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Health Professions - Emergency Medical Services. QuixDoc 2
1
In addition to posing a threat to you and others at the scene, _______ _________ may pose a threat to a much larger area and population.
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Health Professions
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
emergency-medical-services
Answer: hazardous materials
2
________ is the term used when a person is caught within a closed area with no way out or who has a limb or other body part trapped.
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Health Professions
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
emergency-medical-services
Answer: entrapment
3
There are 5 phases to the extrication process.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
4
Air bags can be located in the steering wheel, doors, or seats.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Ans: a. true
5
A vehicle on its side is typically not a danger to you as long as the vehicle is not swaying.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
6
When there are multiple patients, you should locate and rapidly triage each patient to determine who needs urgent care.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: a. true
7
Simple access typically involves breaking glass.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
8
Rescue personnel should coordinate with you to determine the best route for removing the patient from the vehicle.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: a. true
9
It is generally uncommon for EMTs to be in the vehicle with a patient during the disentanglement process.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
10
The rescue team is responsible for dictating the way in which medical care, packaging, and transport of the patient will be performed.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
11
Securing an injured arm to the body is generally considered to be acceptable until the patient is fully extricated.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: a. true
12
Regardless of the external environment conditions, you should remain on scene to complete your assessment and treatment of someone involved in a rescue situation.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
13
Following the termination of a rescue incident, all equipment used at the scene must be checked before being reloaded onto the apparatus.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: a. true
14
White-water rescue, structural collapse, and mountain-climbing rescue require specialized rescue teams.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: a. true
15
When you arrive at the site of a technical rescue, you should identify the stable location to which the technical rescue team will bring the patient.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Ans: a. true
16
Ambulances are not typically summoned to search and rescue scenes.
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Health Professions
a. true
b. false
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. false
17
Which of the following statements regarding tactical emergency medical support is false?
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Health Professions
a. some incidents pose an increased risk to EMS
b. once you have checked in at the command post, you are free to roam the area looking for ways to help
c. lights and sirens should be turned off when nearing the scene
d. planning measures and working with the incident commander will reduce the potential for chaos
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. once you have checked in at the command post, you are free to roam the area looking for ways to help
18
When arriving at the scene of a cave-in or trench collapse, response vehicles should be parked at least ________ away from the scene.
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Health Professions
a. 50ft
b. 150ft
c. 250ft
d. 500ft
emergency-medical-services
Ans: d. 500ft
19
When attempting simple access into a vehicle, you should:
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Health Professions
a. use complex tools
b. try opening the doors using the door handles first
c. break the windows initially
d. make sure that all the windows are rolled up
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. try opening the doors using the door handles first
20
Lighting at a scene, establishing a tool and equipment area, and marking for a helicopter landing all fall under:
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Health Professions
a. logistic operations
b. EMS operations
c. support operations
d. law enforcement
emergency-medical-services
Answer: c. support operations
21
You should communicate with members of ________ throughout the extrication process.
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Health Professions
a. law enforcement
b. the media
c. the rescue team
d. the insurance company
emergency-medical-services
Answer: c. the rescue team
22
If there are downed power lines near a vehicle involved in a crash, you should:
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Health Professions
a. attempt to move the power lines yourself
b. touch the power lines with an object to see if there is active electricity
c. have the patient slowly exit the vehicle
d. have the patient remain in the vehicle
emergency-medical-services
Answer: d. have the patient remain in the vehicle
23
Controlling traffic at a scene is typically the responsibility of:
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Health Professions
a. a fire fighter
b. law enforcement
c. the rescue group
d. EMS personnel
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. law enforcement
24
During a 360 walk-around at an accident scene, you should look for all of the following except:
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Health Professions
a. the mechanism of injury
b. leaking fuels or fluids
c. trapped or ejected patients
d. the amount of air left in the tires
emergency-medical-services
Answer: d. the amount of air left in the tires
25
________ is the ability to recognize any possible issues once you arrive on the scene and to act proactively to avoid a negative impact.
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Health Professions
a. situational awareness
b. situational consciousness
c. situational alertness
d. situational disregard
emergency-medical-services
Answer: a. situational awareness
26
When you arrive at the scene where there is a potential for hazardous materials exposure:
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Health Professions
a. turn off your warning light
b. do not waste time waiting for the scene to be marked and protected
c. park your unit downhill of the scene
d. park your unit uphill of the scene
emergency-medical-services
Answer: d. park your unit uphill of the scene
27
What is the endometrium?
in
Health Professions
What will be an ideal response?
emergency-medical-services
Answer: It is when the lining of the inside of the uterus, begins to thicken and prepare for the potential fertilized egg to implant.
28
What happens if the egg is not fertilized within 36-48 hours after it has been released from the follicle?
in
Health Professions
What will be an ideal response?
emergency-medical-services
Answer: It will simply die. Eventually, the lining that has thickened inside the uterus will be shed...It occurs around the 28th day of woman's cycle.
29
During the menstrual cycle how many follicles are successful at maturing and able to release an egg?
in
Health Professions
What will be an ideal response?
emergency-medical-services
Answer: There will only be one follicle (out of 10 to 20 that attempt the process each month)
30
When cutting the umbilical cord:
in
Health Professions
a. place the clamps 7" to 10" apart
b. place the clamps 2" to 4" apart
c. tie the cord with shoelaces if you don't have any clamps
d. tie the cord with string if you don't have any clamps
emergency-medical-services
Answer: b. place the clamps 2" to 4" apart
31
The female reproductive system includes which organs?
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Health Professions
What will be an ideal response?
emergency-medical-services
Ans: It includes the fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, vagina, and the breasts.
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