EMR Final 2023 Questions and Answers Graded A

EMR Final 2023 Questions and Answers Graded A you are transporting a 5 year old male to the hospital who is agitated and has an oxygen saturation of 92%. He will not tolerate a NRB or a nasal cannula and take them off of his face. Your best course of action is... have the patient's mother hold the mask close to his face you have just witnessed a patient collapse. He is not breathing. A second rescuer arrives. The second rescuers role is to... activate the emergency response system and get the AED when feeling for a pulse, use... 2 or 3 fingers when giving mouth to mouth ventilations to an infant.... place your mouth over the infants nose and mouth to create an airtight seal the risk of infection to the rescuer while performing CPR is... extremely low when opening up the airway of a patient who is suspected of having a spinal injury you should... use the jaw thrust maneuver which of the following signs is not likely to be present in a patient with a severe airway... violent coughing you have witnessed a patient go into cardiac arrest and began CPR after sending a second rescuer to activate the emergency response system and get an AED. When a third rescuer arrives he should... help with bag mask ventilation which type of oxygen regulator only has 1 gauge and way to regulate the flow rate high pressure regulator a round of CPR should last 5 cycles or approximately: 2 minutes all of the following choices are true of an agonal gasp except they are always forceful and make the patient's head move when transporting a victim by stretcher you can leave the AED powered on and attached you are checking to see if a patient is responsive when he or she lets out an agonal gasp. This is... not normal breathing which of the following is considered to be an early sign of hypoxia disorientation your partner is delivering mouth-to-mouth ventilations to a patient while you are in charge of chest compressions. your partner is delivering quick, forceful breaths to minimize interruptions in chest compressions. Which of the following statements is true about the scenario? your partner should be giving slow breaths over a 2 second period delivering quick forceful breaths is inappropriate and causes air to enter the stomach instead of the lungs if you are alone and find that a patient is not breathing and you have already activated the emergency response system you should... get an AED and return to the victim when performing mouth to mouth breaths on an adult it is important to... take a regular breath and seal your lips around the victims mouth 2 rescuer CPR is performed at a ratio of what in a child? 15 to 2 when using a simple face mask deliver air over 1 second you are performing abdominal thrust on a patient who becomes unresponsive. the very first thing you should do is... activate the emergency response system gastric inflation can cause all of the following conditions except emphysema you are on the scene of the 77 year old female who is not breathing. This condition is best described as... apnea You witnessed a patient become unresponsive after choking. The correct order of procedures is to: start chest compressions, open the victims mouth, look for an occluding object then remove it with your fingers a rescuers exhaled air contains approximately 17% oxygen at what point is a child considered an adult in relation to CPR after the onset of puberty proper technique when performing the head tilt/chin lift includes... placing your finger on the bony part of the lower jaw and bringing the chin forward if breathing is inadequate or absent providing rescue breathing can... prevent cardiac arrest the ratio for compressions to breaths for a child with just one rescuer is... 30 to 2 compressions should be performed at a rate of at least 100/min the emergency medical services system may be best defined as a... network of resources that provide care to the ill or injured the EMR is one link in the chain of services that forms the... Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System one of your most important roles as an EMR is... protecting yourself and your crew maintaining a professional appearance as an EMR is important because it... instills confidence in patients and their families Kris, your partner has just returned from a call involving the severe injury of a child. Kris is nauseous and irritable. You recognize... an emotional response to the stress of the call Returning to the station after the death of a patient, you observe that your partner is "not himself" you have the same perception the next day and also notice that he is having a hard time making decisions and concentrating. a likely cause is critical incident stress EMRs may contract infectious disease by way of contaminated objects droplets coughed or sneezed into mouth, nose or eyes blood to blood contact The term "body substance isolation" may best be defined as ________. assuming that all body fluids are potentially infectious which of the following statements is true handwashing is the most effective means of preventing spread of disease An EMR's scope of practice is defined by ________. provincial law and local regulations it is acceptable for EMRs to go beyond their scope of practice never The patient and her family do not want CPR performed in the event that she becomes breathless and pulseless. What would permit an EMS responder to follow those wishes? a do not resuscitate order a competent adult may refuse treatment for any reason whatsoever an EMR provides emergency care to an adult who is unconscious and seriously injured. this is an example of... implied consent during which phase of an ems response will you first hear details of a call dispatch you have just reported that you are on your way to the scene of a vehicle collision at the intersection of W Hastings and Cambie streets. what phase of an EMS response are you in en route to the scene in which phase of a response would you check and ready your equipment for service? preparation you report your patient findings to the arriving Paramedics during which phase of a call transfer of care which of the following would be considered student misconduct harrassing a fellow student about their obesity according to worker compensation board regulations which of the following is not a first aid attendants responsibility record signs and symptoms on an injured worker only if you feel the worker will be off work more than two days you have stopped to refuel the rescue vehicle. what phase of an ems response are you in post run duties cleaning and disinfecting equipment occurs during which phase of an ems response post run duties personal protective equipment includes all of the following except automated external defibilator a physical fitness plan for EMRs should include all of the following except protein supplements The term "body mechanics" refers to the ________. ways to use your body for a mechanical advantage upon arrival at the scne of an emergency, the first task the EMR must perform is called scene assessment you are called to the scene of a bar fight where a person has been shot twice and is bleeding profusely. what is your best course of action wait for the police to make the scene safe to enter the mechanism of injury refer to the forces that caused an injury at a patien't house, you hear loud voices and cursing. this would be considered a possible scene hazard you arrive on scene and quickly note the patient's sex, approximate age, body posture, and overall level of distress. this process is called forming a general impression