First Responder Exam Review Questions and Answers
CPR consists of 4 main parts:
A= AED stands for___ - ANSWER -Automated
B= External Defibrillator
C=
D= - ANSWER -Airway
Breathing Use the _______ hands technique for infant 2
Chest Compressions rescuers - ANSWER -2-thumb- encircling
Defibrillation
To relieve chocking in the infant give -
What is the compression? - ANSWER - ANSWER -A combination of back slaps and
Pumps the blood in the heart to the rest of body chest thrusts
What causes gastric inflation? - ANSWER - What should you do if a patient had agonal
if you breath too quickly or with too much force breaths - ANSWER -Activate emergency
response system, check pulse, start CPR
What is the compression ventilation ratio for 1
rescuer adult CPR? - ANSWER -30:2 Where should you assess a pulse in an adult? -
ANSWER -Carotid artery
What ages are considered children? -
ANSWER -12 months- pueberty Where should you assess a pulse in an infant -
ANSWER -Brachial Pulse
What ages are considered infants? -
ANSWER -birth- 12 months The chain of human resources and services
linked together to provide continuous emergency
care from the prehospital scene, through
What ages are considered adults? - transport, and arrival at the medical facility -
ANSWER -pueberty and up ANSWER -EMS(Emergency Medical
Service System)
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer
adult CPR? - ANSWER -30:2 A member of the EMS System who provide pre-
arrival instructions to callers, there by helping to
initiate life-saving care before EMS personnel
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer arrive - ANSWER -Emergency Medical
child CPR? - ANSWER -15:2 Dispatcher
The earlier the defibrillation occurs the ______ A physician who assumes the ultimate
the survival rate - ANSWER -higher responsibility for medical oversight of the patient
care aspects of the EMS systems -
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ANSWER -Medical Director
An unresponsive patient is assumed to want help
A specific set of steps developed by the EMS - ANSWER -Implied Consent
system's medical director - ANSWER -
Protocols
A failure to provide the expected standard of care
- ANSWER -Negligence
Specific instructions developed by the medical
director, which authorize the Emergency Medical
Responder, EMT, or Paramedic to provide care A series of laws designed to protect care
for specific medical conditions or injuries - providers who deliver care in good faith to the
ANSWER -standing orders level of there training and with out compensation
- ANSWER -Good Samaritan Law
Standing orders and protocol developed by an
EMS system that authorize rescuers to perform Give the stages of grief and describe -
particular skills in certain situations without ANSWER -Denial- patient denys he is dying
actually speaking to the MD - ANSWER - and puts off having to deal with situation
Off-line medical direction Anger- angry about situation, vented on family
members
Bargaining- patient believes bargaining will
Orders to perform a skill or administer care from postpone the inevitable
the on-duty physician, given to the rescuer in Depression- patient becomes sad, depressed,
person, by radio, or by phone - ANSWER - and mourns things he has not done
On-line Medical Direction Acceptance- works through all stages and finally
is able to accept death
To protect yourself from infectious diseases,
typically you will need no more than _____ - An emotionally draining, nerve raking time
ANSWER -gloves caused by an overload of work/drama -
ANSWER -stress
The prehospital assessment and basic care for
the sick or injured patient - ANSWER - an emergency that involves more than one victim
Emergency care and over whelms the 1st responding units -
ANSWER -multiple-casualty
Give several components of the EMS -
ANSWER -first reponders, paramedics, the A method of infection control based on the
dispature, police man, fire man presumption that all body fluids are infectious,
practice of using specific barriers to minimize
contact with a patient's blood and body fluids -
The patient provides verbal permission to provide ANSWER -BSI- Body Substances
care - ANSWER -Expressed consent
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CPR consists of 4 main parts:
A= AED stands for___ - ANSWER -Automated
B= External Defibrillator
C=
D= - ANSWER -Airway
Breathing Use the _______ hands technique for infant 2
Chest Compressions rescuers - ANSWER -2-thumb- encircling
Defibrillation
To relieve chocking in the infant give -
What is the compression? - ANSWER - ANSWER -A combination of back slaps and
Pumps the blood in the heart to the rest of body chest thrusts
What causes gastric inflation? - ANSWER - What should you do if a patient had agonal
if you breath too quickly or with too much force breaths - ANSWER -Activate emergency
response system, check pulse, start CPR
What is the compression ventilation ratio for 1
rescuer adult CPR? - ANSWER -30:2 Where should you assess a pulse in an adult? -
ANSWER -Carotid artery
What ages are considered children? -
ANSWER -12 months- pueberty Where should you assess a pulse in an infant -
ANSWER -Brachial Pulse
What ages are considered infants? -
ANSWER -birth- 12 months The chain of human resources and services
linked together to provide continuous emergency
care from the prehospital scene, through
What ages are considered adults? - transport, and arrival at the medical facility -
ANSWER -pueberty and up ANSWER -EMS(Emergency Medical
Service System)
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer
adult CPR? - ANSWER -30:2 A member of the EMS System who provide pre-
arrival instructions to callers, there by helping to
initiate life-saving care before EMS personnel
What is the compression-ventilation for 2 rescuer arrive - ANSWER -Emergency Medical
child CPR? - ANSWER -15:2 Dispatcher
The earlier the defibrillation occurs the ______ A physician who assumes the ultimate
the survival rate - ANSWER -higher responsibility for medical oversight of the patient
care aspects of the EMS systems -
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ANSWER -Medical Director
An unresponsive patient is assumed to want help
A specific set of steps developed by the EMS - ANSWER -Implied Consent
system's medical director - ANSWER -
Protocols
A failure to provide the expected standard of care
- ANSWER -Negligence
Specific instructions developed by the medical
director, which authorize the Emergency Medical
Responder, EMT, or Paramedic to provide care A series of laws designed to protect care
for specific medical conditions or injuries - providers who deliver care in good faith to the
ANSWER -standing orders level of there training and with out compensation
- ANSWER -Good Samaritan Law
Standing orders and protocol developed by an
EMS system that authorize rescuers to perform Give the stages of grief and describe -
particular skills in certain situations without ANSWER -Denial- patient denys he is dying
actually speaking to the MD - ANSWER - and puts off having to deal with situation
Off-line medical direction Anger- angry about situation, vented on family
members
Bargaining- patient believes bargaining will
Orders to perform a skill or administer care from postpone the inevitable
the on-duty physician, given to the rescuer in Depression- patient becomes sad, depressed,
person, by radio, or by phone - ANSWER - and mourns things he has not done
On-line Medical Direction Acceptance- works through all stages and finally
is able to accept death
To protect yourself from infectious diseases,
typically you will need no more than _____ - An emotionally draining, nerve raking time
ANSWER -gloves caused by an overload of work/drama -
ANSWER -stress
The prehospital assessment and basic care for
the sick or injured patient - ANSWER - an emergency that involves more than one victim
Emergency care and over whelms the 1st responding units -
ANSWER -multiple-casualty
Give several components of the EMS -
ANSWER -first reponders, paramedics, the A method of infection control based on the
dispature, police man, fire man presumption that all body fluids are infectious,
practice of using specific barriers to minimize
contact with a patient's blood and body fluids -
The patient provides verbal permission to provide ANSWER -BSI- Body Substances
care - ANSWER -Expressed consent
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