Chapter 7-transportation Flashcards
Type one ambulance 🚑 are specialty van with forward control?
True
Type 2 ambulances have a can body?
True
Type 1 ambulancea are conventional truck cabs?
True
Type 3 ambulances are specialty vans in which you can’t transfer the body to a new chassis?
True
Why are routine ambulance equipment checks essential?
So that essential equipment is available and in working order during patient care 🙏
Emergency vehicle placement in community should be determined by?
Average response times that meet national standards
Which of the following help promote safety when driving an ambulance?? 🚑
Using extreme caution at intersections especially when using the lights n sirens 🚨🚑
How can an EMR promote safety when responding to a Vehicle crash on the highway?
Park upwind and uphill
All medical crew members should receive specialized training in what?
Flight physiology 🚁🚁
Which of the following would justify the use of air medical transport by an advanced life support unit with a 40min ETA?
Possible ICP (intercranial pressure) with an absent pedal pulse.
Which of the following safety measures should be used when approaching the helicopter 🚁 to load a patient on ?
Approach the aircraft once you have made eye contact with pilot
List the steps for loading patient onto ambulance 🚑🚑
1) tilt head of stretcher upward, place it into the patient compartment.
2) the second paramedic, on the side of the stretcher releases the undercarriage lock and lifts undercarriage.
3)roll stretcher onto back of ambulance
4) secure stretcher to the brackets mounted in ambulance 🚑
Steps for taking patients off of the ambulance 🚑🚑
1)ensure patient is strapped in to stretcher
2) unlock head and foot locks
3) lifting with your legs, carefully roll stretcher forward until undercarriage engages.
4)with your partner steadying the stretcher from the side, gently bring the stretcher forward out of the ambulance 🚑
Landing zone for air ambulances are 151x151FT?
True
You are first at a highway scene at night, warning lights are to be used while setting up road flairs?
True
Keep all traffic and vehicles 30M or more away from helicopter 🚁
True
When aircraft is operating in hot mode, it’s when the rotor blades are active?
Correct
Severe traffic congestion and prolonged extrication may sometimes make the use of helicopters appropriate in urban areas?
True
If a helicopter is parked on a slight incline, approach from uphill side?
No. You need to make eye contact with the pilot to ensure he sees you, you need to approach from the top of the hill.
Fixed winged aircrafts are used mainly for transportation of patients over short distances?
Fixed winged aircrafts are for long distances!
Considering placing an emergency vehicle under any overhead wires to signify the hazard?
True
Cardiac arrests are to be transported by air ambulance? 🚑
No!
During night landings, wave and snine your flashlight to the aircraft to help with location?
False! This is dangerous
You are first to arrive at a 4 car MVC theres leaking fluid from all 4 cars. Where do you park the ambulance?
Upwind
If a rotary wing craft is parked on a slight incline approach?
From downhill
Equipment standards and minimum equipment for all ambulances are written by?
Provincial ministries of health
An operator should check what first? Before leaving the station for the night?
Fuel levels
What are two additional key functions of an ambulance that are especially important in extreme weather?
Heating control and wipers
You approach an emergency scene on a 2 way road, your patient is in 35ft ditch, what lighting is best?
Turn off emergency vehicles lights
When parking off the side of a road, what’s something you don’t need to overly consider?
Wind 🌬️
Your partner is doing a circle check outside the unit and notices red liquid leaking from underneath, what could this be.
Coolant fluid
First step to loading a patient in the ambulance 🚑
Tilt head of stretcher upward and place it into the tracks
Disadvantage of using air ambulance??
Weather and environment making it dangerous for crew
The mother of a 20yo unconscious patient demands she rides with you, where do you put her?
Front passenger seat with seatbelt secured
You’re transportating 4 patients. Patient #1 has a tibia fracture, #2 is hyperventilating, #3 is crying and #4 is presenting with shock. Who do you treat first?
Patient 4 as they have a higher risk of death if not dealt with ASAP
You approach a controlled stop with an opposing light? You?
Come to a full and complete stop🛑
It’s advised that while transporting the walking wounded on a bus from a MCI (multi casualty incident)
That a first responder follows the bus?
True
Which statement about ship to ship transfer is most correct?
After transfer is complete, ships shouldn’t longer alongside for any reason
Fixed winged aircrafts are typically for critically ill patients?
True
How many ked boards should an ambulance have?
One
When responding to an emergency call, driver must use audible and visual warning devices according to local protocols and based on what motor vehicle laws?
PROVINCIAL motor vehicle laws.
