PSFA Final Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
1. In an emergency, which is the second and most crucial action (the first being
identifying there is an emergency) Answer: activating the EMS system by
dialing 9-1-1 or other local emergency number
2. who administers medical oversight? Answer: Medical directors
3. what body system has the heart, arteries, capillaries, veins, and blood as the
major structures Answer: circulatory system
4. what body system has the mouth, nose, trachea, lungs, and diaphragm as
major structures? Answer: respiratory system
5. what are the four components of the scene size up? Answer: scene safety,
number of victims, resources needed, and mechanisms of injury/nature of
illness
6. the importance of making sure the emergency scene is safe is Answer: to
ensure the safety of the first responder and others at the scene
7. if there are downed electrical wires at a vehicle collision you should -
Answer: assume the wires are energized and move the crowd back
8. if there are downed electrical wires at a vehicle collision you should -
Answer: assume the wires are energized and move the crowd back
9. The initial assessment's purpose is to - Answer: Identify immediate threats to
life.
10. The initial assessment's purpose is to - Answer: Identify immediate threats
to life.
11. For a victim who is unstable, you should repeat the initial assessment every.
Answer: 5 Minutes
, 2
12. The "L" in Sample refers to - Answer: Last oral intake.
13. Where do you check the pulse of a conscious adult or child. Answer: radial
artery
14. When looking at a patient's skin what characteristic is not involved with the
assessment Answer: Elasticity
15. which of the following is NOT a safe lifting technique. Answer: Starting to
move without communicating with your lifting partner(s)
16. When trying to examine a —— use the 5 second look, listen, and feel
method. Answer: patient's breathing
17. AVPU Answer: alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive
18. The "M" in SAMPLE stands for - Answer: Medications
19. check the ——- on an infant whether unconscious or conscious. Answer:
brachial pulse
20. You open the airway of a victim of a sudden illness with the —— Answer:
Head tilt/chin lift method.
21. Restlessness and irritability are common initial signs of —- Answer: shock
22. Hypoperfusion is another name for Answer: shock
23. what is a sign of shock? Answer: A rapid, weak pulse
24. An occlusive dressing can be made from - Answer: gauze
25. If a patient has a foriegn object stuck in them, you should — Answer:
control the bleeding by stabilizing the object with dressing,and bandaging
around the object.
26. A partial thickness burn is categorized by - Answer: red, wet, and blistered
skin
Correct Answers)
1. In an emergency, which is the second and most crucial action (the first being
identifying there is an emergency) Answer: activating the EMS system by
dialing 9-1-1 or other local emergency number
2. who administers medical oversight? Answer: Medical directors
3. what body system has the heart, arteries, capillaries, veins, and blood as the
major structures Answer: circulatory system
4. what body system has the mouth, nose, trachea, lungs, and diaphragm as
major structures? Answer: respiratory system
5. what are the four components of the scene size up? Answer: scene safety,
number of victims, resources needed, and mechanisms of injury/nature of
illness
6. the importance of making sure the emergency scene is safe is Answer: to
ensure the safety of the first responder and others at the scene
7. if there are downed electrical wires at a vehicle collision you should -
Answer: assume the wires are energized and move the crowd back
8. if there are downed electrical wires at a vehicle collision you should -
Answer: assume the wires are energized and move the crowd back
9. The initial assessment's purpose is to - Answer: Identify immediate threats to
life.
10. The initial assessment's purpose is to - Answer: Identify immediate threats
to life.
11. For a victim who is unstable, you should repeat the initial assessment every.
Answer: 5 Minutes
, 2
12. The "L" in Sample refers to - Answer: Last oral intake.
13. Where do you check the pulse of a conscious adult or child. Answer: radial
artery
14. When looking at a patient's skin what characteristic is not involved with the
assessment Answer: Elasticity
15. which of the following is NOT a safe lifting technique. Answer: Starting to
move without communicating with your lifting partner(s)
16. When trying to examine a —— use the 5 second look, listen, and feel
method. Answer: patient's breathing
17. AVPU Answer: alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive
18. The "M" in SAMPLE stands for - Answer: Medications
19. check the ——- on an infant whether unconscious or conscious. Answer:
brachial pulse
20. You open the airway of a victim of a sudden illness with the —— Answer:
Head tilt/chin lift method.
21. Restlessness and irritability are common initial signs of —- Answer: shock
22. Hypoperfusion is another name for Answer: shock
23. what is a sign of shock? Answer: A rapid, weak pulse
24. An occlusive dressing can be made from - Answer: gauze
25. If a patient has a foriegn object stuck in them, you should — Answer:
control the bleeding by stabilizing the object with dressing,and bandaging
around the object.
26. A partial thickness burn is categorized by - Answer: red, wet, and blistered
skin
