Health Skills-EMR1

You are first to arrive on scene of a patient who has had a motor vehicle accident. He is still in the vehicle , which has power lines draped across the hood. You should:

• carefully remove the patient from the vehicle w/o touching any metal
• ask the patient to crawl out of the vehicle
• put on rubber gloves and carefully move the power lines away
• advise the patient to remain still and immediately contact the power company

Any sick or injured patient should be transported to the closest hospital, regardless of the patient's condition

• True
• False

EMRs are legally obligated to accompany the patient in the back of the ambulance to the hospital

• False
• True

The EMR is usually the last medically trained person to arrive at the scene

• Ture
• False, usually the first
• False, but I don't know why

An EMR will Most likely preform what at the scene of a cardiac arrest?

• initiation of an intravenous line
• insertion of an endotracheal tube
• CPR and defibrillation
• administer medications

When documenting the events of an emergency call, the EMR should NEVER include the treatment provided before EMS arrival.

• False
• True

You arrive at the scene of an incident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian.  The paramedic unit is not there.  There is a 16 year old patient who is unconscious and bleeding from the head....

• begin immediate treatment and ask a law enforcement officer to attempt to contact the child's parents
• contact the child's parents first before rendering any care
• keep curious by standards away from the scene

You are dispatched to an elementary school for a 8 year old boy.  The child is conscious, alert, and does not appear to have any life-threatening injuries. What do you do?

• Begin treatment of the child
• Ask a teacher to contact the child's parents to obtain consent for you to begin treatment
• Allow the teacher to sign a patient refusal form because the child does not require treatment
• Send the child to the nurses office

Which of the following terms defines what the nurse aide can and cannot do?

• Job Description

• Nurse Practice Act

• Scope of Practice

• OBRA

Rules, regulations, and laws, though they may vary from state to state or region to region, that govern the practice of emergency responders are considered to be:

• scope of practice

• proximate causation

• negligence

• protocols