The first priority of an emergency medical responder should be

Scene safety

The four levels of national recognized EMS training are

Emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, Advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic

Some situations require the emergency medical responder to contact medical direction for permission during patient care this is an example of

Online medical Direction

As an emergency medical responder you are expected to provide quality Care based on

Standard of care

A patient gives you permission to provide care this is known as

consent

Which of the following is the emergency medical responder mandated to report

abuse

Disclosure of a patient information without the patient's consent is least appropriate in which situation

Talking with a patient's family members

Which of the following is considered battery

Checking the pulse of a patient who has just told you that he / she does not want treatment

All of the following are routes of exposure except

-Inflammation

Which of the following items is the most important to be worn when treating a patient with a contagious respiratory disease

n95 mask

The single most effective means of preventing the spread of disease is

effective hand washing

Human immunodeficiency virus HIV may be contacted by

Contact with bodily fluids of an infected person

The government organization that sets strict standards for reducing the possibility of infectious exposure in the workplace is

OSHA

As an emergency medical responder you are more at risk of cont

hepatitus b or c

Several weeks after a difficult incident you are having trouble sleeping and find that memories of the event and true into your daily life you may benefit from

Critical incident stress debriefing

The respiratory system is responsible for the exchange of

Oxygen and carbon dioxide

The patient was found lying face down this is known as blank position

prone

A technique used to movie patient from prone position to Supine position is called the

log roll

You are helping emt's movie patient who was attached to a backboard you should

keep the weight close to your body

Which statement about emergency moves is correct

Emergency moves are only used when the patient is an immediate Danger

A complete patient assessment includes all of the following except

confirming a diagnosis

You and your partner are dispatched to a crime scene where there is a stabbing victim your first priority is to

perform a scene size up

The purpose of a primary assessment is to

-Identify and treat life threatening injuries

When assessing a patient's mental status you should use the acronym

AVPU

Your patient present with chest pain and nausea for this patient chest pain represents

natureof illness

Which of the following acronyms would be most useful in gathering a medical history from your patient

SAMPLE

You were taking a sample history the S stands for

Signs and symptoms

You are having trouble locating a brachial pulse on a 2-month-old infant patient the infant is crying and moving normally another way of evaluating circulation on this infant would be to assess

capillary refill

Which of the following questions would most accurately assess the s in the O p q r s t mnemonic

-On a scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain

Your patient states that she is feeling nauseated she is describing a

symptoms

You respond to your residence and find a 47 year old female who says my stomach hurts and I think I might have a serious virus which of the following best represents the patient's Chief complaint

abdominal pain

The p in the AVPU acronym reflects that the patient

response to painful stimuli

Which of the following is not included in a typical Baseline set of Vital Signs obtained by the emergency medical responder

blood glucose levels

the pulse of an infant is assessed at the

upper arm

during your assessment of the patient's past history you take a sample history the m in Sample stands for

medications

The most appropriate location to assess a pulse in an unresponsive adult patient is the

carotid artery

the radial pulse point is located

on the inside of the patient's wrist

blood pressure is a measurement of

the pressure against the walls of the arteries

you arrive at the scene of a construction site accident the patient is lying in a Supine position and responds with a grown when you say his name loudly which element of the abpu acronym have you assessed

V

you are called to a park for a child who is not breathing there is nothing to indicate that the child has a spine injury how should you open the patient's Airway

head tilt/chin lift

the most common cause of an airway obstruction is

the tongue

a patient breathing 20 times a minute with labored respirations is most likely experiencing

respiratory distress

for patients have a suspective spinal injury you should use the

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