Greg's Class Quiz Questions Flashcards
What is a unique function of a Emergency Medical Dispatcher (E.M.D)?
Providing callers with life-saving instructions
What most accurately portrays Emergency Medical Services (E.M.S)?
A team of health care professional who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
The determination that prompt surgical care in the hospital is more important than performing time-consuming procedures in the field on a major trauma patient is based
EMS research
While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to another emergency medical technician (E.M.T) several days later. What type of transmission does this scenario describe
indirect Contact
If you are exposed to a patients blood or other bodily fluid your first action should be to:
Transfer care of your patient to another EMS provider
To minimize the risk of litigation, the EMT should always
provide competent care that meets current standards
You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle versus pedestrian accident. The patient, a 13-year-old male is unconscious and has multiple injuries. As you are treating the child, a law enforcement officer advises you that the child’s parents will be at the scene in approximately 15 minutes What should you do?
Transport the child immediately and have the parents meet you at the hospital.
You are treating a man with a closed head injury following an assault by a burglar. The patient who has slurred speech, becomes verbally abusive and tells you to leave him alone. You should?
proceed with treatment and utilize law enforcement if necessary.
In which of the following circumstances can the EMT legally release confidential patient information
The patient is competent and signs a release form
You are interviewing a 52-year-old man who complains of chest discomfort. The patient is a retried paramedic and is very anxious because he thinks he is having a heart attack. Which of the following statement would be appropriate to say
It is possible that you are experiencing a heart attack. I am going to give you four baby aspirin to chew and swallow.
In relation to the wrist, the elbow is
Proximal
Movement or motion away from the body’s midline is called
abduction
You suspect that a 75-year-old man has internal injuries after he fell and struck his ribs and abdomen on the corner of the table. When assessing and treating an injured patient of this age, you must recall that:
His ability to physiologically compensate for his injury may be impaired due to an inability to increase cardiac output.
The low normal systolic blood pressure for a 30-year-old is
90 mm Hg
The term “pharmacology” is MOST accurately defined as ?
The study of drugs and the effects on the body
Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin and brand (trade) names for the genric medication
Ibuprofen
An EMT may administer aspirin to a patient if
authorization from medical control has been obtained
What is considered a symptom
A headache
The goal of primary assessment is to
identify and rapidly treat all life-threatening conditions
does a patient suffering with an acute allergic reaction and dizziness have an altered mental status?
No
