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1. Your patient responds to your voice with incomprehensible murmurers.
Using the AVPU scale, he is classifed as responsive to:: Verbal stimuli
2. Do vitals signs have to be taken on-scene in every situation?: No. Vitals
should be taken enroute for patients idenitified as high priority for immediate trans-
port for definitive care .
3. What does SAMPLE stand for?: Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications,
past medical history, last meal, events lead to current state.
4. What forms of abuse are EMS providers mandated to report?: Child, Spouse,
and Elder Abuse must be reported on the PCR/E-PCR and verbally at transfer of
care. Child abuse must also be reported according to NYS Bureau of EMS Policy
#02-01.
5. Does a PCR/E-PCR have to be completed when no patient contact is made?-
: Yes, even for stand-bys, calls where no patients are located, cancellations, and
events.
6. What does HIPAA stand for?: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996.
7. When reporting responsiveness, EMS providers should use
_______________ to avoid less clear descriptors.: AVPU
8. For a hypoglycemic patient, when is it appropriate to give oral glucose,
juice, or non-diet soda?: If the patient is alert enough to sit unsupported, follow
commands, and drink without assistance.
9. When is aspirin contraindicted for an MI patient?: Recent GI bleed and known
allergy.
10. According to NYS BLS protocol, the administration of nitroglycerin for
chest pain is indicated if the adult patient's BP is than _____mmHg.: 120
11. According to NYS BLS protocol, a maximum of ____ total doses of nitro-
glycerin can be given without medical direction to adult chest pain patients.: 3
12. When is it appropriate to actively rewarm frostbite in the field?: The patient
does not need to walk further and there will be a transport greater than 30 minutes,
13. For a genrealized hypothermia patient, pulse checks should last at least
_____ before CPR is started.: 30-45 seconds
14. If severe hypothermia is present, can defibrillation be performed?: Give a
mximum of three shocks, but withhold drugs.
15. Your patient acutely developed a high grade fever, has a muffled voice,
stridor, and drooling. You should suspect:: Epiglottitis (bacterial)
16. Your patient has been ill for the last few days with coldlike symptoms, a
barky cough, and a low grade fever. He woke at 3:00am with severe symptoms.
You suspect:: Croup (viral)
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17. Ideally, a BVM used for emergency situations should:: Be self-inflating, have
no a pop-off valve, and have an anatomically shaped, clear mask.
18. List signs of respiratory failure in children:: Increased respiratory effort with
retractions, breathing less than 10 per minute, head bobbing, grunting, accessory
muscle use, absent or shallow chest wall movement, limp muscle tone, altered
mental status, slow or absent heart rate, poor skin perfusion, and altered mental
status.
19. Signs of impending cardiac arrest in a pediatric patient are:: Altered mental
status, bradycardia, and cyanosis.
20. For a heat exhaustion patient, when is it appropriate to give fluids orally?-
: Consious and not nauseated, and able to drink without assistance.
21. What position should a nauseated patient be transported in?: left lateral
recumbent.
22. If your choking patient becomes unconsious, you should:: Begin CPR
23. Your pediatric patient choked on a small toy piece. He is conscious and
crying, but has labored breathing and stridor. You should:: Monitor closely and
transport in the position of comfort with blowby oxygen administration as tolerated.
24. For a patient who has ingested a poison, you should contact:: Medical
Direction (Poison Control can not give treatment orders to EMS providers.)
25. Before an advanced airway is placed, during CPR the adult patient should
be ventilated every ____-____ seconds to a rate of _____-_____ breaths per
minute.: 5-6 seconds (10-12 bpm)
26. After an advanced airway is placed, the adult patient should be ventilated
every ____-____ seconds to a rate of _____ - _____ breaths per minute.: 6-8
seconds (8-10 bpm)
27. During rescue breathing, each breath should be given over:: 1 second.
28. The primary advantage of a nasopharyngeal airway is:: that it can be used
in a patient who has an intact gag reflex.
29. BVM's must have a volume of at least _____mL for newborns and infants.-
: 500 (Child BVM)
30. For infants and children, ventilations should be delivered every ____-____
seconds once an advanced airway is in place.: 2-3 (20-30 breaths per minute)
31. When an advanced airway is in place you should not pause compressions
for ventilations.
True or False: True
32. Which should occur first:
Turn on the AED or Attach the AED patches: Turn on the AED
33. For EMT's, a maximum of ___ defibrillations should occur before beginning
transport.: 3
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1. Your patient responds to your voice with incomprehensible murmurers.
