Which of the following is NOT the role of the first arriving EMT at the scene of a possible hazardous materials emergency?
A) Rescuing any victims still in the area of the spill B) Recognizing a hazardous materials emergency
C) Establishing a safe zone D) Requesting special resources to respond
A
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You are preparing to transport a patient to a university- based teaching hospital. You identify this facility as which level of the trauma system?
A). Level I B). Level II C). Level III D). Level IV
Inventory records must be maintained on Schedule ________ drugs
a. II b. III c. IV d. V
Two EMTs respond to the scene of a syncopal episode. They evaluate a 50-year-old male patient who passed out and cut his upper lip. The EMTs examine the patient and his vital signs are normal. The EMTs talk the patient out of an expensive ambulance ride and suggest he will save money by driving himself to the urgent care clinic for stitches for his lip rather than waiting all night in the
emergency department as a nonemergency patient. The patient signs the EMS refusal form. The patient decides to see his own doctor the next morning but dies at his house from sudden cardiac arrest an hour later. Which of the following statements is true? A) The EMTs are not negligent because the patient signed the refusal form. B) The EMTs are not negligent because the EMTs have no control over the patient's medical condition. C) The EMTs are negligent because the patient died. D) The EMTs are negligent because there was proximate causation.
How would frequent premature atrial complexes (PACs) affect a patient with coronary artery disease?
A. Hypertension B. Ischemia C. Low cardiac output D. Angina