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EMS Operations:

1. Communication on the radio is a very important part of the EMS system, and messages should be:


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


3. When transmitting a number with two or more digits you should say the whole number first, followed by:


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


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?


6. 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?


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


8. A train derailment has caused two tanker cars to explode and several others to begin leaking an unknown gas. The size of the affected area is large and crosses several county lines. According to NIMS, this type of MCI would benefit most from a:


9. An EMT may be charged with abandonment if they?


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