EMT 68W MOD FINAL (LAST CHAPTERS) QUESTIONS
Factors That Affect Response - Answer -Day of the Week
Time of Day
Weather
Road Maintenance and Construction
Railroads
Bridges and Tunnels
Schools and School buses
If your are first on scene - Answer -block the incident by parking the apparatus
"upstream" from the incident. The best vehicle is a fire truck. Only have essential
vehicles at the scene, don't over crowd.
Place Ambulances downstream of incident
At the Hospital after you dropped off patient getting ready for next call - Answer -1.
quickly clean the patient compartment while taking appropriate standard precautions.
2. Prepare respiratory equipment for service
3. Replace expendable items
4. exchange equipment according to your local policy
5. Make up the ambulance cot
En Route to quarters - Answer -1. Radio the EMD
2. Air the ambulance if necessary
3. Refuel the ambulance
In quarters - Answer -1. place badly contaminated linens in a biohazard container and
non-contaminated linens in a regular hamper
2. As necessary, clean any equipment that touched the patient.
3. clean and disinfect used non disposable respiratory-assist and inhalation therapy
equipment
4. clean and sanitize the patient compartment
5. prepare yourself for service
6. Replace expendable items.
7. Replace or refill oxygen cylinders.
8. replace patient-care equipment
9. carry out post operation vehicle maintenance procedures as required
10. Clean the vehicle
11. complete your paperwork
what concentration bleach is used to clean the ambulance? - Answer -1:100 bleach to
water
When to call Air Rescue - Answer --in shock
-with a glasgow coma scale total of less than 10
, -with a head injury with altered mental status
-with chest trauma and respiratory distress
-with penetrating injuries to the body cavity
-with an amputation proximal to the hand or foot
-with extensive burns
-with a serious mechanism of injury
-who is post-cardiac arrest with a pulse
Helicopter landing zone size - Answer -100 x 100 feet
How to set up landing zone? - Answer -Describe all the following to the pilot
-Terrain
-major landmarks
-estimated distance to nearest town
-other pertinent information
Three principles of how to approach a helicopter - Answer -1. Approach from 9-3 area
according to the pilot/fuselage
2. Allows crouch as low as possible approaching the helicopter
3. Always approach from the down hill side
hazardous material - Answer -any substance or material in a form that poses an
unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce or kept
in storage at a warehouse, port, depot, or railroad facility
hot zone - Answer -area immediately surrounding a hazmat incident; extends far
enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone
if you forcibly transport a patient against his will even though he is capable of refusing
your service, you may be found guilty of - Answer -false imprisonment
The stages of grieving - Answer -DABDA
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
How is Hepatitis B transmitted? - Answer -Blood-borne
How should equipment that has come in contact with bodily fluids be cleaned? -
Answer -with disinfectant
Factors That Affect Response - Answer -Day of the Week
Time of Day
Weather
Road Maintenance and Construction
Railroads
Bridges and Tunnels
Schools and School buses
If your are first on scene - Answer -block the incident by parking the apparatus
"upstream" from the incident. The best vehicle is a fire truck. Only have essential
vehicles at the scene, don't over crowd.
Place Ambulances downstream of incident
At the Hospital after you dropped off patient getting ready for next call - Answer -1.
quickly clean the patient compartment while taking appropriate standard precautions.
2. Prepare respiratory equipment for service
3. Replace expendable items
4. exchange equipment according to your local policy
5. Make up the ambulance cot
En Route to quarters - Answer -1. Radio the EMD
2. Air the ambulance if necessary
3. Refuel the ambulance
In quarters - Answer -1. place badly contaminated linens in a biohazard container and
non-contaminated linens in a regular hamper
2. As necessary, clean any equipment that touched the patient.
3. clean and disinfect used non disposable respiratory-assist and inhalation therapy
equipment
4. clean and sanitize the patient compartment
5. prepare yourself for service
6. Replace expendable items.
7. Replace or refill oxygen cylinders.
8. replace patient-care equipment
9. carry out post operation vehicle maintenance procedures as required
10. Clean the vehicle
11. complete your paperwork
what concentration bleach is used to clean the ambulance? - Answer -1:100 bleach to
water
When to call Air Rescue - Answer --in shock
-with a glasgow coma scale total of less than 10
, -with a head injury with altered mental status
-with chest trauma and respiratory distress
-with penetrating injuries to the body cavity
-with an amputation proximal to the hand or foot
-with extensive burns
-with a serious mechanism of injury
-who is post-cardiac arrest with a pulse
Helicopter landing zone size - Answer -100 x 100 feet
How to set up landing zone? - Answer -Describe all the following to the pilot
-Terrain
-major landmarks
-estimated distance to nearest town
-other pertinent information
Three principles of how to approach a helicopter - Answer -1. Approach from 9-3 area
according to the pilot/fuselage
2. Allows crouch as low as possible approaching the helicopter
3. Always approach from the down hill side
hazardous material - Answer -any substance or material in a form that poses an
unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce or kept
in storage at a warehouse, port, depot, or railroad facility
hot zone - Answer -area immediately surrounding a hazmat incident; extends far
enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone
if you forcibly transport a patient against his will even though he is capable of refusing
your service, you may be found guilty of - Answer -false imprisonment
The stages of grieving - Answer -DABDA
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
How is Hepatitis B transmitted? - Answer -Blood-borne
How should equipment that has come in contact with bodily fluids be cleaned? -
Answer -with disinfectant
