Shabbos Guidelines Quiz

Before Shabbos, what should be turned off in your car?

• Air Conditioning

• Emergency Lights

• Stereo System

• Siren

How should radios and cell phones be prepared for Shabbos?

• Kept at low battery

• Fully Charged

• Turned off

• Removed from the vehicle

When can a member be dropped off at a location other than where the call began, after returning from a call on Shabbos?

• If it is on the way back.

• At their home, if they have a vehicle there and will be available for another call.

• Anywhere, as long as it is within the eruv.

• Members should not be dropped off at any other location under any circumstances.

How should one behave when responding to a call on Shabbos?

• With hesitation

• As one normally would during the week

• Using shinuyim whenever possible

• Avoiding any use of technology

When is it permissible to use the elevator to reach a patient?

• Never

• Always without shinuyim

• Only with a shinui

• Only when stairs are inaccessable

What should members advise patients to bring to the hospital?

• Just their ID

• Nothing

• ID, insurance card, cellphone, and charger

• Only insurance card

When should shinuyim be employed after patient care has been transferred to the hospital?

• When starting the ambulance

• When keying in on the radio

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

What constitutes a shinui?

• Using a device as intended

• Performing an action in a different way

• Using the right hand for everything

• Avoiding any physical contact with devices

How should radios be handled if their battery runs low on Shabbos?

• Discarded

• Left to run out

• Charged with a shinui

• Ignored until after Shabbos

What should be done with an ambulance upon returning from a call?

• Leave it running

• Park in a new location

• Return it to its regular parking spot

• Leave it unlocked