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Operations Exam Practice Questions
1. What is your priority as the incident commander at a mass casualty incident?
A. Ensuring safety of EMS personnel.
B. Monitor incident organization.
C. Directing extrication of casualties.
D. Notification of the media.
2. You are the first ambulance to arrive on the scene of a school bus rollover. The
fire department has stabilized the bus. What should you do?
A. Have your partner begin triaging patients.
B. Wait for your manager to arrive on scene.
C. Begin filling out patient care reports.
D. Load and transport the first patient you find.
3. A 43 year old male complains of a stiff neck, persistent cough, and fever for the
past week. He states he has been in and out of homeless shelters for the past 5
months. What should you do?
A. Apply oxygen by non-rebreather mask.
B. Use gloves, gown, and HEPA mask.
C. Put on eye protection and a surgical mask.
D. Have the patient wear a HEPA mask.
4. What is your major concern when performing a scene size up?
A. Safety of your crew.
B. Bystander interference.
C. Number of patients.
D. Weather conditions.
5. You are the first to arrive at a scene of an industrial complex. You witness
people running out of one buildings with rags over their mouths. An older gentleman
falls clutching his chest. What should you do?
A. Don a N95 mask and go to the gentleman that is suffering a possible MI.
B. Establish a safety zone and and evaluate what additional resources are needed.
C. Use your PA system and tell the people that can hear you to come to the sound of
your voice.
D. Roll down the window to smell to verify a toxic substance.
6. Your patient has a laceration to the face which aerosolizes blood each time the
patient exhales. What items of personal protective equipment would you choose for
this situation?
A. Gloves only
B. Mask and gown only
C. Goggles and gown only
D. Gloves, goggles, mask and gown
7. Which of the following has ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects
of an EMS system?
A. Ambulance service director.
B. Medical director.
C. The operations officer.
D. EMS battalion chief.
8. When gaining access to the driver in a vehicular collision, what is the access of
choice?
A. Door
B. Windshield
pg. 1
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C. Roof
pg. 2
Operations Exam Practice Questions
1. What is your priority as the incident commander at a mass casualty incident?
A. Ensuring safety of EMS personnel.
B. Monitor incident organization.
C. Directing extrication of casualties.
D. Notification of the media.
2. You are the first ambulance to arrive on the scene of a school bus rollover. The
fire department has stabilized the bus. What should you do?
A. Have your partner begin triaging patients.
B. Wait for your manager to arrive on scene.
C. Begin filling out patient care reports.
D. Load and transport the first patient you find.
3. A 43 year old male complains of a stiff neck, persistent cough, and fever for the
past week. He states he has been in and out of homeless shelters for the past 5
months. What should you do?
A. Apply oxygen by non-rebreather mask.
B. Use gloves, gown, and HEPA mask.
C. Put on eye protection and a surgical mask.
D. Have the patient wear a HEPA mask.
4. What is your major concern when performing a scene size up?
A. Safety of your crew.
B. Bystander interference.
C. Number of patients.
D. Weather conditions.
5. You are the first to arrive at a scene of an industrial complex. You witness
people running out of one buildings with rags over their mouths. An older gentleman
falls clutching his chest. What should you do?
A. Don a N95 mask and go to the gentleman that is suffering a possible MI.
B. Establish a safety zone and and evaluate what additional resources are needed.
C. Use your PA system and tell the people that can hear you to come to the sound of
your voice.
D. Roll down the window to smell to verify a toxic substance.
6. Your patient has a laceration to the face which aerosolizes blood each time the
patient exhales. What items of personal protective equipment would you choose for
this situation?
A. Gloves only
B. Mask and gown only
C. Goggles and gown only
D. Gloves, goggles, mask and gown
7. Which of the following has ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects
of an EMS system?
A. Ambulance service director.
B. Medical director.
C. The operations officer.
D. EMS battalion chief.
8. When gaining access to the driver in a vehicular collision, what is the access of
choice?
A. Door
B. Windshield
pg. 1
, 2
C. Roof
pg. 2
