38. Transport Operations

Question 1

What emblem identifies vehicles as ambulances?

Answer 1

Star of Life

Question 2

What are the 9 phases of an ambulance call

Answer 2

Preparation
Dispatch
En route
Arrival at scene
Transfer of patient to ambulance
En route to receiving facility (transport)
At receiving facility (delivery)
En route to station
Postrun

Question 3

What is the most common cause of AED malfunction?

Answer 3

Dead Battery

Question 4

Basic supplies of an EMT include:

Answer 4

Disposable gloves
Sharps
Airway and ventilation equipment
Basic wound care supplies
Splinting supplies
Childbirth supplies
An AED
Patient transfer equipment
Medications
Communication equipment
Other regionally appropriate supplies

Question 5

Airway management equipment carried on ambulances include:

Answer 5

Oropharyngeal airways for adults, children, and infants
Nasopharyngeal airways for adults and children
CPAP equipment
Equipment for advanced airway procedures

Question 6

Basic supplies for dressing open wounds include:

Answer 6

A pair of trauma shears
Sterile sheets
Sterile burn sheets
Adhesive tape in several widths
Self-adhering, soft roller bandages
Sterile dressings
Gauze
Abdominal or laparotomy pads
Sterile universal trauma dressings
Sterile, occlusive, nonadherent dressings (aluminum foil sterilized in original package)
An assortment of adhesive bandages
Tourniquets

Question 7

The ambulance should carry at least 2 oxygen supply units: one ____ and one ______

Answer 7

portable; installed on board

Question 8

Basic Ambulance Design (Type 1)

Answer 8

Conventional, truck cab-chassis with a modular ambulance body that can be transferred to a newer chassis as needed.

Question 9

Basic Ambulance Design (Type 2)

Answer 9

Standard van, forward-control integral cab-body ambulance.

Question 10

Basic Ambulance Design (Type 3)

Answer 10

Specialty van cab with a modular ambulance body that is mounted on a cutaway van chassis.

Question 11

True of False:
You should place items needed to care for life-threatening conditions at the side of the stretcher.

Answer 11

False:
You should place items needed to care for life-threatening conditions within easy reach, at the head of the primary stretcher. Place items for cardiac care, control of external bleeding, and monitoring blood pressure at the side of the stretcher.

Question 12

True or False:
Portable suctioning units must be powerful enough to generate a vacuum of 300 mm Hg when the tube is clamped.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Cleaning (Definition)

Answer 13

is the process of removing dirt, dust, blood, or other visible contaminants from a surface or equipment.

Question 14

Disinfection (definition)

Answer 14

is the killing of pathogenic agents by directly applying a chemical made for that purpose to a surface or equipment.

Question 15

High-level Disinfection (definition)

Answer 15

is the killing of pathogenic agents by the use of potent means of disinfection.

Question 16

Sterilization (definition)

Answer 16

is a process, such as the use of heat, that removes all microbial contamination.

Question 17

What are the steps in the basic rule you should do after every call?

Answer 17

1.Immediately strip used linens from the stretcher after use, and place them in a plastic bag or in the designated receptacle in the ED.

2.Discard in an appropriate receptacle all disposable equipment used for care of the patient that meets your state’s definition of medical waste.

3.Discard disposable equipment that is bloody or contaminated by body fluids in an OSHA-approved biohazard container.

4. Discard noncontaminated disposable equipment used for care of the patient following OSHA and local guidelines.

5.Wash contaminated areas with soap and water.
For disinfection to be effective, cleaning must be done first.

6.Disinfect all nondisposable equipment used in the care of the patient.

7.Clean the stretcher with an EPA-registered germicidal/virucidal solution or bleach and water at 1:100 dilution.

8.Clean up any spillage or other contamination that occurred in the ambulance, with the same germicidal/virucidal or bleach/water solution.

Question 18

What are the 3 basic principles governing the use of warning lights and sirens on an ambulance:

Answer 18

The unit, to the best of your knowledge, must be on a true emergency call.

Audible and visual warning devices must be used simultaneously.

The unit must be operated with due regard for the safety of all others, on and off the roadway.

Question 19

Today’s ambulance designs are based on what?

Answer 19

NFPA 1917, standard for automotive ambulances.

Question 20

If other responders, such as firefighters or law enforcement officers, are on scene park the ambulance ____ feet past the scene.

Answer 20

100 feet (30 m)