EMT Readiness Exam (TCC) Questions With Correct Answers

scope of practice - Answer The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by EMS provider standard of care - Answer care that should be provided for any level of training, what is expected of you Duty to Act - Answer EMR have duty to provide care while on duty Negligence - Answer failure to provide expected standard of care 4 things of negligence - Answer duty of care breach of duty causation damages Good Samaritan Law - Answer series of state laws designed to protect care providers if they deliver care in good faith, to their level of training, and best of abilities Battery - Answer unlawful physical contact Assault - Answer verbal threat of harm, no physical contact Types of consent - Answer Expressed, implied, informed expressed consent - Answer competent patient decision to accept care Implied consent - Answer assumes patient who lacks capacity/competency to provide his own consent informed consent - Answer consent given by patients after informed of care being suggested prone - Answer face down supine - Answer face up Fowler's position - Answer a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised between 45 and 60 degrees Semi-Fowler's Position - Answer client lies supine with head of bed elevated approx 30 degrees and knees may be slightly elevated (about 15 degrees) left lateral recumbent position - Answer laying on left side Right lateral recumbent position - Answer laying on right side tripod position - Answer person sitting forward with hands on knees Superior - Answer above or over top of Inferior - Answer Below or toward feet Lateral - Answer Side of body/away from the midline of the body Medial - Answer toward the midline Anterior - Answer front of the body Posterior - Answer back of body Transfer of Care - Answer only release the patient to personnel with equal or higher medical training than yourself. Document all steps of this process body language - Answer Communication of information through body positions and gestures. nonverbal communication - Answer body language, eye contact, and gestures Lifting techniques - Answer extremity lift- 1 lifts arms/1lifts legs log roll- move from prone to supine direct carry- move from bed to stretcher power lift- lift patient on cot direct-ground lift- 3 rescuers move from ground to stretcher body mechanics - Answer -Feet position properly, left with legs not back, bend at knees, keep weight as close to you as possible (powerlift) -Clothing drag, blanket drag, shoulder drag, strap drag used for emergent moves most common cause of airway obstruction - Answer the tongue; foreign objects or other way How to open patients airway? - Answer head tilt-chin lift, modified jaw thrust(trauma) Choking (Airway Obstruction) for ADULT/pediatric(child) - Answer abdominal thrusts; if unresponsive call 911, CPR, check airway and perform 2 rescue breaths Choking (Airway Obstruction) for INFANT - Answer face down on forearm(head lower than trunk), deliver 5 back blows; if it doesn't work turn over on back with head lower than the trunk and deliver 5 chest thrusts with 2 or 3 fingers; Unresponsive: chess compressions, after each set open airway and check for any objects, perform 2 rescue breaths Muscularskeletal system - Answer provides structure, support, and protection for the body and internal organs and allow for body movement. Responsible for production of disease-fighting white blood cells. -Bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments Circulatory system - Answer (circulation of blood) carry well-oxygenated blood and other nutrients to body's cells, removal of waste and carbon dioxide from cells -Heart, blood vessels, blood -arteries, veins, capillaries arteries (arterial) - Answer carry O2 blood to body veins (venous) - Answer returns unoxygenated blood to heart/lungs cappilaries (capillary) - Answer exchange site between blood and tissues Digestive system - Answer break down(digest) the food we eat so it can be absorbed through intestines and used for food and energy for our cells. Also helps remove waste products from the body -Esophagus, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intenstine