CH 3

Question 1

You respond to a call at a park where you find a​ 550-pound patient who has fallen down a slope near a creek. As you and your partner discuss the​ situation, you decide to call a second unit for lifting assistance. Once the patient is on a​ stretcher, how would the additional two personnel help in this​ lift?

Answer 1

You place one person on each corner of the stretcher to balance the weight and share in the lifting.

Question 2

What is the preferred number of rescuers when using a stair​ chair?

Answer 2

Three: two lifting and one spotting

Question 3

How many pounds are most​ battery-powered hydraulic systems rated to safely​ lift?

Answer 3

700

Question 4

You are treating an unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of spinal injury and who is breathing adequately. Which of the following is the best position for transporting the​ patient?

Answer 4

recovery position

Question 5

During an emergency​ move, which of the following techniques should be​ used, whenever​ possible, to minimize the possibility of further aggravating a possible spinal​ injury?

Answer 5

Move the patient in the direction of the long axis of the body.

Question 6

You have responded to a multiple casualty incident involving an overturned bus. Patients have been thrown around the interior of the​ bus, and several are piled on top of each other. What type of move would you perform to gain access to the most critically injured​ patients?

Answer 6

emergency move

Question 7

The term body mechanics describes the proper use of your body to lift without injury. What are the three considerations to review before any​ lift?

Answer 7

The​ object, your​ limitations, and communication

Question 8

You have responded to a nursing home and find an elderly patient in his bed in cardiac arrest. Which type of move would you perform to get the patient to a hard surface so you can perform chest​ compressions?

Answer 8

emergency movw

Question 9

You respond to the scene of a​ two-vehicle T-bone vehicle collision. The​ driver’s side door is smashed shut and will not open. The front passenger door will open. The front passenger is stable and complaining of severe head and neck pain. You suspect that he has a potential spinal injury. The driver is​ unresponsive, in critical​ condition, and has gurgling respirations. You should extricate the passenger by which​ technique?

Answer 9

Move the patient out of the car as quickly as​ possible, in the direction of the long axis of the body.

Question 10

Urgent moves are required​ when:

Answer 10

life threats exist but there is time for precautions for spinal injuries.

Question 11

You are moving an elderly patient down the stairs using a stair chair. The patient is alert and very anxious. What should you do prior to moving the patient to prevent her from grabbing the railing and causing you to​ fall?

Answer 11

You are moving an elderly patient down the stairs using a stair chair. The patient is alert and very anxious. What should you do prior to moving the patient to prevent her from grabbing the railing and causing you to​ fall?

Question 12

For a patient without a possibility of spinal​ injury, which of the following carries should be used to move him from a bed to a​ stretcher?

Answer 12

draw-sheet method

Question 13

Which of the methods listed below is best described as moving a patient from the floor to a stretcher by having two or more rescuers​ kneel, curl the patient to their​ chests, stand, and then reverse the process to place the patient on the​ stretcher?

Answer 13

Direct ground lift

Question 14

Which of the following should you use when you want to move a patient from a wheelchair to a​ stretcher?

Answer 14

extremity lift

Question 15

If the weight being pulled is below the level of the​ EMT’s waist, he should be in​ a(n) ________ position.

Answer 15

kneeling

Question 16

Which of the following factors least needs to be considered before lifting any​ patient?

Answer 16

the distance to cover