MPTC First Responder UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is a first responder? - CORRECT ANSWER A First Responder is the first medically
trained person to arrive on the scene of an emergency
Level of care - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Emergency Medical technicians (EMT's)
2. Paramedics
3. Nurse and Physicians
4. Other Allied Health Professionals
The EMS System - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reporting
2. Dispatch
3. First Response
4. EMS Response
To combat infectious diseases, we practice... - CORRECT ANSWER *Body Substance
Isolation (a.k.a. Standard Precautions)
*Standard Precautions is a System of Infection Control
Means of Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Direct Contact
2. Indirect Contact
3. Airborne
4. Vector borne
Puncture Wound - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Used needles
2. Glass and other sharp objects contaminated with blood
, 3. Human bites
Mucous Membrane Contact - CORRECT ANSWER Such contact that would result from
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or eye splashing with infected fluids, such as blood, saliva, other
bodily fluids
Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Bacterial - Most Severe (a) an inflammation of the
protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord (b) There is a vaccine for some causes
2. Viral - Often Less Severe
Standard Precautions for infectious diseases - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Assume that all
patients are potentially infected with bloodborne pathogens
2. Use protective equipment
3. Always wear approved gloves (nitrile) and change gloves after contact with each patient
4. Wash your hands with soap and water
5. Do not recap, cut, or bend used needles.
Moving a patient guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER a. DO NO FURTHER HARM TO
THE PATIENT
b. Move the patient only when necessary
c. Move the patient as little as possible
d. Move the patient's body as a unit
e. Use proper lifting techniques
f. Have one rescuer give command (at the head)
Recovery Position - CORRECT ANSWER Unconscious patients who have not suffered
trauma should be placed in the recovery position
a. Helps keep the airway open
b. Allows secretions to drain from the mouth.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is a first responder? - CORRECT ANSWER A First Responder is the first medically
trained person to arrive on the scene of an emergency
Level of care - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Emergency Medical technicians (EMT's)
2. Paramedics
3. Nurse and Physicians
4. Other Allied Health Professionals
The EMS System - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reporting
2. Dispatch
3. First Response
4. EMS Response
To combat infectious diseases, we practice... - CORRECT ANSWER *Body Substance
Isolation (a.k.a. Standard Precautions)
*Standard Precautions is a System of Infection Control
Means of Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Direct Contact
2. Indirect Contact
3. Airborne
4. Vector borne
Puncture Wound - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Used needles
2. Glass and other sharp objects contaminated with blood
, 3. Human bites
Mucous Membrane Contact - CORRECT ANSWER Such contact that would result from
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or eye splashing with infected fluids, such as blood, saliva, other
bodily fluids
Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Bacterial - Most Severe (a) an inflammation of the
protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord (b) There is a vaccine for some causes
2. Viral - Often Less Severe
Standard Precautions for infectious diseases - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Assume that all
patients are potentially infected with bloodborne pathogens
2. Use protective equipment
3. Always wear approved gloves (nitrile) and change gloves after contact with each patient
4. Wash your hands with soap and water
5. Do not recap, cut, or bend used needles.
Moving a patient guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER a. DO NO FURTHER HARM TO
THE PATIENT
b. Move the patient only when necessary
c. Move the patient as little as possible
d. Move the patient's body as a unit
e. Use proper lifting techniques
f. Have one rescuer give command (at the head)
Recovery Position - CORRECT ANSWER Unconscious patients who have not suffered
trauma should be placed in the recovery position
a. Helps keep the airway open
b. Allows secretions to drain from the mouth.
