Ch. 4: Safety and Wellness Flashcards
What best describes those in an ambulance that should use seat belts?
All persons on board
The stage of the stress response in which the pituitary gland releases a flood of adrenocorticotropic hormones is:
alarm
One of the principles of proper lifting is to:
Position the load close to your body
What is an important factor in reducing the risk of infectious disease?
stress management, adequate rest and good nutrition
What is NOT one of the core elements of physical fitness?
speed
What causes the greatest number of job-related deaths among EMS personnel?
motor vehicle collisions
Good nutrition habits include:
bringing low-calorie snacks to work
When should you wash your hands?
Before meals, when they are visibly soiled, and after every patient contact and/or decontamination procedure
When operating an emergency vehicle, the paramedic should show due regard for the safety of:
the patient, the EMS crew members, and the general public
The most important standard precaution the EMS provider can employ as an infection-control practice is to:
utilize frequent hand-washing
A patient with suspected or known _________ makes it necessary for the care provider to don a HEPA or N-95 respirator.
tuberculosis
What can be done to minimize the possibility of developing cancer?
Eating broccoli and high-fiber foods, wearing sun-block, and risk-assessment screening
Your EMS partner has been through some hard times lately. After not smoking for years, he’s taken it up again and now chain-smokes. He’s sometimes rude to patients, and when you try to talk with him about this, he cuts you off. Your partner is using stress-management techniques best described as:
Detrimental
You are responding to a call for a “person slumped behind the wheel of a car” on a “quiet side street” at 1 A.M. How should you approach this car?
Pull up behind the car, use spotlights to “blind” the occupant, and approach cautiously until you perceive that there is no hostile intent
What normally occurs as part of the “fight-or-flight” response?
pupils dilate
Your ambulance arrives at a scene where a car has run into a ditch alongside a two-lane country highway. You should park the ambulance:
In front of the car on the same side of the street
What can increase the risk of back injury?
Smoking, weak abdominal muscles, and poor nutrition
What are benefits of good nutritional habits?
proper body weight, reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, and reduced cancer risk
What practice, when done regularly, can help reduce back injuries during lifting?
keeping the palms up when possible while lifting the cot
Shift work, down time between calls, and inadequate pay are all examples of _________ stressors.
administrative
You just sustained an accidental needle stick with a contaminated intravenous needle. You should immediately:
wash the affected area with soap and water
What is NOT a common warning sign of cancer?
weight gain
Name a bloodborne disease:
Hepatitis B
Any occurrence in which blood or body fluids contact nonintact skin or mucous membranes is considered a(n):
exposure
A supervisor senses that an EMS crew that has just conducted a very dramatic, but unsuccessful, rescue of a drowned child may be experiencing very intense emotions about the incident. What is an appropriate supervisory action?
initiate a “resiliency based care” program to care for the mental health of the crew
When evaluating a patient with TB, paramedics should protect themselves by:
wearing HEPA respirators
