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. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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?

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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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