Demo Test

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

Saying it again

Saying each number individually

Saying, "Do you copy?"

Saying it in Spanish

2. 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

3. 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

4. You arrive on scene of an unknown medical to find a man and a woman unconscious in their kitchen. You are finishing a rapid trauma assessment on the woman when your partner says she smells something odd and is feeling dizzy. Your best course of action would be to:

See if your partner can identify the odor

Remove yourself from the scene and advise dispatch of the situation

Call dispatch and request hazmat assistance while maintaining the patient's airway

Place both patients on high flow O₂ and pull them out of the house

5. What is the area of hazardous contamination known as?

Green zone

Yellow zone

Hot zone

Black zone

6. Repeaters are used to:

Record vital information for later use

Transfer and further a radio communication

Get the patient to communicate with you

Repeat what was just said

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

Don't rescue a patient in a burning building

Do something to a patient that results in injury to the patient

Leave a patient without the patient's consent and without equal or higher level care.

Leave a patient who is triaged green to assist a patient who is triaged red

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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