EMT LIFTING AND MOVING PATIENTS: PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) The FIRST rule of safe lifting is to:
A) always lift with your palms facing down
B) spread your legs approximately 20 inches apart
C) keep your back in a slightly curved position
D) keep your back in a straight, vertical position -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D)
keep your back in a straight, vertical position
2) In lifting with the palm down, the weight is supported by the ______ rather than the
palm.
A) lower back
B) fingers
C) forearm
D) wrist -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) fingers
3) The _______ is used for patients with no suspected spinal injury who are found
lying supine on the ground. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ direct ground lift
4) You have been called to the scene of a high-speed MVC involving two compact cars.
The first vehicle was a rollover, ejecting the driver. The second vehicle contained
both a driver and front-seat passenger who cannot be reached because the door is
, up against a building. For the passenger in the second vehicle, you may need to
perform a(n) on the driver in order to reach the patient.
A) short backboard
B) you should do nothing different
C) extremity lift
D) emergency move -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) emergency move
5) The direct carry is used to transfer a patient:
A) with a possible c-spine injury
B) who cannot be placed on a backboard
C) from a bed to the ambulance stretcher
D) with multiple long bone injuries -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) from a bed to
the ambulance stretcher
6) You and your partner enter the residence of an elderly couple, both of whom are
found unconscious in their bed. There is no evidence of trauma. As you begin your
assessment, you and your partner notice the smell of natural gas in the residence.
Which of the following should be your most appropriate action?
A) quickly exit the residence and request the FD to move the patients
B) rapidly remove the patients from their residence using a blanket or clothes
drag
C) request another ambulance to assist with lifting and moving the patients
D) perform a rapid assessment and then move the patients from their
residence -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) rapidly remove the patients from their
residence using a blanket or clothes drag
7) Be careful that you do not push or pull from a(n) _______ position. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ overhead
, 8) You should use a rigid _______, often called a Stokes litter, to carry a patient
across uneven terrain from a remote location that is inaccessible by ambulance or
other vehicle.
A) molded backboard
B) scoop stretcher
C) flotation device
D) basket stretcher -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) basket stretcher
9) When carrying a patient up or down stairs, you should avoid:
A) using a wheeled stretcher whenever possible
B) the use of more than 2 EMTs
C) flexing your body at the knees
D) the use of a long backboard or scoop stretcher -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A)
using a wheeled stretcher whenever possible
10) Which is the MOST appropriate method to use when moving a patient from their
bed to a wheeled stretcher?
A) draw sheet method
B) extremity carry
C) direct carry
D) log roll -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A) draw sheet method
11) The extremity lift would NOT be appropriate to use on a patient:
A) who complains of nausea
B) without a spinal injury
C) with forearm lacerations
D) with a deformed humerus -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) with a deformed
humerus
12) You should perform an urgent move in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
A) if a patient has inadequate ventilation or shock
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) The FIRST rule of safe lifting is to:
A) always lift with your palms facing down
B) spread your legs approximately 20 inches apart
C) keep your back in a slightly curved position
D) keep your back in a straight, vertical position -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D)
keep your back in a straight, vertical position
2) In lifting with the palm down, the weight is supported by the ______ rather than the
palm.
A) lower back
B) fingers
C) forearm
D) wrist -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) fingers
3) The _______ is used for patients with no suspected spinal injury who are found
lying supine on the ground. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ direct ground lift
4) You have been called to the scene of a high-speed MVC involving two compact cars.
The first vehicle was a rollover, ejecting the driver. The second vehicle contained
both a driver and front-seat passenger who cannot be reached because the door is
, up against a building. For the passenger in the second vehicle, you may need to
perform a(n) on the driver in order to reach the patient.
A) short backboard
B) you should do nothing different
C) extremity lift
D) emergency move -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) emergency move
5) The direct carry is used to transfer a patient:
A) with a possible c-spine injury
B) who cannot be placed on a backboard
C) from a bed to the ambulance stretcher
D) with multiple long bone injuries -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) from a bed to
the ambulance stretcher
6) You and your partner enter the residence of an elderly couple, both of whom are
found unconscious in their bed. There is no evidence of trauma. As you begin your
assessment, you and your partner notice the smell of natural gas in the residence.
Which of the following should be your most appropriate action?
A) quickly exit the residence and request the FD to move the patients
B) rapidly remove the patients from their residence using a blanket or clothes
drag
C) request another ambulance to assist with lifting and moving the patients
D) perform a rapid assessment and then move the patients from their
residence -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) rapidly remove the patients from their
residence using a blanket or clothes drag
7) Be careful that you do not push or pull from a(n) _______ position. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ overhead
, 8) You should use a rigid _______, often called a Stokes litter, to carry a patient
across uneven terrain from a remote location that is inaccessible by ambulance or
other vehicle.
A) molded backboard
B) scoop stretcher
C) flotation device
D) basket stretcher -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) basket stretcher
9) When carrying a patient up or down stairs, you should avoid:
A) using a wheeled stretcher whenever possible
B) the use of more than 2 EMTs
C) flexing your body at the knees
D) the use of a long backboard or scoop stretcher -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A)
using a wheeled stretcher whenever possible
10) Which is the MOST appropriate method to use when moving a patient from their
bed to a wheeled stretcher?
A) draw sheet method
B) extremity carry
C) direct carry
D) log roll -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A) draw sheet method
11) The extremity lift would NOT be appropriate to use on a patient:
A) who complains of nausea
B) without a spinal injury
C) with forearm lacerations
D) with a deformed humerus -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) with a deformed
humerus
12) You should perform an urgent move in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
A) if a patient has inadequate ventilation or shock
