JBL Operations questions with correct answers

The scene size-up includes all of the following components, EXCEPT: A) determining if the scene is safe. B) donning personal protective gear. C) assessing the need for assistance. D) evaluating the mechanism of injury. - Answer B (Components of scene size-up: determining scene safety, assessing MOI/NOI, determining number of pts, and requesting additional help if needed. PPE should be donned before beginning scene size-up) You receive a call at 3:00 a.m. for a patient who is slumped over the steering wheel of his car, which is parked on the shoulder of the road. Your unit and a police officer arrive at the scene at the same time. You should: A) stay in your unit until the police officer checks the patient. B) park the ambulance 25 feet in front of the patient's vehicle. C) shine a spotlight in the side view mirror of the patient's vehicle. D) approach the vehicle from the front to ensure maximum visibility. - Answer A (Use the safety resource at the scene: police officer) EMTs are dispatched to a nursing home for a 78-year-old female who is running a fever. When they arrive, the nurse advises them that the patient's physician wants her to be taken to the hospital, and that her daughter is en route to the nursing home. The patient is conscious, alert, and oriented, and refuses to go to the hospital. In this case, consent to treat and transport this patient: A) has not been obtained because the patient is conscious and alert. B) is implied because the patient is elderly and lives in a nursing home. C) can only be obtained once the patient's daughter arrives at