EMT - Preparatory Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Your primary responsibility in an emergency is to ______ - Answer: Protect Yourself
Hot Zone - Answer: An area containing hazardous materials; EMTs should never enter a hot zone
until decontaminated
BSI stands for? - Answer: Body Substances Isolation
BSI Precautions - Answer: Washing hands, wearing gloves, wearing eye protection, masks, and
gowns
Wheeled Stretcher - Answer: Used to transport patients from scene to an ambulance
Portable Stretcher - Answer: Used in places that are too small for a wheeled stretcher
Scoop Stretcher - Answer: Used to lift a patient into a supine position onto a wheeled stretcher
Backboard - Answer: Used to immobilize a patient; long backboards immobilize an entire
patient while short backboards are used to immobilize the patients spine as the patient is being
extricated
Stair Chair - Answer: Used to transport a patient down stairs; most have wheels used to roll
patients onto a stretcher once patient is safely down stairs
, Basket Stretcher - Answer: Used in rescues; ropes and lifting devices are easily attached
Flexible Stretcher - Answer: Used to carry a patient from an upper floor from to a ground floor;
should only be used when there is no suspected spinal injury
Recovery Position - Answer: On left side, left arm under head, bent left knee
Trendelenburg Position - Answer: Supine, Legs bent at hip, feet lifted 8-12 inches
Unresponsive patients are usually placed in the ______ position. - Answer: Recovery
Patients in shock should be placed in the ______ position. - Answer: Trendelenburg
Patients with chest pain are typically more comfortable ____ than ______. - Answer: Sitting;
Lying down
Patients with spinal injury must be ________. - Answer: Immobolized
Two types of medical direction - Answer: 1. On-line medical direction
2. Indirect medical direction
On-line Medical Direction - Answer: Direct communication between EMT and Physician; it is
important to treat physician with respect and abide by their instructions
Indirect Medical Direction - Answer: a.k.a. Off-line medical direction; involves ways in which
physicians develop protocols for EMS systems and influence the education of EMT basics.
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Your primary responsibility in an emergency is to ______ - Answer: Protect Yourself
Hot Zone - Answer: An area containing hazardous materials; EMTs should never enter a hot zone
until decontaminated
BSI stands for? - Answer: Body Substances Isolation
BSI Precautions - Answer: Washing hands, wearing gloves, wearing eye protection, masks, and
gowns
Wheeled Stretcher - Answer: Used to transport patients from scene to an ambulance
Portable Stretcher - Answer: Used in places that are too small for a wheeled stretcher
Scoop Stretcher - Answer: Used to lift a patient into a supine position onto a wheeled stretcher
Backboard - Answer: Used to immobilize a patient; long backboards immobilize an entire
patient while short backboards are used to immobilize the patients spine as the patient is being
extricated
Stair Chair - Answer: Used to transport a patient down stairs; most have wheels used to roll
patients onto a stretcher once patient is safely down stairs
, Basket Stretcher - Answer: Used in rescues; ropes and lifting devices are easily attached
Flexible Stretcher - Answer: Used to carry a patient from an upper floor from to a ground floor;
should only be used when there is no suspected spinal injury
Recovery Position - Answer: On left side, left arm under head, bent left knee
Trendelenburg Position - Answer: Supine, Legs bent at hip, feet lifted 8-12 inches
Unresponsive patients are usually placed in the ______ position. - Answer: Recovery
Patients in shock should be placed in the ______ position. - Answer: Trendelenburg
Patients with chest pain are typically more comfortable ____ than ______. - Answer: Sitting;
Lying down
Patients with spinal injury must be ________. - Answer: Immobolized
Two types of medical direction - Answer: 1. On-line medical direction
2. Indirect medical direction
On-line Medical Direction - Answer: Direct communication between EMT and Physician; it is
important to treat physician with respect and abide by their instructions
Indirect Medical Direction - Answer: a.k.a. Off-line medical direction; involves ways in which
physicians develop protocols for EMS systems and influence the education of EMT basics.
