Demo Test

1. 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

2. 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:

Multiple Command System

Unified Command System

Singular Command System

Coordinated Command System

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

Encoded so anybody not in the system, who is listening, will not know what you are talking about

Short, and to the point, using words like, 'yes' and 'no'

In plain English

Transmitted as rapidly as possible to keep the airway open

4. 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?

The back

The front

The uphill side

The downhill side

5. 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

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. 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?

Transporting in the fowler's position and O2 on nasal canula at 6 lpm

Parental release and advice about bike riding

If she is having her period and are her parents home

Having a female EMT respond for the patient's modesty

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

EMS Operations: