Emergency Response Final Exam 2026/2027 | Practice Questions,
Answers & Study Guide
2 types of injuries that require first aid - Correct answer✅✅ sudden illness, sudden injury
six ways bystander can help at scene - Correct answer✅✅ call 911, grab essential equipment, keep
crowd away, interview people involved or family members, help answer questions about victim, keep
scene safe
four conditions that are considered life threatening in an emergency situation - Correct answer✅✅
unconscious, severe respiratory, severe cardiovascular, head neck back chest injury (signs of stroke)
what to tell 911 - Correct answer✅✅ name, training, phone number, location, number of victims, who
are the victims, what happened, supplies needed, what care I am going to give, mechanism of injury
four conditions present for disease transmission - Correct answer✅✅ pathogen, enough pathogen,
susceptibility, entry site
pathogen entry - Correct answer✅✅ blood to blood, open wound, vector, airborne
clothes drag - Correct answer✅✅ on their back, kneel behind, gather clothing behind neck, pull to
safety while cradling their head
blanket drag - Correct answer✅✅ position blanket next to patient, keep patient between you and
blanket, gather blanket and place it against the patients side, roll the patient toward your knees, reach
across and put blanket next to them, roll them back onto it, wrap it around patient, gather excess at
head, drag blanket
shoulder drag - Correct answer✅✅ reach under patients armpits from the back and grasp their
forearms, do not twist, move backwards
, ankle drag - Correct answer✅✅ firmly grasp ankles and move backward
packstrap carry - Correct answer✅✅ have patient stand, position self with back to patient, cross
patient arms in front of you and grasp the patient's wrist, learn forward slightly and pull patient onto
back, stand and walk
walking asist - Correct answer✅✅ place patients arm across your shoulders and hold it in place with
one hand, support the patient with other hand around their wrist
causes of breathing emergencies - Correct answer✅✅ asthma, choking, anaphylaxis, allergic reaction,
drowning, trauma, medical problem
OPQRST - Correct answer✅✅ used for heart attack:
onset: when did it start
provocation: what makes it better or worse?
quality: what type of pain?
radiation: does it travel?
severity: rate 1-10
time: when did it start?
heart attack care - Correct answer✅✅ OPQRST, monitor heart rate, call 911, possible give aspirin,
ABCs, BP, LOC, ASK FOR AED AND O2
role of CPR in cardiac arrest - Correct answer✅✅ keep the blood flowing!
defibrillation - Correct answer✅✅ works for vfib, not systole (flat line). All electrical activity will cease
with asystole. Monitors heart rhythm and delivers shock. Unresponsive, no breathing, no pulse it will
not work. Must have pulse. re-establish arrythmia, corrected rhythm
two signals of life-threatening external bleeding - Correct answer✅✅ hemorrhage- arterial bleeding
(blunt trauma or organ damage), venous bleeding (from a force)
Answers & Study Guide
2 types of injuries that require first aid - Correct answer✅✅ sudden illness, sudden injury
six ways bystander can help at scene - Correct answer✅✅ call 911, grab essential equipment, keep
crowd away, interview people involved or family members, help answer questions about victim, keep
scene safe
four conditions that are considered life threatening in an emergency situation - Correct answer✅✅
unconscious, severe respiratory, severe cardiovascular, head neck back chest injury (signs of stroke)
what to tell 911 - Correct answer✅✅ name, training, phone number, location, number of victims, who
are the victims, what happened, supplies needed, what care I am going to give, mechanism of injury
four conditions present for disease transmission - Correct answer✅✅ pathogen, enough pathogen,
susceptibility, entry site
pathogen entry - Correct answer✅✅ blood to blood, open wound, vector, airborne
clothes drag - Correct answer✅✅ on their back, kneel behind, gather clothing behind neck, pull to
safety while cradling their head
blanket drag - Correct answer✅✅ position blanket next to patient, keep patient between you and
blanket, gather blanket and place it against the patients side, roll the patient toward your knees, reach
across and put blanket next to them, roll them back onto it, wrap it around patient, gather excess at
head, drag blanket
shoulder drag - Correct answer✅✅ reach under patients armpits from the back and grasp their
forearms, do not twist, move backwards
, ankle drag - Correct answer✅✅ firmly grasp ankles and move backward
packstrap carry - Correct answer✅✅ have patient stand, position self with back to patient, cross
patient arms in front of you and grasp the patient's wrist, learn forward slightly and pull patient onto
back, stand and walk
walking asist - Correct answer✅✅ place patients arm across your shoulders and hold it in place with
one hand, support the patient with other hand around their wrist
causes of breathing emergencies - Correct answer✅✅ asthma, choking, anaphylaxis, allergic reaction,
drowning, trauma, medical problem
OPQRST - Correct answer✅✅ used for heart attack:
onset: when did it start
provocation: what makes it better or worse?
quality: what type of pain?
radiation: does it travel?
severity: rate 1-10
time: when did it start?
heart attack care - Correct answer✅✅ OPQRST, monitor heart rate, call 911, possible give aspirin,
ABCs, BP, LOC, ASK FOR AED AND O2
role of CPR in cardiac arrest - Correct answer✅✅ keep the blood flowing!
defibrillation - Correct answer✅✅ works for vfib, not systole (flat line). All electrical activity will cease
with asystole. Monitors heart rhythm and delivers shock. Unresponsive, no breathing, no pulse it will
not work. Must have pulse. re-establish arrythmia, corrected rhythm
two signals of life-threatening external bleeding - Correct answer✅✅ hemorrhage- arterial bleeding
(blunt trauma or organ damage), venous bleeding (from a force)
