Emergency Response Questions and Answers
The network of community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency care to victims of
injury or sudden illness is known as the? - ✅✅Emergency Medical Services System
A first responder can help ease a victim's fears and inspire his or her confidence by - ✅✅Presenting a
professional appearance
Why is it important to make the emergency scene safe, if possible? - ✅✅To ensure safety of the first
responder and of others
While on the scene of a medical emergency, you speak to a physician via radio to obtain permission for a
procedure not included in the standing orders. This is an example of which type of medical oversight
(medical control)? - ✅✅Direct
The role of the professional rescuer in the EMS system is to? - ✅✅Provide transitional care between a
lay responder's initial actions and the care of advanced personnel
Which of the following is an example of an engineering control? - ✅✅Using biohazard containers
You are providing care to a patient with a cut on his arm that has a steady stream of oozing blood.
Which is the most appropriate PPE to use? - ✅✅Gloves
Malaria is a disease that is primarily transmitted by which of the following? - ✅✅Vector-borne
transmission
Which of the following considers all body fluids, secretions and excretions as being potentially infective?
- ✅✅standard precautions
While providing care to a patient, some of the patient's body fluids inadvertently splash into your eyes.
Which of the following should you do first? - ✅✅Flush your eyes with clean water, saline or sterile
irrigant for 20 minutes
, You arrive at a community pool where an unconscious child has been pulled from the water. The childs
parents are not at the pool. You can begin care for this child according to which of the following? -
✅✅implied consent
The unlawful touching of a victim without the victim's consent is - ✅✅Battery
A boy is struck in the back with a baseball bat while at a picnic. A first responder who is present fails to
think that the child may have a back injury and walks the child to his home. That evening, the boy loses
sensation in his legs and is taken to the emergency room. Which of the following describes the action of
the first responder? - ✅✅Negligence
What four components must be necessary for the person to bring a lawsuit of negligence against a first
responder? - ✅✅Duty, breach, cause, damage
In which of the following situations would the notion of implied consent apply? - ✅✅An unconscious,
unresponsive person
S.A.M.P.L.E. - ✅✅S - Signs/Symptoms (Symptoms are important but they are subjective.)
A - Allergies
M - Medications
P - Past Medical History
L - Last Oral Intake (Sometimes also Last Menstrual Cycle.)
E - Events Leading Up To Present Illness / Injury
You arrive at the scene of an emergency. Which of the following should you do first? - ✅✅Ensure
your safety and the safety of bystanders
Your assessment reveals that a patient is stable. You would routinely reassess this victim/patient every- -
✅✅15 minutes
The network of community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency care to victims of
injury or sudden illness is known as the? - ✅✅Emergency Medical Services System
A first responder can help ease a victim's fears and inspire his or her confidence by - ✅✅Presenting a
professional appearance
Why is it important to make the emergency scene safe, if possible? - ✅✅To ensure safety of the first
responder and of others
While on the scene of a medical emergency, you speak to a physician via radio to obtain permission for a
procedure not included in the standing orders. This is an example of which type of medical oversight
(medical control)? - ✅✅Direct
The role of the professional rescuer in the EMS system is to? - ✅✅Provide transitional care between a
lay responder's initial actions and the care of advanced personnel
Which of the following is an example of an engineering control? - ✅✅Using biohazard containers
You are providing care to a patient with a cut on his arm that has a steady stream of oozing blood.
Which is the most appropriate PPE to use? - ✅✅Gloves
Malaria is a disease that is primarily transmitted by which of the following? - ✅✅Vector-borne
transmission
Which of the following considers all body fluids, secretions and excretions as being potentially infective?
- ✅✅standard precautions
While providing care to a patient, some of the patient's body fluids inadvertently splash into your eyes.
Which of the following should you do first? - ✅✅Flush your eyes with clean water, saline or sterile
irrigant for 20 minutes
, You arrive at a community pool where an unconscious child has been pulled from the water. The childs
parents are not at the pool. You can begin care for this child according to which of the following? -
✅✅implied consent
The unlawful touching of a victim without the victim's consent is - ✅✅Battery
A boy is struck in the back with a baseball bat while at a picnic. A first responder who is present fails to
think that the child may have a back injury and walks the child to his home. That evening, the boy loses
sensation in his legs and is taken to the emergency room. Which of the following describes the action of
the first responder? - ✅✅Negligence
What four components must be necessary for the person to bring a lawsuit of negligence against a first
responder? - ✅✅Duty, breach, cause, damage
In which of the following situations would the notion of implied consent apply? - ✅✅An unconscious,
unresponsive person
S.A.M.P.L.E. - ✅✅S - Signs/Symptoms (Symptoms are important but they are subjective.)
A - Allergies
M - Medications
P - Past Medical History
L - Last Oral Intake (Sometimes also Last Menstrual Cycle.)
E - Events Leading Up To Present Illness / Injury
You arrive at the scene of an emergency. Which of the following should you do first? - ✅✅Ensure
your safety and the safety of bystanders
Your assessment reveals that a patient is stable. You would routinely reassess this victim/patient every- -
✅✅15 minutes