Using the AVPU scale, he is classifed as responsive to:: Verbal stimuli
2. Do vitals signs have to be taken on-scene in every situation?: No. Vitals
should be taken enroute for patients idenitified as high priority for immediate trans-
port for definitive care .
3. What does SAMPLE stand for?: Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications,
past medical history, last meal, events lead to current state.
4. What forms of abuse are EMS providers mandated to report?: Child, Spouse,
and Elder Abuse must be reported on the PCR/E-PCR and verbally at transfer of
care. Child abuse must also be reported according to NYS Bureau of EMS Policy
#02-01.
5. Does a PCR/E-PCR have to be completed when no patient contact is made?-
: Yes, even for stand-bys, calls where no patients are located, cancellations, and
events.
6. What does HIPAA stand for?: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996.
7. When reporting responsiveness, EMS providers should use
_______________ to avoid less clear descriptors.: AVPU
8. For a hypoglycemic patient, when is it appropriate to give oral glucose,
juice, or non-diet soda?: If the patient is alert enough to sit unsupported, follow
commands, and drink without assistance.
9. When is aspirin contraindicted for an MI patient?: Recent GI bleed and known
allergy.
10. According to NYS BLS protocol, the administration of nitroglycerin for
chest pain is indicated if the adult patient's BP is than _____mmHg.: 120
11. According to NYS BLS protocol, a maximum of ____ total doses of nitro-
glycerin can be given without medical direction to adult chest pain patients.: 3
12. When is it appropriate to actively rewarm frostbite in the field?: The patient
does not need to walk further and there will be a transport greater than 30 minutes,
13. For a genrealized hypothermia patient, pulse checks should last at least
_____ before CPR is started.: 30-45 seconds
14. If severe hypothermia is present, can defibrillation be performed?: Give a
mximum of three shocks, but withhold drugs.
15. Your patient acutely developed a high grade fever, has a muffled voice,
stridor, and drooling. You should suspect:: Epiglottitis (bacterial)
16. Your patient has been ill for the last few days with coldlike symptoms, a
barky cough, and a low grade fever. He woke at 3:00am with severe symptoms.
You suspect:: Croup (viral)
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17. Ideally, a BVM used for emergency situations should:: Be self-inflating, have
no a pop-off valve, and have an anatomically shaped, clear mask.
18. List signs of respiratory failure in children:: Increased respiratory effort with
retractions, breathing less than 10 per minute, head bobbing, grunting, accessory
muscle use, absent or shallow chest wall movement, limp muscle tone, altered
mental status, slow or absent heart rate, poor skin perfusion, and altered mental
status.
19. Signs of impending cardiac arrest in a pediatric patient are:: Altered mental
status, bradycardia, and cyanosis.
20. For a heat exhaustion patient, when is it appropriate to give fluids orally?-
: Consious and not nauseated, and able to drink without assistance.
21. What position should a nauseated patient be transported in?: left lateral
recumbent.
22. If your choking patient becomes unconsious, you should:: Begin CPR
23. Your pediatric patient choked on a small toy piece. He is conscious and
crying, but has labored breathing and stridor. You should:: Monitor closely and
transport in the position of comfort with blowby oxygen administration as tolerated.
24. For a patient who has ingested a poison, you should contact:: Medical
Direction (Poison Control can not give treatment orders to EMS providers.)
25. Before an advanced airway is placed, during CPR the adult patient should
be ventilated every ____-____ seconds to a rate of _____-_____ breaths per
minute.: 5-6 seconds (10-12 bpm)
26. After an advanced airway is placed, the adult patient should be ventilated
every ____-____ seconds to a rate of _____ - _____ breaths per minute.: 6-8
seconds (8-10 bpm)
27. During rescue breathing, each breath should be given over:: 1 second.
28. The primary advantage of a nasopharyngeal airway is:: that it can be used
in a patient who has an intact gag reflex.
29. BVM's must have a volume of at least _____mL for newborns and infants.-
: 500 (Child BVM)
30. For infants and children, ventilations should be delivered every ____-____
seconds once an advanced airway is in place.: 2-3 (20-30 breaths per minute)
31. When an advanced airway is in place you should not pause compressions
for ventilations.
True or False: True
32. Which should occur first:
Turn on the AED or Attach the AED patches: Turn on the AED
33. For EMT's, a maximum of ___ defibrillations should occur before beginning
transport.: 3
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