EMS Operations Exam Questions and Answers

EMS Operations Exam Questions and Answers When is the perfect time to fill out a patient care report - Correct Answer ️️ -after you have transferred the pt to the hospital difference between assault and battery - Correct Answer ️️ --Assault is creating fear of injury in a person -battery is when you touch a person without their permission What is a repeater used for - Correct Answer ️️ -transfer communications from one frequency to another what is the proper way to grip and move a stretcher - Correct Answer ️️ -with palms up and keeping your body as close to the stretcher as possible Steps in Scene-Size up - Correct Answer ️️ --BSI-precautions (gloves etc.) -Scene safety, Hazards -MOI, NOI: Cervical Spine precautions -Number of patients -Additional Resources Primary Assessment - Correct Answer ️️ --General Impression: chief complaint, cervical spine control -Level of consciousness -Airway -Breathing -Circulation -Patient Priority --Decision Unstable Trauma patient (Secondary Assessment) - Correct Answer ️️ -Rapid Head- To-Toe Vitals Sample history Stable Trauma patient (Secondary Assessment) - Correct Answer ️️ -Modified focused assessment Vital Signs SAMPLE-History Responsive Medical pt. (Secondary Assessment) - Correct Answer ️️ -SAMPLE- history modified focus assessment Vitals Unresponsive medical pt. (Secondary Assessment) - Correct Answer ️️ -Rapid head- t0-toe Vitals SAMPLE-History Reassessment - Correct Answer ️️ -Complete primary assessment Vital Signs Check therapies -interventions Note trends What governmental agency regulates the radio transmissions that EMT's make? - Correct Answer ️️ -FCC How should a pt. suffering from a stroke be transported - Correct Answer ️️ -on the side of injury i.e. left facial droop -transported on left side Most violent injuries to first responder's occur - Correct Answer ️️ -when a pt. has a sudden behavioral change i.e. when drugs or alcohol involved What are standing orders - Correct Answer ️️ -Interventions completed in the field before calling medical direction Hazardous material labels 1-4 - Correct Answer ️️ -class 1 -explosives 2- gasses 3-flammable and combustible liquids 4-flammable solid-spontaneously combustible-dangerous when wet, class Hazardous material labels 5-9 - Correct Answer ️️ -5- oxidizer and organic peroxide 6- poison and infectious substances 7-radioactive 8- corrosive 9- miscellaneous Clinical protocols used by an EMS system - Correct Answer ️️ -Offline, Online, Standing orders Components of secondary assessment - Correct Answer ️️ -General approach, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, neurological system, musculoskeletal system and all anatomical regions Rule of palm - Correct Answer ️️ -used to determine the extent of a burn -each palm is appx. 1% of the body surface medical branch of ICS is responsible for - Correct Answer ️️ -triage, treatment and