Demo Test

1. NIMS is best explained as:

A National system of managing large emergencies based on having private and governmental organizations work independently at the scene of a mass casualty

A systematic approach of assessment used during the triage of large groups of people during a mass casualty incident

Governmental rescue organizations taking responsibility for controlling the parts of the scene that fall within their expertise

A template system for providing consistent, effective processes in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an incident

2. Expressed consent is?

Not needed if the patient is conscious

Implied if the patient is conscious

Authorization by the patient for you to treat them

Needed if the patient is unconscious

3. An ambulance unit or fire department that makes an uncoordinated, independent decision during an incident is said to be:

Soloing

Spear Heading

Bird Dogging

Freelancing

4. A motor vehicle accident has occurred right in front of your ambulance and requires the patients to be extricated. Your first choice of location to accomplish the rapid extrication should be the?

Cut off roof

Broken window

Open broken windshield

The door

5. You and your partner Pepe arrive on scene to find a man in his early twenties with a large gash on his forearm that is spurting blood. You immediately apply pressure with your gloved hand as Pepe hands you a trauma dressing. The patient is pale with a weak rapid pulse and respirations of 30 breaths per minute. As you are finishing your initial assessment and bandaging the wound the PT tells you to "get away" from him. Your best course of action would be to do what?

Have Pepe wrestle him onto the stretcher.

Explain to the patient that you are almost finished bandaging his wound and you will leave him alone then

Stop bandaging the wound and call for police assistance in restraining the patient for transport

Tell the patient you cannot leave him until the wound is bandaged and then restrain him to the stretcher

6. You are called to the scene of a woman who is having difficulty breathing. Upon arrival you notice several people surrounding the woman who seems to be agitated. Your scene assessment determines it to be safe and you approach the woman who is in the tripod position. Her breathing is rapid and shallow. She states her ribs hurt after being struck with a punch from her husband. You should?

Call law enforcement and leave the scene until they arrive

Treat the patient if the situation appears safe and inform law enforcement of the possible assault when the time is appropriate

Call the husband out for hitting a woman and make him look dumb in front of the rest of the family

Inform the woman that she will have to go to the hospital if she wants to get treated. This environment is not safe

7. Which of the following would be a sign that CPR may not be necessary?

Stiff neck and jaw

Core cyanosis

No pulse or respirations

The patient is unconscious

8. What authority has jurisdiction over radio transmissions made during a call?

PTA

FCC

NRA

FCT

9. You are the first EMS unit on scene of a multiple casualty incident. A crane has fallen from a building roof top and ripped through an adjacent building. What should you do according to the ICS?

Notify dispatch of the need for an Incident Commander and begin triaging patients.

Inform IC of your location and begin triaging patients if the scene is safe.

Stay a safe distance from the incident and do what the Incident Commander tells you to do.

Take incident command until relieved or reassigned

10. What should be done to a French tip catheter after suctioning a patient's airway?

Throw it away

Flush with sterile water in preparation for additional suctioning

Put it in the sharps container

Take it home for your kids to play with

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