Chapter 4: Rescue Awareness and
Operations well answered to pass
rescue - correct answer ✔✔extricating and/or disentangling the victims who will become
patients. "the act of of delivering from danger or imprisonment" without rescue there is no
patients.
Is it practical to train every paramedic in rescue? - correct answer ✔✔No, to instruct them to
what is known as the awareness level is sufficient
At a rescue scene, where does treatment begin? - correct answer ✔✔at the site of the incident.
if the pt can be accessed treatment may begin before the patient is extricated
Awareness training - correct answer ✔✔imparts enough knowledge about rescue operations to
EMS personnel that they can recognize hazards and realize the need for additional expertise at
the scene.
surface water - correct answer ✔✔"low head" dams, flat (not moving) water, moving water
hazardous atmopheres - correct answer ✔✔confined spaces, trenches, hazmat incidents
highway operations - correct answer ✔✔unstable vehicles, hazardous cargoes, volatile fuels
hazardous terrains - correct answer ✔✔high-angle cliffs, off-road wilderness areas
minimum PPE equipment available for EMS providers - correct answer ✔✔- helmets (4 point,
nonelastic suspension system)
, - eye protection (goggles, industrial safety glasses)
- hearing protection (high-quality earmuffs)
- respiratory protection (surgical masks, commercial dust masks)
- gloves (leather gloves)
- foot protection (high-top steel-toed and/or shank boots with a coarse lug cole
- flame/flash protection (turnout gear)
- personal flotation devices (type III PFD with a knife, strobe light, and whistle attached)
- lighting (portable: flashlight, head lamp)
-hazmat suits or self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA, only if you are trained to use it)
- extended, remote, or wilderness protection (backcountry survival pack with PPE for inclement
weather, provisions for personal drinking water, snacks, temporary shelter, butane lighter, and
lighting)
T or F: Face shields found in fire helmets provide adequate eye protection - correct answer
✔✔False
patient protective equipment - correct answer ✔✔- helmets (construction-style hard hats)
- eye protection (vented goggles held in place by elastic bands, workshop face shields)
- hearing and respiratory protection (earplugs)
- protective blankets (vinyl tarps, rescue blankets, wool blankets, plastic sheets)
- protective shielding (backboards, Stokes)
3 safety procedures - correct answer ✔✔- rescue SOPs (standard operating procedures)
- crew assignments
- preplanning
Phase 1 of rescue operations - correct answer ✔✔arrival and size-up
Operations well answered to pass
rescue - correct answer ✔✔extricating and/or disentangling the victims who will become
patients. "the act of of delivering from danger or imprisonment" without rescue there is no
patients.
Is it practical to train every paramedic in rescue? - correct answer ✔✔No, to instruct them to
what is known as the awareness level is sufficient
At a rescue scene, where does treatment begin? - correct answer ✔✔at the site of the incident.
if the pt can be accessed treatment may begin before the patient is extricated
Awareness training - correct answer ✔✔imparts enough knowledge about rescue operations to
EMS personnel that they can recognize hazards and realize the need for additional expertise at
the scene.
surface water - correct answer ✔✔"low head" dams, flat (not moving) water, moving water
hazardous atmopheres - correct answer ✔✔confined spaces, trenches, hazmat incidents
highway operations - correct answer ✔✔unstable vehicles, hazardous cargoes, volatile fuels
hazardous terrains - correct answer ✔✔high-angle cliffs, off-road wilderness areas
minimum PPE equipment available for EMS providers - correct answer ✔✔- helmets (4 point,
nonelastic suspension system)
, - eye protection (goggles, industrial safety glasses)
- hearing protection (high-quality earmuffs)
- respiratory protection (surgical masks, commercial dust masks)
- gloves (leather gloves)
- foot protection (high-top steel-toed and/or shank boots with a coarse lug cole
- flame/flash protection (turnout gear)
- personal flotation devices (type III PFD with a knife, strobe light, and whistle attached)
- lighting (portable: flashlight, head lamp)
-hazmat suits or self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA, only if you are trained to use it)
- extended, remote, or wilderness protection (backcountry survival pack with PPE for inclement
weather, provisions for personal drinking water, snacks, temporary shelter, butane lighter, and
lighting)
T or F: Face shields found in fire helmets provide adequate eye protection - correct answer
✔✔False
patient protective equipment - correct answer ✔✔- helmets (construction-style hard hats)
- eye protection (vented goggles held in place by elastic bands, workshop face shields)
- hearing and respiratory protection (earplugs)
- protective blankets (vinyl tarps, rescue blankets, wool blankets, plastic sheets)
- protective shielding (backboards, Stokes)
3 safety procedures - correct answer ✔✔- rescue SOPs (standard operating procedures)
- crew assignments
- preplanning
Phase 1 of rescue operations - correct answer ✔✔arrival and size-up
