Pre Lab 6 Flashcards
At a major accident scene with several patients with multiple injuries, you have to perform triage duties. A patient with spinal shock would be tagged:
Red
When completing the self assessment in the continuing competency, the EMR rates themselves using a:
1 to 5 rating scale
What role is the Staging Officer responsible for at an MCI?
Staging of ambulances and personnel at the MCI
All of the following are in the ACP Code of Ethics except ________________ :
Protect and maintain patient confidentiality
2) Teach and be taught
3) Protect and maintain the patient’s safety, dignity, and privacy
Correct Response
—-4) Accept gifts when given by patient as a sign of respect
If a child’s parents or guardian cannot be reached and the child is seriously injured, the child may be treated using:
implied comsent
Touching a patient without getting the patient’s consent may be called:
Assault and battery
The Alberta College of Paramedics under the “Health Professions Act”:
Establishes, maintains, and enforces a continuing competency program
If you are going through a red light¸ you should:
Slow down, stop briefly if required, and proceed
You are beginning triage at the scene of a mass casualty incident in which a commuter train has derailed. Which of the following should you do first?
Announce that everyone who can get up and walk needs to go the parking lot of a nearby building
With reference to the “Highway Traffic Act”, during emergency ambulance operation:
You must have your siren on
Which of the following is a feature of a good disaster plan?
1) It is based on the availability of resources in a particular area
2) It has been practiced in mock disasters
3) It is specific to the geographical location
Correct Response
**4) All of these options
Special masks or respirators help prevent the spread of:
Tuberculosis
Classification for triage include all of the following except:
1) Red
**2) Blue
3) Yellow
4) Green
Patient information can be shared with all of the following people except:
1) Police when a criminal activity accrued
2) Medical examiner
Correct Response
**3) A reporter covering the emergency call
4) Receiving hospital staff
On shift as an EMR you must answer emergency calls, this is called:
A duty to act
The “Emergency Medical Aid Act” is designed to protect you from:
Civil Liability
Several children with injuries ranging from lowest to highest priority have been injured at school. A small girl with an isolated fracture of the forearm should be triage tagged:
Green
Continuing competencies have to be done every ________________ by the EMR.
Every year
A Basic Life Support ambulance must be staffed with:
One emergency medical technician and one emergency medical responder
The scope of practice for a prehospital care practitioner in Alberta is defined by:
Alberta Occupational Competency Profile
The key elements of WHMIS are:
Material safety data sheets, labels and worker education
An ambulance is permitted to ignore posted parking signs:
When necessary in an emergency situation
Beneficial ways to manage stress include:
Exercise, eat healthy, sleep
You are at the scene of a mass casualty incident in which there are 50 patients from a bus rollover. Incident command has been established and there are EMS, law enforcement, and rescue sectors established. You have just found that one of the bus passengers was carrying a suspicious package that is now leaking a white powdery substance. Who should you contact about this?
EMS sector officer
Hazardous materials may be best defined as:
Materials that pose a risk to health and property if not properly controlled
The order of the five stages of grief is:
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
As an EMR in a hazardous materials situation, your first priority is to:
Protect yourself and call for help
Why must you know the location of all ambulance equipment?
For prompt patient care
