SKI PATROL UPDATED CORE EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔emergency care system - ✔✔network of specially trained personnel, equipment,
facilities, and other resources that respond to medical emergencies
✔✔future - ✔✔maintain and improve standard of care
✔✔emergency personnel - ✔✔EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedics/nurses/physicians
✔✔scope of practice - ✔✔set of rules, regulations, and ethical considerations that
define the extent and boundaries of a prehospital provider's duties
✔✔prehospital provider - ✔✔a person who is specially trained to vender care outside a
facility
✔✔continuity of care - ✔✔seamless delivery of care from initial contact through
definitive treatment, communication and communality are key (goals, language,
practices)
✔✔medical oversight - ✔✔process by which a physician monitors the quality of care
rendered, 1. direct, real time contact with physician, 2. indirect, care does not require
contact
✔✔quality improvement - ✔✔1. prospective, prevent problems before they occur, 2.
concurrent, take corrective actions and prevent in real time, 3. retrospective, address
after occurrence
✔✔Chapter 3 (Rescue Basics) - ✔✔
✔✔homeostasis - ✔✔the body's ability to regulate its inner environment to ensure
stability and to respond to changes in the outside environment
✔✔heat transfer - ✔✔1. conduction, direct contact, 2. convection, gas or liquid moves
past surface, 3. radiation, heat leaves through infrared waves, 4. evaporation, heat
leaves when liquid converts to gas
✔✔fight or flight - ✔✔autonomic nervous system response, epinephrine released
✔✔immune response - ✔✔state of being protected from a disease, especially infectious
✔✔pathogen - ✔✔an infectious agent that can cause disease or illness
,✔✔working outdoors - ✔✔1. environment, 2. mental preparation, 3. physical fitness, 4.
equipment (base, middle, outer layers)
✔✔transmission of disease - ✔✔1. direct contact, 2. indirect contact, 3. airborne, 4.
vector borne (insects), 5. ingestion
✔✔bodily substance isolation (BSI) - ✔✔practice of isolating bodily substances to
decrease disease transmission
✔✔personal protective equipment (PPE) - ✔✔items worn by medical providers (gloves,
mask)
✔✔mechanism of injury - ✔✔nature of illness, scene safety, crime, hazmat, stress
✔✔Chapter 4 - ✔✔
✔✔National Incident Management System - ✔✔federally mandated method for
responding to and managing an incident
✔✔incident - ✔✔anything out of the ordinary that necessitates a response
✔✔NIMS provides: - ✔✔1) formal chain of command, 2) management by objectives, 3)
span of control (total number of people/resources managed), 4) personal accountability,
5) integrated communications, 6) resource management
✔✔Multi-Agency coordination system - ✔✔a process for managing an incident in which
multiple agencies with different command structures participate
✔✔Incident command system - ✔✔1) incident command, 2) operations, 3)planning, 4)
logistics, 5) finance/administration, * delegate and conquer
✔✔incident command - ✔✔1) assume command, 2) establish incident command post,
3) overall incident management, 4) incident objectives and strategies, 5) develop
structure,
✔✔operations - ✔✔1) participate in planning, 2) reduce immediate hazards, 3) save
lives / properly establish situational control and restore scene to normalcy
✔✔planning - ✔✔1) determine resource needs, 2) gather and analyze data, 3) create
probability projections, 4) prepare contingencies + alternate strategies, 5) assist in
preparation of maps and documents, 6) maintain records
✔✔logistics - ✔✔1) acquire resources, 2) obtain supplies, 3) manage communication
equipment, 4) maintain equipment, 5) develop transportation system
, ✔✔finance/admin - ✔✔1) authorize spending, 2) negotiate contracts, 3) maintain
reimbursement records, 4) maintain injury/death/damage documents, 5) track mutual
aid costs
✔✔incident action plan - ✔✔objectives of intervention, strategies to accomplish tasks
✔✔medical branch of operations - ✔✔triage patients, relay status of incident, perform
interventions
✔✔OEC Technician in the context of Medical branch of operations - ✔✔1) incident
commander, 2) operations chief, 3) medical branch director, 4) triage, treatment or
transportation group officer
✔✔multiple casualty incident - ✔✔incident involving two or more patients
✔✔triage - ✔✔process of prioritizing patients for treatment based on clinical signs
✔✔triage categories - ✔✔IDME: I: immediate (AMS, facial burns, decompensated,
amputation), D: delayed (open fracture, shock, bleeding), M: minimal (closed fracture,
sprain, minimal bleeding, frostbite), E: Expectant ( TBI, irreversible shock, cardiac
arrest, 70% burn)
✔✔START - ✔✔simple triage and rapid treatment (less than 30 respirations, less than 2
second cap refill, can follow simple commands (30 - 2 can do)
✔✔Chapter 5 - ✔✔
✔✔body mechanisms of lifting - ✔✔1) plan, 2) know limitations, 3) get help, 4) keep feet
shoulder width, 5) back straight, 6) bend knees, 7) lift with legs, 8) keep shoulders
centered, 9) keep object close, 10) keep head up, 11) turn with feet
✔✔lifting devices - ✔✔1) transfer flat, for large patients, 2) long spine board (16x72 in),
for spiral/pelvic/femur fractures, 3) orthopedic stretcher, two pieces, slightly concave,
open in middle, 4) portable stretchers, similar to LSB but with handles, 5) basket
stretcher, Kevlar, 6) sitting lifting
✔✔patient package - ✔✔combination of patient, equipment, and device used to
transport
✔✔required moves - ✔✔1) ground to toboggan, 2) toboggan to exam table, 3) exam to
higher care
AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔emergency care system - ✔✔network of specially trained personnel, equipment,
facilities, and other resources that respond to medical emergencies
✔✔future - ✔✔maintain and improve standard of care
✔✔emergency personnel - ✔✔EMR, EMT, AEMT, paramedics/nurses/physicians
✔✔scope of practice - ✔✔set of rules, regulations, and ethical considerations that
define the extent and boundaries of a prehospital provider's duties
✔✔prehospital provider - ✔✔a person who is specially trained to vender care outside a
facility
✔✔continuity of care - ✔✔seamless delivery of care from initial contact through
definitive treatment, communication and communality are key (goals, language,
practices)
✔✔medical oversight - ✔✔process by which a physician monitors the quality of care
rendered, 1. direct, real time contact with physician, 2. indirect, care does not require
contact
✔✔quality improvement - ✔✔1. prospective, prevent problems before they occur, 2.
