SOLUTIONS A+ 2025/2026
✔✔While treating a patient at a HAZMAT scene what must you remember? -
✔✔Patients in critical condition may die if you delay transport for full decontamination.
✔✔You can treat an unconscious patient under what type of consent? - ✔✔Implied
consent
✔✔You are the senior EMT at the scene of a MCI. What is your primary responsibility? -
✔✔As an incident command officer until relieved.
✔✔What is mandatory of victims of hazardous material exposure? - ✔✔They need to be
decontaminated before moving them out of the hot zone.
✔✔For which of the following patients should you call air rescue? - ✔✔A 26 year old
male with a coup contrecoup head injury and dilated pupils.
✔✔You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle collision. There is no fire, leaking fluid, or
fumes. How far from the wreckage should you park? - ✔✔50 feet
✔✔What is an example of defensive driving? - ✔✔Reducing speed in hazardous road
conditions.
✔✔Which of the following is the most common type of rescue across the United States?
- ✔✔Vehicle rescue
✔✔In a situation where the DNR documentation is not available, you should -
✔✔Attempt resuscitation.
✔✔When you arrive to the scene of a car crash and realize there are multiple patients
what should you do? - ✔✔Call for additional EMS assistance.
✔✔You and your partner arrive on scene of a motor vehicle collision with smoke coming
from the engine. What is your primary concern? - ✔✔Your own safety.
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the transfer of the patient to
the ambulance? - ✔✔The best position for transport is always sitting up.
✔✔While extricating a patient at the scene of an accident you notice gas leaking from
the patient's vehicle, what should you do? - ✔✔Attempt to rapidly extricate the patient.
, ✔✔Which of the following is the EMT's primary responsibility at a crime scene? - ✔✔His
or her own safety.
✔✔At a mass gathering several hundred people suddenly began to experience severe
salivation, lacrimation, urination, and vomiting. What should you do? - ✔✔Set up a
command post and ensure scene safety.
✔✔What patient would NOT be triaged as a red? - ✔✔A patient with a 4 inch thigh
laceration.
✔✔Where should you position your vehicle at a motor vehicle collision on the highway?
- ✔✔In front of the patient's vehicle
✔✔What are TWO patient care issues to address at HAZMAT incidents?. -
✔✔Mechanism of trauma and injuries from exposure to hazardous substances
✔✔A 54 year old man refuses your care and treatment despite his wife's pleas. He
refuses to sign a refusal of care form. Now he is telling you to leave his house
immediately. - ✔✔Leave the scene after asking his wife to sign the refusal form as a
witness.
✔✔A car rolled down an embankment and landed on its roof. There is an unconscious
person inside the vehicle. What should you do? - ✔✔Stabilize the inverted vehicle.
✔✔While driving an emergency response vehicle, when should you exercise due regard
for others? - ✔✔At all times.
✔✔A patient is trapped in a car which has rolled down an embankment. What should
you do? - ✔✔Stabilize the vehicle.
✔✔While responding to an emergency call using lights and sirens what should you do?
- ✔✔Drive with due regard to state traffic laws.
✔✔You are at the scene of a shooting. Police have the room secured but are unsure of
where the shooter is. They request that you see if the patient is dead. What should you
do? - ✔✔Ask your partner to scan for danger while you examine the patient
✔✔What are established interventions that can be performed without calling medical
direction? - ✔✔Standing orders
✔✔The termination of resuscitation efforts in the pre-hospital setting is based on which
one of the following? - ✔✔Medical Director's instruction