LATEST 2024 EMT Entrance Exam VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%

The first priority of an Emergency Medical Responder should be: - ANSWER Scene Safety The personal protective equipment for the EMR should include: - ANSWER A.) A mask B.) Eye Protection C.) Gloves D.) All of the above As an EMR, when you are helping a person you should: - ANSWER Be honest and realistic You respond to a motor vehicle crash with your crew and will have to provide care to patients from a different culture. This culture is foreign to many of your beliefs. Which of the following can you legally consider when making decisions about the care you provide. - ANSWER The patients unique medical needs An EMR is working for a paid fire service. They are required to provide care under the : - ANSWER Duty to act provision Failure to provide a standard of care that leads to further harm is called: - ANSWER Negligence A 13 year old female requests that an EMR treat her broken arm. The parents were called, but they have not arrived on the scene yet. The EMR: - ANSWER May treat her based on implied consent You have the ethical responsibility to: - ANSWER A.) Be ready to perform at all times B.) Read professional publications C.) Maintain your skills and knowledge D.) All of the above All are routes of exposure except - ANSWER Inflammation The governmental organization that sets strict standards to reduce the possibility of infectious exposure in the workplace is: - ANSWER OSHA As an EMR, you are more at risk of contracting: - ANSWER Hepatitis B or C Organisms that are capable of causing infections are called: - ANSWER Pathogens In medical terminology, the root for electrocardiogram is: - ANSWER Cardio You have a call for a 47 - year- old patient with abdominal paid. She points to the upper right side of her abdomen. You report the region of the patents pain as the: - ANSWER RUQ A patient with a deformity to the lower leg near the ankle, on the inside of the leg would be listed as having in injury to the _____ and ____ portion of the extremity. - ANSWER Distal/Medial For the body to be in the anatomical position, it should be: - ANSWER A.) Standing Erect B.) Facing the observer C.) Upright D.) All of the above You placed a patient on your stretcher. His blood pressure is 90/20 and he feels light- headed. The best way to position your patients stretcher is in the: - ANSWER Trendelenburg position All of the following are indicators for a non-emergency move except: - ANSWER The patient is uncoscious You are called to a house for an elderly male who fell in the bathroom and is complaining of pain to his right hip. The best type of equipment to use would be the: - ANSWER Scoop Stretcher After getting the angina patient downstairs and to the cot, the best position for the patient to be transported to the emergency dept is the ____ position. - ANSWER Semi- sitting Good transfer of care contains all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER Make of the patients car A fixed antennae that is used to boost a radio signal is called the: - ANSWER Repeater When Paramedics arrive on scene, you give them the patients info. This is called: - ANSWER Transfer of Care 4 EMR's are working a shift together when they communicate. This would be called: - ANSWER Interpersonal communication You are asked to give testimony in court about the care you gave to a patient. The attorney may ask you about items in your run report because the report is: - ANSWER A legal document You are writing a patient care report. You wright 18 for the respiration and it should have been 16. Best way to correct this is to: - ANSWER Draw a single line through the error You read a patient care report that states "patient was attempting to perform a dangerous trick on her skateboard". What is wrong with writing this in a patient care report? - ANSWER The info is subjective When the EMR is providing his/her story about the call on a patient care report, this is called the: - ANSWER Narrative The airway adjunct that is used for an unresponsive patient who has a gag reflex is the: - ANSWER Nasopharyngeal Airway Called to the city pool for a drowning victim. A child slipped into the pool, was under for a short time. Nothing to indicate that he/she has a spinal injury. How should you open the victims airway? - ANSWER Head - tilt, chin lift Treat a mid airway obstruction as if it were a severe airway obstruction in cases where the patient is: - ANSWER Unable to cough forcefully For patients who have a suspected spinal injury, you should use the: - ANSWER Jaw Thrust The actual percentage of oxygen that is being delivered to a patient is called the: - ANSWER Oxygen Concentration The EMR is using a D cylinder that contains ____ liters of oxygen: - ANSWER 425 When a patient has an adequate supply of oxygenated blood to all parts of the body. This is called: - ANSWER Perfusion You and your partner are responding to a call. When you arrive, the patients states that she feels nauseated. She is describing a: - ANSWER Symptom Determining a blood pressure by feeling is called: - ANSWER Palpation