concurrent, take corrective actions and prevent in real time, 3. retrospective, address
after occurrence
✔✔Chapter 3 (Rescue Basics) - ✔✔
✔✔homeostasis - ✔✔the body's ability to regulate its inner environment to ensure
stability and to respond to changes in the outside environment
✔✔heat transfer - ✔✔1. conduction, direct contact, 2. convection, gas or liquid moves
past surface, 3. radiation, heat leaves through infrared waves, 4. evaporation, heat
leaves when liquid converts to gas
✔✔fight or flight - ✔✔autonomic nervous system response, epinephrine released
✔✔immune response - ✔✔state of being protected from a disease, especially infectious
✔✔pathogen - ✔✔an infectious agent that can cause disease or illness
,✔✔working outdoors - ✔✔1. environment, 2. mental preparation, 3. physical fitness, 4.
equipment (base, middle, outer layers)
✔✔transmission of disease - ✔✔1. direct contact, 2. indirect contact, 3. airborne, 4.
vector borne (insects), 5. ingestion
✔✔bodily substance isolation (BSI) - ✔✔practice of isolating bodily substances to
decrease disease transmission
✔✔personal protective equipment (PPE) - ✔✔items worn by medical providers (gloves,
mask)
✔✔mechanism of injury - ✔✔nature of illness, scene safety, crime, hazmat, stress
✔✔Chapter 4 - ✔✔
✔✔National Incident Management System - ✔✔federally mandated method for
responding to and managing an incident
✔✔incident - ✔✔anything out of the ordinary that necessitates a response
✔✔NIMS provides: - ✔✔1) formal chain of command, 2) management by objectives, 3)
span of control (total number of people/resources managed), 4) personal accountability,
5) integrated communications, 6) resource management
✔✔Multi-Agency coordination system - ✔✔a process for managing an incident in which
multiple agencies with different command structures participate
✔✔Incident command system - ✔✔1) incident command, 2) operations, 3)planning, 4)
logistics, 5) finance/administration, * delegate and conquer
✔✔incident command - ✔✔1) assume command, 2) establish incident command post,
3) overall incident management, 4) incident objectives and strategies, 5) develop
structure,
✔✔operations - ✔✔1) participate in planning, 2) reduce immediate hazards, 3) save
lives / properly establish situational control and restore scene to normalcy
✔✔planning - ✔✔1) determine resource needs, 2) gather and analyze data, 3) create
probability projections, 4) prepare contingencies + alternate strategies, 5) assist in
preparation of maps and documents, 6) maintain records
✔✔logistics - ✔✔1) acquire resources, 2) obtain supplies, 3) manage communication
equipment, 4) maintain equipment, 5) develop transportation system
, ✔✔finance/admin - ✔✔1) authorize spending, 2) negotiate contracts, 3) maintain
reimbursement records, 4) maintain injury/death/damage documents, 5) track mutual
aid costs
✔✔incident action plan - ✔✔objectives of intervention, strategies to accomplish tasks
✔✔medical branch of operations - ✔✔triage patients, relay status of incident, perform
interventions
✔✔OEC Technician in the context of Medical branch of operations - ✔✔1) incident
commander, 2) operations chief, 3) medical branch director, 4) triage, treatment or
transportation group officer
✔✔multiple casualty incident - ✔✔incident involving two or more patients
✔✔triage - ✔✔process of prioritizing patients for treatment based on clinical signs
✔✔triage categories - ✔✔IDME: I: immediate (AMS, facial burns, decompensated,
amputation), D: delayed (open fracture, shock, bleeding), M: minimal (closed fracture,
sprain, minimal bleeding, frostbite), E: Expectant ( TBI, irreversible shock, cardiac
arrest, 70% burn)
✔✔START - ✔✔simple triage and rapid treatment (less than 30 respirations, less than 2
second cap refill, can follow simple commands (30 - 2 can do)
✔✔Chapter 5 - ✔✔
✔✔body mechanisms of lifting - ✔✔1) plan, 2) know limitations, 3) get help, 4) keep feet
shoulder width, 5) back straight, 6) bend knees, 7) lift with legs, 8) keep shoulders
centered, 9) keep object close, 10) keep head up, 11) turn with feet
✔✔lifting devices - ✔✔1) transfer flat, for large patients, 2) long spine board (16x72 in),
for spiral/pelvic/femur fractures, 3) orthopedic stretcher, two pieces, slightly concave,
open in middle, 4) portable stretchers, similar to LSB but with handles, 5) basket
stretcher, Kevlar, 6) sitting lifting
✔✔patient package - ✔✔combination of patient, equipment, and device used to
transport
✔✔required moves - ✔✔1) ground to toboggan, 2) toboggan to exam table, 3) exam to
higher care
