CH. 41 Flashcards
Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
1. Answer: B Face to face, inside the house
2. Answer: C The paramedic, because she is the highest-level provider on scene.
3. Answer: D Whichever role the team leader needs when you ask
4. Answer: A prepare the patient by continuing to ventilate.
5. Answer: C Help pad under the patient’s shoulders.
6. Answer: D The BVM is offering more resistance.
7. Answer: C not engage; calmly speak to the AEMT about the situation after the call.
8. Answer: A The team leader
9. Answer: While this chapter has provided you with a number of tools to help build better EMS teams, the exact procedure to follow will depend on the situation as well as your own skills and abilities and your working relationship with the other team members involved. However, there is no question that when a disagreement or breakdown in the team dynamic disrupts critical patient care, immediate intervention is needed.
In this case, you must do what is necessary to ensure that artificial ventilation continues at the appropriate rate, whether this is to draw the attention of the paramedic to the fact that ventilation is inadequate, or to offer to take over ventilation yourself so that the other team members can resolve the issue and proceed with the call.
10. Answer: Preparation and training are always the key to great performance in the field. The more frequently and realistically providers of all levels can train and practice together, the better they will be able to perform as a true team to produce the best possible patient outcome, rather than working as independent providers or a loosely connected group.
