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Emergency Medical Responders are trained to provide ______. - CORRECT ANSWER
Basic emergency care
How is malaria transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER Through vector-borne transmission
(mosquitos)
Engineering controls include ______. - CORRECT ANSWER Biohazard containers
The best way to care for someone who got body fluids splashed in their eyes is to
_____. - CORRECT ANSWER Flush the eyes with water or saline for 20 minutes.
Which level of EMS provider is the most advanced? - CORRECT ANSWER Paramedic
These laws protect you when you act in good faith and within your scope of practice. -
CORRECT ANSWER Good Samaritan Laws
A person is competent when they ______. - CORRECT ANSWER Understand
questions and the implications of their decisions.
Providing basic care based on specific criteria is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER
Standard of Care
The medial part of the body is ______. - CORRECT ANSWER Towards the midline.
Out of the brain, heart, lungs, and kidney, the _______ would be considered to be the
least vital. - CORRECT ANSWER Kidney
When is it ok to move a seriously injured patient? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER Blanket Drag
What are some examples of mechanisms of injury (MOI)? - CORRECT ANSWER
Explosions, penetrating trauma, blunt force.
_________ materials may have strange odors and/or clouds of gas. - CORRECT
ANSWER Hazardous
, When arriving on the scene, this is your number one priority. - CORRECT ANSWER
Scene safety
What allows for the maximum hand stability and strength when lifting a patient? -
CORRECT ANSWER Power grip
An unstable patient should be reassessed every ____ minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER5
What is the most important personal protective equipment that you should be wearing
when working with a patient? - CORRECT ANSWER Disposable gloves
What is the main purpose of an ongoing assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER to identify
changes in the patient's condition.
A correctly placed blood pressure cuff will be centered over the _____ artery. -
CORRECT ANSWER Brachial
What is the first thing you should do when communicating with medical control? -
CORRECT ANSWER Identify yourself
True or False. The tongue is the most likely cause of a mechanical airway obstruction. -
CORRECT ANSWER False
The ______ plane divided the body horizontally. - CORRECT ANSWER Axial
(transverse)
What is the most appropriate way to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver? - CORRECT
ANSWER by sliding your fingers under then angles of the jawbones.
You can only insert an oral airway if the patient is ____. - CORRECT ANSWER
Unconscious
This organ separated the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and is responsible
for breathing. - CORRECT ANSWER Diaphragm
The _____ is the largest organ of the body. - CORRECT ANSWER Skin
What signs would you expect if hazardous materials were present on a scene? -
CORRECT ANSWER Foul and acrid odors
When suctioning a patient, do not suction for more than _____ seconds at a time -
CORRECT ANSWER15
If a choking patient goes unconscious, then the first thing you must do is ______. -
CORRECT ANSWER Lower them carefully to the ground