PSFA STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If we are a civilian and encounter a medical emergency, the first objective is to? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-Alert the EMS system immediately.
Who provides medical oversight? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-The medical director
Name the parts of the circulatory system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Heart, arteries, blood vessels
Name the parts of the respiratory system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Nose (nasopharynx), Mouth
(oropharynx), Throat, Larynx (voicebox), Trachea (windpipe), Lungs, Diaphragm
Name the four components of scene size up - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Scene safety, number of
patients, resources needed, MOI/NOI
Why is emergency scene safety important? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-To keep ourselves away from
danger, to make sure we do not become part of the problem.
Two way radio communication with a doctor is known as? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Medical
Direction
Vehicle accident with wires down, you should? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Notify the power
company to shut off the power. Then proceed towards the scene when safe.
What is the purpose of the initial assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-To form an impression of
the patient's condition, introduce yourself to the patient, diagnose the patient's chief complaint,
patient's responsiveness, and breathing and airway.
Description of an EMR - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-The first medically trained person to arrive on the
scene and provide immediate care.
, For an unstable patient the initial assessment should be repeated every _____ minutes? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-5 minutes
Know what SAMPLE means - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications,
Pertinent past medical history, Last oral intake, Events leading up to.
Where do we check the pulse of a conscious adult? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The radial
Skin signs include? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Pink, warm and dry, diaphoretic, flushed, pale.
Know safe lifting techniques - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Lift using primarily your legs, so that you
don't hurt your back.
When we "look, listen, and feel" we are checking what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Checking for
breathing: looking for the chest rising, listening for clear breathing, and feeling for a pulse
AVPU - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive
Where do we check the pulse on an infant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The brachial artery because the
carotid artery hasn't been fully developed yet.
How do we open an airway? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Head tilt chin lift
Restlessness and irritability are common signs of what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Shock
What is hypoperfusion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-A reduced amount of blood flow throughout the
body and the heart
Initial signs of shock? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Cool or pale skin, bluish tinge to lips or fingernails
(or gray in the case of dark complexions), rapid pulse, rapid breathing, nausea or vomiting, enlarged
pupils. Rapid weak pulse
If we are a civilian and encounter a medical emergency, the first objective is to? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-Alert the EMS system immediately.
Who provides medical oversight? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-The medical director
Name the parts of the circulatory system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Heart, arteries, blood vessels
Name the parts of the respiratory system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Nose (nasopharynx), Mouth
(oropharynx), Throat, Larynx (voicebox), Trachea (windpipe), Lungs, Diaphragm
Name the four components of scene size up - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Scene safety, number of
patients, resources needed, MOI/NOI
Why is emergency scene safety important? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-To keep ourselves away from
danger, to make sure we do not become part of the problem.
Two way radio communication with a doctor is known as? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Medical
Direction
Vehicle accident with wires down, you should? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Notify the power
company to shut off the power. Then proceed towards the scene when safe.
What is the purpose of the initial assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-To form an impression of
the patient's condition, introduce yourself to the patient, diagnose the patient's chief complaint,
patient's responsiveness, and breathing and airway.
Description of an EMR - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-The first medically trained person to arrive on the
scene and provide immediate care.
, For an unstable patient the initial assessment should be repeated every _____ minutes? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-5 minutes
Know what SAMPLE means - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications,
Pertinent past medical history, Last oral intake, Events leading up to.
Where do we check the pulse of a conscious adult? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The radial
Skin signs include? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Pink, warm and dry, diaphoretic, flushed, pale.
Know safe lifting techniques - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Lift using primarily your legs, so that you
don't hurt your back.
When we "look, listen, and feel" we are checking what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Checking for
breathing: looking for the chest rising, listening for clear breathing, and feeling for a pulse
AVPU - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive
Where do we check the pulse on an infant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The brachial artery because the
carotid artery hasn't been fully developed yet.
How do we open an airway? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Head tilt chin lift
Restlessness and irritability are common signs of what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Shock
What is hypoperfusion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-A reduced amount of blood flow throughout the
body and the heart
Initial signs of shock? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Cool or pale skin, bluish tinge to lips or fingernails
(or gray in the case of dark complexions), rapid pulse, rapid breathing, nausea or vomiting, enlarged
pupils. Rapid weak pulse
