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EMS Operations:

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


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


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?


4. 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:


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 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?


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


8. Repeaters are used to:


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


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