EMR Final Exam Study Guide
Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. - Answer Basic
emergency care
How is malaria transmitted? - Answer Through vector-borne transmission (mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. - Answer Biohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is to
_____. - Answer Flush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? - Answer Paramedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of practice. -
Answer Good Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. - Answer Understand questions and the
implications of their decisions.
Providing basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. - Answer Standard of
Care
The medial part of the body is ______. - Answer Towards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be the
least vital. - Answer Kidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? - Answer When a building is on fire,
from a vehicle that is smoking, and when the patient is blocking access to other
patients.
What is the best way to move a patient who has a suspected neck or spinal injury? -
Answer Blanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? - Answer Explosions,
penetrating trauma, blunt force.
_________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. - Answer
Hazardous
When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. - Answer Scene safety
What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a patient? -
Answer Power grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. - Answer 5
, EMR Final Exam Study Guide
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be wearing
when working with a patient? - Answer Disposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? - Answer To identify changes in
the patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery. - Answer
Brachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical control? -
Answer Identify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway obstruction. -
Answer False
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. - Answer Axial (transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver? - Answer By
sliding your fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. - Answer Unconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is responsible
for breathing. - Answer Diaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. - Answer Skin
What signs would you expect if hazardous materials were present on a scene? -
Answer Foul and acrid odors
When suctioning a patient, do not suction for more than _____ seconds at a time -
Answer 15
If a choking patient goes unconscious, then the first thing you must do is ______. -
Answer Lower them carefully to the ground
An oxygen cylinder should be refilled when the pressure gauge reads _____ ppi or
below. - Answer 200
An advantage of a variable flow rate device on an oxygen tank is that you can ______. -
Answer Adjust the flow rate for different types of delivery devices.
A heart attack is also called a ____. - Answer Miocardial Infarction (MI)
Never use an oropharyngeal airway if _____. - Answer The patient is alert and
conscious
Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. - Answer Basic
emergency care
How is malaria transmitted? - Answer Through vector-borne transmission (mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. - Answer Biohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is to
_____. - Answer Flush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? - Answer Paramedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of practice. -
Answer Good Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. - Answer Understand questions and the
implications of their decisions.
Providing basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. - Answer Standard of
Care
The medial part of the body is ______. - Answer Towards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be the
least vital. - Answer Kidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? - Answer When a building is on fire,
from a vehicle that is smoking, and when the patient is blocking access to other
patients.
What is the best way to move a patient who has a suspected neck or spinal injury? -
Answer Blanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? - Answer Explosions,
penetrating trauma, blunt force.
_________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. - Answer
Hazardous
When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. - Answer Scene safety
What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a patient? -
Answer Power grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. - Answer 5
, EMR Final Exam Study Guide
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be wearing
when working with a patient? - Answer Disposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? - Answer To identify changes in
the patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery. - Answer
Brachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical control? -
Answer Identify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway obstruction. -
Answer False
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. - Answer Axial (transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver? - Answer By
sliding your fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. - Answer Unconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is responsible
for breathing. - Answer Diaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. - Answer Skin
What signs would you expect if hazardous materials were present on a scene? -
Answer Foul and acrid odors
When suctioning a patient, do not suction for more than _____ seconds at a time -
Answer 15
If a choking patient goes unconscious, then the first thing you must do is ______. -
Answer Lower them carefully to the ground
An oxygen cylinder should be refilled when the pressure gauge reads _____ ppi or
below. - Answer 200
An advantage of a variable flow rate device on an oxygen tank is that you can ______. -
Answer Adjust the flow rate for different types of delivery devices.
A heart attack is also called a ____. - Answer Miocardial Infarction (MI)
Never use an oropharyngeal airway if _____. - Answer The patient is alert and
conscious
