NREMT Operations practice 2023

You are assessing a male adult patient you suspect was exposed to nerve gas. When assessing this patient, which pneumonic will help you determine if the symptoms match your suspicion of injury? correct answers: DUMBELS. Defecation, urination, meiosis, remains, lacrimation, salivation. These symptoms are all consistent with nerve agent poisoning, which inhibits acetylcholinesterase from the breakdown of acetylcholine. This leads to over stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system. There are five stages in the death/dying process. Of those five stages, which comment or question does a patient usually ask themselves in the denial/disbelief stage? correct answers: Not me. By telling themselves, "not me", the patient is using a defense mechanism to buffer the shock of dying and dealing with the injury/illness. You are the incident commander at a MCI. Two passenger trains have collided inside a tunnel that is one mile in length. Initial casualty reports are in the hundreds. What type of incident is this? correct answers: Closed. A closed incident is an incident that is limited by the physical structures surrounding it. The physical limitations reduce the ability of emergency responders to easily access, treat, and transport patients