EMT Refresher: Ambulance Safety Quiz with complete solutions

EMT Refresher: Ambulance Safety Quiz
with complete solutions

What iishould iialways iibe iithe iiEMT's iifirst iipriority iiwhen iiresponding iito iicalls? ii- iiCorrect
iiAnswers ii-personal iisafety


Before iiputting iian iiemergency iivehicle iior iiaircraft iiinto iiservice, iithe iiEMS iiprovider ii-
iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Should iicheck iimedical iiequipment iiand iithe iivehicle/aircraft


Walk iiarounds ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Should iibe iidone iimethodically, iithe iisame iitime
iieach iitime iithey iiare iiperformed


Literature iidemonstrates ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A iisignificant iiincrease iiin iicrashes iiwhen
iiusing iilights/sirens


The iinumber iione iicause iiof iion iithe iijob iiinjury iito iiEMS iipersonnel iiis ii- iiCorrect
iiAnswers ii-Back iiinjuries


Regarding iisupplies iiin iithe iipatient iicompartment ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-All iiitems iishould
iibe iisecured


Survival iikits iior iiequipment ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Should iibe iion iievery iiemergency
iivehicle/aircraft


All iiof iithe iifollowing iiregarding iidata iicollection iion iiambulance iisafety iiis iitrue iiexcept ii-
iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Data iiis iicomprehensive iiand iicaptures iiall iicrashes


Most ii(84%) iiof iiambulance iicrash iiinjuries iioccur ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Due iito
iiunsecured iiequipment


What iiis iithe iimost iiimportant iipurpose iiof iisecuring iiloose iiequipment iiin iithe iiback iiof
iian iiambulance? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Loose iiequipment iican iibecome iia iiprojectile iiin
iithe iievent iiof iian iiaccident


Pre-shift iiambulance iichecks iiinclude ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a.
Medical iiequipment
b.