Scene Size-Up

Question 1

When does scene size-up begin?

Answer 1

When you first receive the call.

Question 2

The five component of scene size-up are:

Answer 2

1. Standard precautions,
2. scene safety,
3. resource determination,
4. location of patients, and
5. mechanism of injury/nature of illness.

Question 3

Standard precautions is a strategy designed to reduce…

Answer 3

the risk of transmission of microorganisms from both recognized and unrecognized sources of infection.

Question 4

The minimum recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) includes:

Answer 4

1. Hand hygiene,
2. protective gloves,
3. masks and protective eyewear,
4. HEPA and N-95 respirators,
5. gowns, and
6. disposable resuscitation equipment.

Question 5

This is the most important infection control practice.

Answer 5

Hand washing

Question 6

Scene safety

Answer 6

Doing everything possible to ensure a safe environment for yourself, your crew, other responding personnel, your patient, and any bystanders.

Question 7

The order of priorities for scene safety.

Answer 7

1. You
2. Your crew
3. Other responding personnel
4. Your patient
5. Bystanders

Question 8

Entering an unsafe scene is unacceptable unless

Answer 8

There is an immediate life-threatening situation you are reasonably sure you can mitigate or avert to save your patient’s life.

Question 9

Environmental hazards include

Answer 9

Weather, terrain, water, electricity, and confined space.

Question 10

Fatal possibilities of confined space situations include

Answer 10

1. oxygen deficiency,
2. toxic or explosive chemicals,
3. cave-ins,
4. machinery entrapment,
5. electricity, and
6. structural collapse.

Question 11

Primary hazardous materials include

Answer 11

1. Chemical,
2. biological,
3. radiologic,
4. nuclear, and
5. explosive agents

Question 12

Awareness level of hazardous materials training responsibilities

Answer 12

1. Recognize that the incident involves a hazardous material,
2. establish incident command, and
3. control the scene until help arrives.

Question 13

The four “don’ts” when you approach a hazardous scene are:

Answer 13

1. Don’t rush in.
2. Don’t assume anything.
3. Don’t become a victim.
4. Don’t test (smell, taste, touch) a foreign substance.

Question 14

The mechanism of injury is

Answer 14

the combined strength, direction, and nature of forces that injured your patient.

Question 15

Index of suspicion is

Answer 15

a prediction of injuries based on the mechanism of injury.