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
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, 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.
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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
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, 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.
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