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WorksheetsOperations Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
As the first arriving unit to a crash involving a school bus full of students, you have reported to dispatch what resources are needed. One of the next important responsibilities for the EMT or Paramedic will be to set up:
A triage area.
Incident command.
The staging area.
The treatment section.
Which of the following typically works the easiest and should be used first for opening a door on a damaged vehicle to gain access to a patient?
A pry bar.
Your hand.
A window punch.
A hydraulic spreader.
You have a patient entrapped in a vehicle and it is 20 below zero. Which of the following would be an appropriate method to prevent the patient from developing hypothermia?
Leave the vehicle heater running.
Cover the patient with a blanket.
Place a tarp over the patient.
Administer IV fluids.
A patient’s hands were exposed to a large amount of radiation in a short period of time about a week ago and he now has blisters on his hands. This patient is suffering from:
Radiation injury.
Radiations illness.
Radiation sickness.
Radiation poisoning.
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate to include in a radio report to the hospital when you are involved with a mass casualty incident?
No communication should occur.
Priority, destination hospital transport unit, ETA, disaster 10-code.
Priority, destination hospital, ETA, transport unit, principal injury.
Vital signs, ETA, destination, hospital, transport unit, principal injury, history.
You are an EMS rescuer inside the vehicle where the Jaws of Life are being used to extricate the patient. What specific personal protective equipment should you wear?
Hearing protection.
Non-latex work gloves.
Spark and flame resistant clothing.
Full turnout gear, including a helmet.
You are called to a local warehouse for workers there that are “feeling sick”. There is no one outside to greet you so you decide to use the front entrance. As you are about to exit your unit, you notice a few dead birds in the parking lot. As you mention this to your partner, you see more dead birds. How does this affect your normal emergency response?
Call your supervisor for instructions.
Enter the building slowly with lots of caution.
Stay in your unit and retreat from the scene until rescue providers arrive.
Stay in your unit and retreat from the scene until rescue providers arrive.
What is the primary benefit of using triage tags at a mass casualty incident?
They are cheaper than triage tape.
They provide complete documentation abilities.
They allow you to easily count patients in each category.
They prevent the patient from identifying the seriousness of the injuries.
When a substance settles to the lowest point on the ground or rises when released in the air, it can best be described as its:
Vapor density.
:Vapor pressure.
Specific gravity.
Water solubility.
Which of the following ethical principles applies during mass casualty incidents?
Doing no harm
Doing what is right.
Doing what is in the patient’s best interest
Doing the greatest good for the greatest number.
From the list below, the highest level of protection against hazardous materials would be expected from:
Latex gloves.
Sterile gloves.
Nitrile gloves.
Leather gloves.
The greatest risk for causing a secondary contamination at a hazardous materials incident would be when:
A decontaminated patient at an ammonia leak incident is now coughing
An oxygen tank used in the hot zone to treat a patient that is then brought to the ambulance.
Contaminated tools used in the rescue operation are brought from the hot zone into the warm zone.
A change in wind direction causes the hazardous material to engulf the medical command area
You are on the scene of a hazardous materials spill when a bystander that has wet clothing and an odd odor approaches you. The patient is having some dizziness and nausea. What should be your first course of action?
Extend the warm zone to contain this newly contaminated area.
Make him report to the decontamination line for decontamination.
Get PPE on and obtain some vitals due to his cardiac symptomology.
Have a Hazmat technician hose him with a fire hose since he is symptomatic
When comparing G agents and VX agents, which agent is more toxic and by how much?
VX is 10-20 times more toxic than G.
G is 10-20 times more toxic than VX.
VX is 100-150 times more toxic than G.
G is 100-150 times more toxic than VX.
Which of the following would provide the greatest benefit to a patient for activation of an air medical transport?
Greater care during transport.
More procedures can be done en route.
Access to specialized skills and supplies.
Greater likelihood of survival of cardiac arrest.
You have an incident where you have very limited access to the patient trapped in a vehicle. Which of the following assessments should occur regardless of how trapped the patient is?
Rapid trauma survey.
Primary assessment.
Detailed exam.
Focused exam.
You arrive at the scene of a motor-vehicle-crash to find the patient is pinned under a collapsed steering column. You have called for a rescue unit to assist. You walk around the scene to make sure it is clear of hazards and determine there is no easy access to the locked vehicle. The patient becomes unresponsive at this time so your best action would be to:
Wait for rescue personnel to arrive.
Break a window and unlock the door.
Attempt access through the trunk of the vehicle.
Take an ax to the door-locking pin away from the patient.
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of having an incident command system during times of a mass casualty incident?
To minimize the impact on the receiving hospitals.
To allow for the cooperation of all responding agencies.
To qualify for federal and state funding for terrorism response.
To control, direct, and coordinate emergency response resources.
What is the major malfunction for the patient with a pulmonary embolism?
Decreased pulmonary circulation.
Decreased ventilation to bronchi.
Decreased ventilation to alveoli.
Decreased circulation to the heart.
You are evaluating a 180-pound, 22-year-old male who is bleeding severely from a lacerated radial artery. The patient has lost approximately 1 pint of blood so far. You should expect to find:
Normal pulse, normal blood pressure, and normal respirations.
Increased pulse, decreased blood pressure, and rapid respirations.
Increased pulse, decreased systolic pressure, and normal respirations.
Increased pulse, increased systolic pressure, and increased respiratory rate.
Your conscious, competent, adult patient refuses a medication and asks you to remove an established IV as well. You contact the on-line physician and he orders you to go ahead and give the medication. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate action?
Administer the medication as directed.
Remove the IV as requested by the patient.
Keep the IV in place but withhold the medication.
Remove the IV and administer the medication via an alternative route.
Which of the following is caused by an increase in fluid within brain tissue as a result of high altitude illness?
CVA.
AMS.
HAPE.
HACE.
The rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular profession is the definition of:
Ethics.
Morals.
Duty to Act.
Standard of Care.
Which of the following factors that precipitates disease in the human body deals with the relative number of hydrogen ions?
Hypoxia.
Hydration.
Acid-base balance.
Electrolyte imbalance.
When you are asking an adult patient if it would be okay for you to assess him and provide care, you are asking for which of the following?
Implied consent.
Informed consent.
Expressed consent.
Delegated consent.
