CHAPTER 39 EMT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ANSWERED CORRECTLY AND VERIFIED
A supervisor who has more than seven people reporting to him or her:
B. has exceeded an effective span of control and should divide tasks and delegate the
supervision of some tasks to another person.
According to the START triage system, what should you do if a patient is found to
have a respiratory rate of 24 breaths/min?
C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
After primary triage, the triage supervisor should communicate all of the
following information to the medical branch officer, EXCEPT:
B. the recommended transport destination for each patient.
As a triage supervisor, you:
D. must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.
Following proper decontamination, a 30-year-old male is brought to you. He is
semiconscious and has rapid, shallow respirations. A quick visual assessment
reveals no obvious bleeding. You should:
A. begin some form of positive-pressure ventilation.
In preparing for a disaster, EMS systems should have enough supplies for at
least a ______ period of self-sufficiency.
C. 72-hour
Placards and labels on a storage container are intended to:
A. give a general idea of the hazard inside that particular container.
The development of an incident action plan is the responsibility of the:
D. planning section.
The FIRST step in the START triage system is to:
A. move all walking patients to a designated area.
The function of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to:
ANSWERED CORRECTLY AND VERIFIED
A supervisor who has more than seven people reporting to him or her:
B. has exceeded an effective span of control and should divide tasks and delegate the
supervision of some tasks to another person.
According to the START triage system, what should you do if a patient is found to
have a respiratory rate of 24 breaths/min?
C. Assess for bilateral radial pulses.
After primary triage, the triage supervisor should communicate all of the
following information to the medical branch officer, EXCEPT:
B. the recommended transport destination for each patient.
As a triage supervisor, you:
D. must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.
Following proper decontamination, a 30-year-old male is brought to you. He is
semiconscious and has rapid, shallow respirations. A quick visual assessment
reveals no obvious bleeding. You should:
A. begin some form of positive-pressure ventilation.
In preparing for a disaster, EMS systems should have enough supplies for at
least a ______ period of self-sufficiency.
C. 72-hour
Placards and labels on a storage container are intended to:
A. give a general idea of the hazard inside that particular container.
The development of an incident action plan is the responsibility of the:
D. planning section.
The FIRST step in the START triage system is to:
A. move all walking patients to a designated area.
The function of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to:
