EMSB CHAPTER 2: WELL-BEING OF THE EMT QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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Identify the role of a support system in maintaining well-being Ans✓✓✓
Friends, family, colleagues
Recognize the health benefits of an exercise program Ans✓✓✓
Strength, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, weight-loss
Relate the importance of sleep to the performance as an EMT Ans✓✓✓
Strong medical reasoning/performance, immune response, vehicle
operation
Identify the health benefits of eating right Ans✓✓✓ Fuel for long shifts
and strenuous activities
List the negative impacts of excess consumption of alcohol and caffeine
Ans✓✓✓ Caffeine crashes and the illusion of being alert and awake
Reduces performance on personal, medical, and social issues; reaction
time
Recognize the importance of regular visits to your physician, including
keeping current on vaccinations Ans✓✓✓ Ensure well-being; catch
problems before they become serious
, Explain the concepts of personal protection from communicable diseases
Ans✓✓✓ Standard Precautions
PPE
Always remove and discard PPE after use, disinfect and clean, complete
appropriate documentation after incident
Immunizations are also important
Explain the concept of Standard Precautions in protection from
communicable diseases Ans✓✓✓ Personal protective equipment (PPE)
to prevent disease transmission
All agencies must have written policy in place in the event of an
exposure to infectious substances
Federal legislation provides notification for providers exposed to
infectious patients who turn out to have a disease/virus (ex. TB, AIDS,
hep B) (Ryan White CARE Act)
Explain the concept of PPE in protection from communicable diseases
Ans✓✓✓ Gloves (non latex/vinyl): For contact with blood/body fluids
Gloves on or available before arriving to scene
Safe glove removal
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
Identify the role of a support system in maintaining well-being Ans✓✓✓
Friends, family, colleagues
Recognize the health benefits of an exercise program Ans✓✓✓
Strength, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, weight-loss
Relate the importance of sleep to the performance as an EMT Ans✓✓✓
Strong medical reasoning/performance, immune response, vehicle
operation
Identify the health benefits of eating right Ans✓✓✓ Fuel for long shifts
and strenuous activities
List the negative impacts of excess consumption of alcohol and caffeine
Ans✓✓✓ Caffeine crashes and the illusion of being alert and awake
Reduces performance on personal, medical, and social issues; reaction
time
Recognize the importance of regular visits to your physician, including
keeping current on vaccinations Ans✓✓✓ Ensure well-being; catch
problems before they become serious
, Explain the concepts of personal protection from communicable diseases
Ans✓✓✓ Standard Precautions
PPE
Always remove and discard PPE after use, disinfect and clean, complete
appropriate documentation after incident
Immunizations are also important
Explain the concept of Standard Precautions in protection from
communicable diseases Ans✓✓✓ Personal protective equipment (PPE)
to prevent disease transmission
All agencies must have written policy in place in the event of an
exposure to infectious substances
Federal legislation provides notification for providers exposed to
infectious patients who turn out to have a disease/virus (ex. TB, AIDS,
hep B) (Ryan White CARE Act)
Explain the concept of PPE in protection from communicable diseases
Ans✓✓✓ Gloves (non latex/vinyl): For contact with blood/body fluids
Gloves on or available before arriving to scene
Safe glove removal
