

An ambulance and fire apparatus are the first to arrive at a motor vehicle crash on a
three-lane highway. There is one vehicle involved and it
is located in the far left-hand lane. Where should the ambulance be positioned?
A) In between the fire apparatus and crashed motor vehicle
B) 100 feet past the crashed vehicle, on the same side of the highway
C) Alongside the crashed vehicle, in the middle lane of the highway
D) 100 feet past the crashed vehicle, on the opposite side of the highway - Answer-B)
100 feet past the crashed vehicle, on the same side of the highway

Which of the following statements BEST describes a mass-casualty incident?
A) More than five patients are involved.
B) At least half of the patients are critically injured.
C) The number of patients overwhelms your resources.
D) More than three vehicles are involved in the incident. - Answer-C) The number of
patients overwhelms your resources.

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