CLINICAL CASE-BASED QUESTIONS, TRAUMA & CRITICAL CARE
SCENARIOS | VERIFIED ANSWERS | NURSING & MEDICAL
EXAM PREP
THE COURSE CALLED "OUTDOOR EMERGENCY CARE" WAS CREATED BY THE NATIONAL SKI
PATROL TO:
A) CREATE A STANDARD OF CARE FOR SKI PATROLLERS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR
EMERGENCY CARE.
B) PROVIDE A STANDARD OF TRAINING FOR OEC TECHNICIANS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN
OUTDOOR RECREATION.
C) RESPOND TO A REQUEST FROM MINNIE DOLE TO DEVELOP TRAINING FOR PATROLLERS
WORKING AT SKI RESORTS.
D) CREATE A WORLDWIDE STANDARD OF CARE FOR ANYONE PROVIDING OUTDOOR
EMERGENCY CARE.
CORRECT ANS: B) PROVIDE A STANDARD OF TRAINING FOR OEC TECHNICIANS AND
OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR RECREATION.
THE PERSON WHO FIRST ORGANIZED A VOLUNTEER "SKI PATROL" AND THEN WAS ASKED TO
ORGANIZE A NATIONAL PATROL WAS:
A) ROGER LANGELY.
B) ROLAND PALMEDO.
C) MINNIE DOLE.
D) WARREN BOWMAN.
CORRECT ANS: C) MINNIE DOLE.
THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION WAS FOUNDED:
, A) THROUGH A REQUEST FROM THE U.S. PRESIDENT TO MINNIE DOLE.
B) AFTER MINNIE DOLE CONVINCED THE U.S. ARMY THAT A WINTER WARFARE UNIT WOULD BE
VALUABLE.
C) BY MEMBERS OF THE 87TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY REGIMENT, MANY OF WHOM WERE
SKIERS.
D) THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN ARMY, WHICH HAD A COLD-WEATHER UNIT DURING WORLD
WAR I.
CORRECT ANS: B) AFTER MINNIE DOLE CONVINCED THE U.S. ARMY THAT A WINTER
WARFARE UNIT WOULD BE VALUABLE.
THE FIRST EMERGENCY RESPONDER TEXTBOOK CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SKI PATROLLERS
WAS TITLED:
A) WINTER EMERGENCY CARE.
B) OUTDOOR EMERGENCY CARE.
C) SKI SAFETY AND FIRST AID.
D) SAFETY ON THE SNOW.
CORRECT ANS: A) WINTER EMERGENCY CARE.
DR. WARREN BOWMAN IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF OUTDOOR EMERGENCY CARE BECAUSE
HE:
A) WAS THE FIRST PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL SKI PATROL.
B) CO-AUTHORED THE FIRST SKI PATROL MANUAL WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
C) FOUNDED THE NATIONAL SKI PATROL AS A SEPARATE ENTITY.
D) CREATED THE CONCEPT OF "INTERMEDIATE" MEDICAL CARE FOR SKI PATROLLERS.
CORRECT ANS: D) CREATED THE CONCEPT OF "INTERMEDIATE" MEDICAL CARE FOR SKI
PATROLLERS.