EMS Ops - Exam II Review questions with
answers
Discuss the history and development of aviation in E.M.S. - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Aviation has been transporting the injured since World War
I, 1917;
● Fixed-wing aircraft 'facility-to-facility', 90 years;
● Helicopters begin patient transports in 1953;
● 1st Medic's onboard providing care in 1962
What are some key issues to consider regarding air medical transport? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● T - Transport time from Scene;
● I - Illness severity;
● M - Machines and skills not available;
● E - Environment; landing zone availability, time of day, and weather
The choice to use ground or air transportation is made by determining what?
- ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔which method will deliver the patient to
an appropriate facility the fastest
Identify criteria for working as a member of an air medical flight crew. - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● 5 years experience;
● E.D., NICCU, PICCU, C.C.U., I.C.U.;
● Alphabet courses;
● Excellent decision making and assessment skills;
,● Continuing Education;
● Critical Care and Flight Certification;
● Pilot flight hours
Describe the different types of equipment carried on air medical transport
vehicles. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● Cardiac Monitor;
● Respirator;
● Defibrillator;
● Ventilator;
● Intubation Equipment;
● Built in Medical Oxygen;
● Life pak;
● Portable Suction Units;
● Power Inverter
Define rotor-wing aircraft or helicopters. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔●
used for scene-to-facility and facility-to-facility transport;
● have a shorter travel radius;
● fly lower;
● fly slower than fixed-wing aircraft
Define fixed-wing aircraft. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● facility-to-
facility transport;
● travel farther, > 150 mile distance;
● fly higher;
,● fly faster
True or False: The standard of care for critical care ground transport is defined
in a national standard curriculum. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔False
True or False: Critical care ground transport is defined by the Department of
Health and Human Services strictly as inter-facility transportation of a
critically ill or injured person. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True
True or False: Critical care ground transport units must be equipped with
specialty equipment in addition to the equipment required for an A.C.L.S.
ambulance. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True
True or False: Igor Sikorsky is considered the inventor of the first helicopters
used by the United States military. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True
The first use of a helicopter for the rescue of a patient took place when? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔the first documented rescue of a patient took
place in the jungles of Burma in 1944
True or False: Henry's law is associated with decompression sickness. - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True. Henry's law is associated with
decompression sickness and is related to the solubility of gases in liquids in
equilibrium because the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to
the gas pressure.
List some elements that cause stress of transport. - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔● decreased humidity;
, ● fatigue;
● noise
What condition is not likely to meet the criteria for air transport? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔An isolated extremity fracture because the patient
is 'usually' stable. Transport of this type of patient may unnecessarily put the
flight crew and patient at risk.
What conditions are likely to meet the criteria for air transport? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● Cardiogenic shock;
● Dissecting and bleeding aortic aneurysm;
● Intracranial bleeding
True or False: Airway compromise is considered physiologic criteria for the
activation of a medical helicopter. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True.
Airway compromise meets the physiologic criteria for air medical transport,
but be mindful of local protocols when making the decision.
True or False: Prolonged extrication may meet the anatomic criteria for the
activation of a medical helicopter. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔False.
Prolonged extrication typically meets the mechanism of injury criteria for air
medical transport.
True or False: Limb paralysis may meet the anatomic criteria for the activation
of a medical helicopter. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True, because of
the possible loss of limb or use as an outcome.
answers
Discuss the history and development of aviation in E.M.S. - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔Aviation has been transporting the injured since World War
I, 1917;
● Fixed-wing aircraft 'facility-to-facility', 90 years;
● Helicopters begin patient transports in 1953;
● 1st Medic's onboard providing care in 1962
What are some key issues to consider regarding air medical transport? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● T - Transport time from Scene;
● I - Illness severity;
● M - Machines and skills not available;
● E - Environment; landing zone availability, time of day, and weather
The choice to use ground or air transportation is made by determining what?
- ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔which method will deliver the patient to
an appropriate facility the fastest
Identify criteria for working as a member of an air medical flight crew. - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● 5 years experience;
● E.D., NICCU, PICCU, C.C.U., I.C.U.;
● Alphabet courses;
● Excellent decision making and assessment skills;
,● Continuing Education;
● Critical Care and Flight Certification;
● Pilot flight hours
Describe the different types of equipment carried on air medical transport
vehicles. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● Cardiac Monitor;
● Respirator;
● Defibrillator;
● Ventilator;
● Intubation Equipment;
● Built in Medical Oxygen;
● Life pak;
● Portable Suction Units;
● Power Inverter
Define rotor-wing aircraft or helicopters. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔●
used for scene-to-facility and facility-to-facility transport;
● have a shorter travel radius;
● fly lower;
● fly slower than fixed-wing aircraft
Define fixed-wing aircraft. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● facility-to-
facility transport;
● travel farther, > 150 mile distance;
● fly higher;
,● fly faster
True or False: The standard of care for critical care ground transport is defined
in a national standard curriculum. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔False
True or False: Critical care ground transport is defined by the Department of
Health and Human Services strictly as inter-facility transportation of a
critically ill or injured person. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True
True or False: Critical care ground transport units must be equipped with
specialty equipment in addition to the equipment required for an A.C.L.S.
ambulance. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True
True or False: Igor Sikorsky is considered the inventor of the first helicopters
used by the United States military. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True
The first use of a helicopter for the rescue of a patient took place when? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔the first documented rescue of a patient took
place in the jungles of Burma in 1944
True or False: Henry's law is associated with decompression sickness. - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True. Henry's law is associated with
decompression sickness and is related to the solubility of gases in liquids in
equilibrium because the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to
the gas pressure.
List some elements that cause stress of transport. - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔● decreased humidity;
, ● fatigue;
● noise
What condition is not likely to meet the criteria for air transport? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔An isolated extremity fracture because the patient
is 'usually' stable. Transport of this type of patient may unnecessarily put the
flight crew and patient at risk.
What conditions are likely to meet the criteria for air transport? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔● Cardiogenic shock;
● Dissecting and bleeding aortic aneurysm;
● Intracranial bleeding
True or False: Airway compromise is considered physiologic criteria for the
activation of a medical helicopter. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True.
Airway compromise meets the physiologic criteria for air medical transport,
but be mindful of local protocols when making the decision.
True or False: Prolonged extrication may meet the anatomic criteria for the
activation of a medical helicopter. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔False.
Prolonged extrication typically meets the mechanism of injury criteria for air
medical transport.
True or False: Limb paralysis may meet the anatomic criteria for the activation
of a medical helicopter. - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔True, because of
the possible loss of limb or use as an outcome.
