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EMS Operations:

1. Repeaters are used to:


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


3. Your patient is a 14-year-old girl who is complaining of vaginal pain after falling onto the center post of her bike. She is alone and very scared. She has called the accident in on her cell phone and stated that she is bleeding very badly and feeling faint. Besides treating for shock, what other things should you consider with this patient?


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


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


6. NIMS is best explained as:


7. You have requested helicopter transportation of a critical burn patient. The remote nature of the accident will force the helicopter to land on an incline. From which direction should you approach the helicopter?


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


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


10. It's 7:30 a.m. and you arrive on scene of a two car collision involving at least 6 patients on a foggy corner of a fairly busy country road. The fire department is not there yet and there is smoke and flames showing from both cars. You can hear people crying and cars are already driving around the wreckage to get past the scene. What steps should you take?