First Responder Exam Review 2023 Questions and
Answers Verified
CPR consists of 4 main parts:
A=
B=
C=
D=
Airway
Breathing
Chest Compressions
Defibrillation
What is the compression?
Pumps the blood in the heart to the rest of body
What causes gastric inflation?
if you breath too quickly or with too much force
What is the compression ventilation ratio for 1 rescuer adult CPR?
30:2
What ages are considered children?
12 months- pueberty
What ages are considered infants?
birth- 12 months
What ages are considered adults?
pueberty and up
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer adult CPR?
30:2
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer child CPR?
15:2
The earlier the defibrillation occurs the ______ the survival rate
higher
AED stands for___
Automated External Defibrillator
Use the _______ hands technique for infant 2 rescuers
2-thumb- encircling
To relieve chocking in the infant give
A combination of back slaps and chest thrusts
What should you do if a patient had agonal breaths
Activate emergency response system, check pulse, start CPR
Where should you assess a pulse in an adult?
Carotid artery
Where should you assess a pulse in an infant
Brachial Pulse
The chain of human resources and services linked together to provide
continuous emergency care from the prehospital scene, through transport, and
arrival at the medical facility
, EMS(Emergency Medical Service System)
A member of the EMS System who provide pre-arrival instructions to callers,
there by helping to initiate life-saving care before EMS personnel arrive
Emergency Medical Dispatcher
A physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical oversight of the
patient care aspects of the EMS systems
Medical Director
A specific set of steps developed by the EMS system's medical director
Protocols
Specific instructions developed by the medical director, which authorize the
Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, or Paramedic to provide care for specific
medical conditions or injuries
standing orders
Standing orders and protocol developed by an EMS system that authorize
rescuers to perform particular skills in certain situations without actually
speaking to the MD
Off-line medical direction
Orders to perform a skill or administer care from the on-duty physician, given to
the rescuer in person, by radio, or by phone
On-line Medical Direction
To protect yourself from infectious diseases, typically you will need no more than
_____
gloves
The prehospital assessment and basic care for the sick or injured patient
Emergency care
Give several components of the EMS
first reponders, paramedics, the dispature, police man, fire man
The patient provides verbal permission to provide care
Expressed consent
An unresponsive patient is assumed to want help
Implied Consent
A failure to provide the expected standard of care
Negligence
A series of laws designed to protect care providers who deliver care in good faith
to the level of there training and with out compensation
Good Samaritan Law
Give the stages of grief and describe
Denial- patient denys he is dying and puts off having to deal with situation
Anger- angry about situation, vented on family members
Bargaining- patient believes bargaining will postpone the inevitable
Depression- patient becomes sad, depressed, and mourns things he has not done
Acceptance- works through all stages and finally is able to accept death
An emotionally draining, nerve raking time caused by an overload of work/drama
stress
an emergency that involves more than one victim and over whelms the 1st
responding units
Answers Verified
CPR consists of 4 main parts:
A=
B=
C=
D=
Airway
Breathing
Chest Compressions
Defibrillation
What is the compression?
Pumps the blood in the heart to the rest of body
What causes gastric inflation?
if you breath too quickly or with too much force
What is the compression ventilation ratio for 1 rescuer adult CPR?
30:2
What ages are considered children?
12 months- pueberty
What ages are considered infants?
birth- 12 months
What ages are considered adults?
pueberty and up
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer adult CPR?
30:2
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer child CPR?
15:2
The earlier the defibrillation occurs the ______ the survival rate
higher
AED stands for___
Automated External Defibrillator
Use the _______ hands technique for infant 2 rescuers
2-thumb- encircling
To relieve chocking in the infant give
A combination of back slaps and chest thrusts
What should you do if a patient had agonal breaths
Activate emergency response system, check pulse, start CPR
Where should you assess a pulse in an adult?
Carotid artery
Where should you assess a pulse in an infant
Brachial Pulse
The chain of human resources and services linked together to provide
continuous emergency care from the prehospital scene, through transport, and
arrival at the medical facility
, EMS(Emergency Medical Service System)
A member of the EMS System who provide pre-arrival instructions to callers,
there by helping to initiate life-saving care before EMS personnel arrive
Emergency Medical Dispatcher
A physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for medical oversight of the
patient care aspects of the EMS systems
Medical Director
A specific set of steps developed by the EMS system's medical director
Protocols
Specific instructions developed by the medical director, which authorize the
Emergency Medical Responder, EMT, or Paramedic to provide care for specific
medical conditions or injuries
standing orders
Standing orders and protocol developed by an EMS system that authorize
rescuers to perform particular skills in certain situations without actually
speaking to the MD
Off-line medical direction
Orders to perform a skill or administer care from the on-duty physician, given to
the rescuer in person, by radio, or by phone
On-line Medical Direction
To protect yourself from infectious diseases, typically you will need no more than
_____
gloves
The prehospital assessment and basic care for the sick or injured patient
Emergency care
Give several components of the EMS
first reponders, paramedics, the dispature, police man, fire man
The patient provides verbal permission to provide care
Expressed consent
An unresponsive patient is assumed to want help
Implied Consent
A failure to provide the expected standard of care
Negligence
A series of laws designed to protect care providers who deliver care in good faith
to the level of there training and with out compensation
Good Samaritan Law
Give the stages of grief and describe
Denial- patient denys he is dying and puts off having to deal with situation
Anger- angry about situation, vented on family members
Bargaining- patient believes bargaining will postpone the inevitable
Depression- patient becomes sad, depressed, and mourns things he has not done
Acceptance- works through all stages and finally is able to accept death
An emotionally draining, nerve raking time caused by an overload of work/drama
stress
an emergency that involves more than one victim and over whelms the 1st
responding units
