Demo Test

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

PTA

FCC

NRA

FCT

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. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

Green zone

Yellow zone

Hot zone

Black zone

9. 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

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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