________ is a legal position that assumes that an unconscious or badly injured adult patient would consent to receiving emergency care.

Negligence usually is a failure to provide the expected standard of care, leading to additional injury.

If you leave a sick or injured patient before equal or more highly trained personnel arrive you are said to have ________.

Which of the following may put a First Responder at risk of contracting an infectious disease?

All of the following are PPE except:

The disease which causes swelling in the liver is:

Which disease is common in jails, prisons, and nursing homes?

The disease known as a “super bug” is:

Unauthorized Practice of Medicine is what class of crime in North Carolina?

When responding to a call where the patient is conscious, the First Responder should state his/her name, that he/she is medically trained, and:

When is the initial assessment / Primary Survey done?

The initial way to check for a patient’s responsiveness is to talk to them.

A patient’s carotid pulse is located in the ________.

To check the airway in an unresponsive patient who is ill with no sign of trauma you would use the:

To check the airway in an unresponsive patient where trauma is present or suspected you would use the:

In the ________ survey, the officer makes a detailed ________ evaluation of the patient; systematically looks, feels, listens, and even at times smells for medical problems.

In judging a patients level of responsiveness, AVPU stands for

____ is what you see, feel, hear, and smell when examining the patient

____ is what the patient tells you is wrong such as dizziness, vomiting and chest pain

pulse, respiration, pupils, relative skin color, and temperature are known as ____

When conducting an initial/primary assessment, you will look for ____

___ occurs when both the heartbeat and respiration have stopped

_____ occurs when brain cells die

Which of the following is not a sign of normal breathing

Breathing that is irregular, too rapid, or slow is a sign of inadequate breathing

When checking for breathing you should look, listen, and feel for air exchange and observe skin color.

a stoma would be located in a patients ___

which of the following would a first responder do when a patient has gastric distension caused by artificial ventilation

____ shock is an acute allergic reaction to drugs, insect bites, food such as seafood, dust pollens, and other chemicals either ingested, injected, or inhaled

In what instance would you care for a patient with a partial airway obstruction as if it were a patient with a complete airway obstruction

What type of patient would you position face down on your forearm and give back blows to in order to dislodge an airway obstruction

when applying chest thrust to an infant you should use the tips of two or three fingers

when the heart suddenly stops beating, no oxygen can be pumped to the brain, and the oxygen supply in the brain is used up in about ___

what are the three signs of cardiac arrest

cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an emergency procedure that provides both chest compressions and ventiliation when heart and lung actions stop.

what is the ratio of breaths to compressions for an adult during one person CPR?

what is the ratio of breaths to compressions for a child during one person CPR?

you may stop CPR when;

The CPR sequence under American Heart association guidelines is

the ratio of breaths to compressions for children and infants during two person cpr is

____ carry / carries blood away from the heart

___ returns blood to the heart

of the three types of external bleed, ____ bleeding is the most serious

when applying a pressure dressing to a wound, if the bleeding continues, you should remove all the dressing and apply a fresh dressing

when applying a tourniquet to control life-threatening external bleeding, the tourniquet should be ___ inches above the wound (not over a joint or impaled object)

A tourniquet should be tightened until the bleeding stops

if you have applied a tourniquet to a patient, you must loosen it every 3-5 minutes as needed

if the first tourniquet applied does not stop the bleeding a second tourniquet can be applied closer to the body

Field treatment for a penetrating gunshot wound to the head is:

____ should be suspected if the patient coughs up blood

____ occurs when there is a failure of the circulatory system to provide enough blood to all the vital parts of the body

which of the following is not a symptom of shock

which of the following is not a sign of shock

__ shock results from a severe systemic allergic reaction

A contusion/bruise is an example of a/an ___

A laceration/cut is an example of a/an

A / An ___ is a wound caused by scraping, rubbing, or shearing away of the outermost layer of skin

A / An ___ occurs when interal organs protrude from an open wound

For a patient with an impaled object, the impaled object should never be removed in the field unless it is through the patients cheeks and interfering with airway management or CPR

to treat a sucking chest wound the officer responder should use an occlusive bandage that is at least 2 inches larger than the wound on all sides, which should be large enough not to be sucked into the wound

Pupils of unequal size might be a sign of

A "normal" adult blood pressure would be:

An _______ is a syringe with a spring-loaded needle that will release and inject epinephrine into the muscle when the auto-injector is pushed against the thigh?

Clear fluid leaking from the ears and/or nose of victim of a traumatic accident is a sign of a possible...

About 25% of poisonous snake bites are "dry" bites, or those in which venom is not injected.

Unequal pupil size with altered mental status is considered a symptom of a head injury.

Chest pain or discomfort described as heaviness or squeezing that may also radiate to the arms, shoulder, neck, or jaw is a general sign/symptom of a possible heart attack.

Female patients may not have any of the classic symptoms of a heart attack. They may complain of back pain.

Naloxone, sometimes referred to as Narcan, is an antidote for opioid overdose for drugs such as Percocet, OxyCotin, and heroin

Hypogylcemia refers to low blood sugar.

Heat Stroke is not a medical emergency

A patient may suffer a stroke when an area of the brain is deprived of blood.

For wet chemical burns, you should flush with copious amounts of water for at least ___ minutes.

A ____ involves only the top two layers of skin, the epidermis and the dermis. This type of burn is very painful.

What type of condition involves the overall reduction of body temperature which can be deadly?

The ___ organ is attached to the wall of the uterus that receives nutrients and oxygen from the mother for the fetus and returns waste from the fetus to the mother.

The first stage of labor is also known as the expulsion stage.

A behavioral emergency may be caused by a physical condition such as lack of oxygen or low blood sugar.

Anaphylactic shock is an allergic reaction to insect bites.stings or food allergies. When severe it is generally...

Withdrawal from alcohol can be as serious as an overdose emergency

Excited Delirium is a combination of delirium, psychomotor agitation (a series of unintentional and purposeless motions), anxiety, hallucinations, speech disturbances, disorientation, violent/bizzare behavior, insensitivity to pain, hyperthermia, and increased strength.

____ is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures.

____ will cause anyone exposed to it to possibly experience tearing of the eyes, runny nose, salivation, coughing, burning of the airways, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing. These symptoms usually begin to subside within 2 hours of exposure

____ is the sorting multiple casualties into priorities for emergency care or for transportation to definitive care.

Under the simple triage and rapid treatment (START) triage method there are __ levels

Under the simple triage and rapid treatment (START) triage system a patient with who is unable to walk and has respiration of 12, is alert and oriented and has a radical pulse is what level/color

The greatest danger in an emergency move is

The first medically trained person arriving at the scene is usually a ___

Privacy of medical patients is governed by HIPAA (Health insurance protability and accountability act)

Under the simple triage and rapid treatment system, evaluation is intended to be completed in about _____ seconds per victim

The recommended means to control major bleeding in a tactical environment while under fire is a rapidly applied _____

Usually, the best first step in saving a wounded officer is to control the ____

The best movement to use for rescuing an injured officer is the _____

If an object is impaled in the eye, you should cover both eyes to reduce movement of the injured eye

The term _____ refers to the circulation of the blood at the capillary and cellular level. Cells are ___ when there is an uninterrupted flow of blood under a more constant pressure. ___ is vital in that it keeps the body cells healthy by providing them with oxygen and other nutrients and removing waste products.

The average adult male has approximately ___ pints of blood

For the average adult male, a loss of approximately ___ pints of blood lead to moderate shock?

For the average adult male, a loss of approximately ___ pints of blood results in severe shock and can be fatal

The first priority is the safety of ____