EMR Ch 3 Review

You are about to start a new job and are told that you must have a medical exam prior to employment to determine your:

• fitness to work.

• baseline health status.

• drug use.

• health qualifications.

Which vaccine is required by OSHA for any employee who has a reasonable risk of being exposed to blood or other infectious materials?

• Tuberculosis

• HIV

• Hepatitis B

• Pneumonia

Standard precautions are specific steps taken to prevent exposure to:

• potentially infectious patients.

• bodily fluids.

• broken glass and metal shards. 

• heat or chemical burns.

 Body substance isolation (BSI) precautions include:

• Hepatitis A and B vaccinations.

• special plastic tents for infectious patients.

• CDC warnings by radio and television.

• wearing personal protective equipment.

 Pathogens that are breathed into the lungs enter the body through which route of exposure?

• Inhalation

• Ingestion

• Injection

• Absorption

Which type of PPE must be worn every time you are assisting a patient?

• Gloves

• Gown

• Face mask

• Eye protection

After cleaning reusable equipment with soap and water to remove all visible blood, vomit, and other bodily fluids, you must clean it again with an appropriate:

• partner

• supervisor

• pathogen

• disinfectant

While working with a TB patient with a wet cough, you discover that despite wearing appropriate PPE, some of the patient's sputum has splattered onto your face. You wash the area thoroughly with soap and water, and document the exposure on the appropriate form. What must you also remember to do?

• Get a tuberculosis vaccine within seven days.

• Place yourself in quarantine when you reach the hospital.

• Schedule a follow-up medical evaluation.

• Complete an advance directive form.

You have received a call that a woman has been injured in a fight outside a downtown bar. When you arrive, you are careful to park the ambulance where it will not block traffic. A crowd has gathered and you notice ________, so you know that you must not attempt to provide care until law enforcement says you may enter the scene.

• a police car in front of the bar

• several people are carrying weapons

• the bar still has customers

• the patient is in handcuffs

You are called to the scene of an overturned tanker truck. Arriving at the scene, you notice a fluid draining from the underside of the truck. You use your binoculars to look on the placard on the back of the vehicle so that you can identify the material from your:

• Physician's Desk Reference

• Emergency Response Guidebook.

• Standard Operations Procedure Manual.

• Emergency Medical Responder Manual.