CHAPTER 10 scene size up

What is scene safety (pp 344-345)

• Refers to your evaluation of the conditions in which you will be operating

• Refers to your evaluation of the patient in which you will be operating

• Refers to your thoughts of the conditions in which you will be operating

• Refers to your evaluation of the conditions in which dispatch provides

What are the 5 main part the makes up the assessment process IN ORDER

• Scene size up. , history taking, primary assessment secondary assessment and reassessment

• Scene size up , primary assessment, vitals , history taking and reassessment

• Primary assessment, scene size up, history taking , secondary assessments and reassessment

• Scene size up, primary assessment, history taking , secondary assessment and reassessment

One sign or symptom can show you a patient’s status or underlying condition

• TRUE

• False.

Which of the following is not considered in scene size- up

• Determine the number of hazards

• Consider additional/ specialized resources

• Take standard precautions

• Determine the MOI or NOI

Answer explanation

Should be the number of patients

Which of the environmental factor does NOT affect patient care

• Physical violence

• Structual hazard

• Chemical hazard

• Water hazard

Answer explanation

The hazards are : environmental, physical hazards, biohazarrds, chemical hazardss,electrical hazards, water hazards and physical violence

During the scene size-up, you should routinely determine all of the following, EXCEPT:

• the mechanism of injury or nature of illness.

• the ratio of pediatric patients to adult patients.

• whether or not additional resources are needed.

• if there are any hazards that will jeopardize safety.

If you and your partner arrive at the scene and you start your inital assessment and you notice an unruly crows what hazard might arise

• Chemical hazard

• Physical hazards

• Physical violence

• Overcrowding hazard

Answer explanation

Scene that have the potential for violence due to violent patients, straught family members ,angry bystanders, gangs or unruly crowds pp 345

If your patient was trampled by a house and now has internal bleeding would his conditions be classified as a MOI or NOI

• MOI

• NOI

Answer explanation

Traumatic injuries are the result of physical forces applied to the outside of the body pp 346

The centers for disease control recommends what for use in dealing with objects , blood, body fluids and other potential exposures risks of communicable disease

• Gloves

• PPE

• Bio hazard suits

• Turn out gear

If you have multiple patients who system should u use to establish command, identify the number of patients and begin triage

• The report system

• The triage and support system

• The control and command system

• The incident command system

Answer explanation

Pp 348