COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
● Elements to preserve a crime scene. Answer: Always use paper bags
not plastic, don't cut through bullet holes or stab marks, don't move
things or touch things unnecessarily, inform law enforcement of
anything done, don't put yourself or others in danger, always wait for
law enforcement to secure the scene
● Resources for pt with language barrier. Answer: Wong baker universal
pain chart, interpreters, family members, other responders, electronic
translation (app), minors acting as interpreters, interpreters provided by
the hospital or dispatch
● How to clean backboard. Answer: Use either commercial disinfecting
wipes or bleach 1:10, may need to leave wet for 5mins, this is for
reasonable medical equipment, or for stretcher clean with an
environment protection agency registered germicidal/virucidal solution
or with bleach and water at 1:100 dilution
● When to check out your ambulance. Answer: At the beginning of your
shift, after each call to make sure you have the equipment restocked
from the previous call, also restock any missing equipment at the end of
your shift
, ● When driving code three. Answer: You are requesting the right of
way, use due regard
● Procedures when staging away from the scene. Answer: Staging areas
are assigned during MCIS that require response from many agencies,
stage equipment in cold zone along with vehicle with command post,
any unsafe scenes, stage away from active fires to safely clear the way
for arriving apparatus, stage away from flames, building collapses,
smoke and other scene hazards, upwind and uphill on hazmat scenes, in
some situations you should be visible to other emergency workers to
find you and some you must wait to be called in to prevent clogging
modes of egress, should be in contact with triage command and logistics
● Positioning the ambulance at a traffic accident. Answer: If first on
scene, park the unit between the scene and traffic to block any potential
accidents or traffic driving onto your scene. If second on, park ahead of
the accident to have ease of egress
● How to handle large crowds. Answer: Keep them away from hazards
to prevent them from becoming victims, contact pd to help control the
scene, keep crowd, media away from all cold, hot and warm zones
● Elements of ICS. Answer: Command, operations, finance, logistics,
planning, command staff