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If life threatening conditions are identified during the focused history
and physical exam, the EMT should immediately:
a. repeat the Primary Assessment
b. take vital signs
c. begin transportation efforts
d. provide life-saving interventions
D. provide life-saving interventions
Which one of the following instructions applies to the performance of
mask-to-stoma ventilation on a person who has had a COMPLETE
laryngectomy?
a. the nose and mouth must be manually sealed off
b. perform Head tilt neck lift maneuver to open the airway
c. the nose must be sealed off
d. neither the nose nor mouth must be sealed off
d. neither the nose nor mouth must be sealed off
,For a patient with a suspected lumbar spinal injury, the BEST device for
moving the patient as a single unit over uneven terrain is the:
A. wheeled stretcher
B. long spine board
C. flexible stretcher
D. short spine board
B. long spine board
Which of the following is the best indicator of the quality of ventilations
A. chest expansion
B. pupil size
C. blood pressure
D. skin color
A. CHEST EXPANSION
,An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8- yr old female with no
pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer.
The family states the last time she as seen alive was 5 mins prior to EMS
being called. They also state patient has a DNR oder. In NYS, EMS
personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid?
Verbal request from family
A. Written non-hospital B. DNR or MOLST form
C. Written healthcare proxy
D. Written living will
Written out-of-hospital DNR OR MOLST FORM
Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening
injury or illness and is:
a. Under police custody
b. A threat to himself and others
c. Under age of 18
d. Unconscious
D. unconscious
, For a trauma victim w/ a respiratory rate of 40/min, shallow and irregular,
who is pale and has a history of emphysema, the MOST APPROPRIATE
treatment would be to:
a. use of a bvm w/ supp oxygen
b. administer low-conc oxygen b/c of emphysema history
c. administer supp oxygen w/ a high-conc mask
d. transport the patient sitting up to ease the patient's dyspnea
A. Use of a BVM w/ supp. oxygen
If the EMS provider is unable to find a patient's peripheral pulse during a
Primary Assessment, next step should be to:
a. turn on the AED
b. palpate the carotid pulse
c. open the airway and insert an OPA
d. check breathing and begin CPR
b. palpate the carotid pulse