Demo Test

1. 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

2. 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?

Begin extrication of the patients while your partner calls for more ambulances

Get the fire department en route, establish a safety zone and assist in keeping traffic a safe distance away

Triage the most critically injured first and then extricate them in order of severity

Inform the patients that you are not allowed by law to enter the zone until it is made safe by law enforcement

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

PTA

FCC

NRA

FCT

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

Green zone

Yellow zone

Hot zone

Black zone

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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