EMR Chapter 20

As an EMR, your first goal in special rescue situations is to:

• call for additional resources

• prevent bystanders from getting injured

• rescue patient

• assess scene to ensure your safety

List common hazards found at a motor vehicle crash scene

• downed electrical lines

• spilled gasoline or other hazardous materials

• vehicle fires

• All of the above

List, in order, four steps you should follow when attempting water rescue

• Throw

  Row

  Reach

  Go

• Reach

  Throw

  Row

  Go

• Row

  Throw

  Reach

  Go

• Reach

  Row

  Throw

  Go

Initial treatment of a person in the water includes all of the following, except:

• supporting back and neck and turning patient face up

• opening airway using the jaw-thrust maneuver

• performing rescue breathing

• performing chest compressions

When should you expect a spinal cord injury in a water rescue situation?

• When patient is unresponsive

• When patient is responsive and complaining of numbness and tingling

• When patient is responsive and complaining of neck pain

• All of the above

Both air embolisms and decompression sickness are caused by:

• air bubbles released in body

• running out of air while diving

• patient holding his or her breath while coming to surface

• diving in water that is too cold

If you must go onto ice to attempt a rescue, you should try to spread your weight over a wider area

• True

• False

Besides drowning (submersion), what is the major concern associated with ice rescue situations?

• Slips and falls

• Hypothermia

• Lacerations from broken ice

• Getting victim’s car off ice

Emergencies involving farm silos should be treated as which type of incident?

• Confined space

• Hazardous material

• Mass casualty

• Routine medical emergency

Once you determine an accident scene involving a bus is safe, what should your first step be?

• Choose a victim and begin treating him or her

• Initiate START triage system

• Try to remove as many victims from bus as possible

• Stop all traffic on road to avoid hampering police investigation