JBL Operations Questions and Answers Already Passed

JBL Operations Questions and Answers Already Passed The scene size-up includes all of the following components, EXCEPT: A) determining if the scene is safe. B) donning personal protective gear. C) assessing the need for assistance. D) evaluating the mechanism of injury. B (Components of scene size-up: determining scene safety, assessing MOI/NOI, determining number of pts, and requesting additional help if needed. PPE should be donned before beginning scene size-up) You receive a call at 3:00 a.m. for a patient who is slumped over the steering wheel of his car, which is parked on the shoulder of the road. Your unit and a police officer arrive at the scene at the same time. You should: A) stay in your unit until the police officer checks the patient. B) park the ambulance 25 feet in front of the patient's vehicle. C) shine a spotlight in the side view mirror of the patient's vehicle. D) approach the vehicle from the front to ensure maximum visibility. A (Use the safety resource at the scene: police officer) EMTs are dispatched to a nursing home for a 78-year-old female who is running a fever. When they arrive, the nurse advises them that the patient's physician wants her to be taken to the hospital, and that her daughter is en route to the nursing home. The patient is conscious, alert, and oriented, and refuses to go to the hospital. In this case, consent to treat and transport this patient: A) has not been obtained because the patient is conscious and alert. B) is implied because the patient is elderly and lives in a nursing home. C) can only be obtained once the patient's daughter arrives at the scene. D) is expressed since her physician wants her to be taken to the hospital. A (You must obtain consent to assess and treat any pt who is of legal age and has decision-making capacity. The pt is conscious, alert, and oriented and has decision-making capacity. If she refuses transport, even if her physician requests it, you have NOT obtained consent. If the pt doe snot have decision-making capacity, then consent to treat is implied) When should you complete your patient care report for a critically ill or injured patient? A) Promptly after the primary assessment B) Any time before you arrive at the hospital C) As soon as all patient care activities are completed D) After the ambulance has been restocked at the station C (Pt care activities, especially when the pt's condition is critical, take priority over the completion of your PCR. Once all pt care activities have been completed, you can complete the PCR. This is usually accomplished at the hospital or immediately upon returning to quarters) A 29-year-old female complains of sharp chest pain that began when she was exercising. She is conscious and alert, her blood pressure is 114/66 mm Hg, her pulse rate is 82 beats/min, and her respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and unlabored. She denies any past medical history. Which of the following transport modes would be the MOST appropriate for her? A) Lights and siren B) Lights, no siren C) Siren, no lights D) No lights or siren D (Her vital signs are stable and there are no ALT. If emergency lights are used, an audible alert system [siren] must also be used. State laws generally prohibit the use of one or the other) A patient injured his arm and asks to be transported to a specific hospital because he has been there before. The EMT states that he does not feel the doctors there are competent and recommends a different hospital. The EMT's behavior is: A) legal and ethical. B) ethical, but illegal. C) legal, but unethical. D) illegal and unethical. C (This is unethical and unprofessional, and could lead to allegations of slander by the physician) Which of the following patients has the highest priority at the scene of a mass-casualty incident? A) 29-year-old man who is pulseless and apneic with an abdominal evisceration B) 35-year-old unresponsive woman with snoring respirations and severe burns C) 38-year-old woman who remains apneic after you manually open her airway D) 44-year-old unresponsive man with an open head injury and agonal gasps B (This woman has the best chance of survival) Which of the following is an example of informed