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The key principles and procedures for emergency medical care, focusing on the assessment and management of airway, breathing, and circulation issues. It provides detailed guidance on identifying and treating life-threatening problems, ensuring an open airway, managing breathing difficulties, controlling bleeding and shock, and properly assessing and caring for injuries to the extremities, joints, and spinal cord. A comprehensive resource for emergency medical technicians, first responders, and healthcare professionals, covering a wide range of critical topics to ensure effective and appropriate emergency care.
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Which of the following arteries is the MOST RELIABLE for detecting an adult's pulse?
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Pre-incident stress -Personal stress -Workplace stress -Critical incident stress - ANSWER- Critical incident stress Which of the following is a warning sign of stress?
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Apply a cervical collar and attempt to ventilate -Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR -Leave the patient in place and attempt to apply the principles of CPR -Do nothing until help arrives - ANSWER- Turn the patient's body as a unit and begin CPR During the Initial Assessment, you are assessing a conscious trauma patient complaining loudly of pain in the leg. You should: -Begin to obtain the history -Assess the leg immediately -Discontinue the Initial Assessment, start the Detailed Physical Exam -Continue with your initial assessment - ANSWER- Continue with your initial assessment If a EMT is transporting a patient to the hospital and the patient suddenly stops talking, the next step should be to: -Consult with an advanced EMS provider -Repeat the Initial Assessment -Initiate a priority transport -Stop the ambulance - ANSWER- Repeat the Initial Assessment The overall purpose of the Initial Assessment is to: -Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Ensure that airway is open and locate breathing problems -Identify and treat major extremities injuries -Identify minor problems and provide treatment - ANSWER- Identify and correct life threatening problems and set priorities In what order is the Detailed Physical Exam usually conducted on an adult patient? -Head, neck, extremities, chest, pelvis, abdomen -Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities -Head, neck, abdomen, chest, pelvis, extremities -Head, chest, abdomen, neck, pelvis, extremities - ANSWER- Head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities A driver has crashed into a tree. In what order should you check for the signs of life-threatening problems in this accident victim? -Pulse, respirations, hemorrhage -Respirations, hemorrhage, pulse -Hemorrhage, pulse, respirations -Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage - ANSWER- Respirations, pulse, hemorrhage If a life-threatening problem is discovered during the Initial Assessment, you should: -Finish the Initial Assessment and then go back to correct the problem -Complete both the Initial Assessment and the secondary survey -Transport the patient to the hospital immediately
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn You are assessing an unconscious patient who responds to a sternal rub by moaning. Using AVPU how would this patient be described:
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn Deformities, Open injuries, Tenderness, Swelling Providing care within the scope of practice would be considered behavior in accordance with: -The sovereign immunity doctrine -Approved protocols -Professional Standards -Institutional Standards - ANSWER- Professional Standards The extent of medical procedures a EMT is authorized to perform is called the: -Medical release -Scope of practice/care -Duty to act -Physician relationship -Skill set - ANSWER- Scope of practice/care Which of the following is the EMT's BEST defense in a lawsuit? -Excellent documentation of patient care -Current certification -Knowledge of all legal aspects of emergency care -Being proficient - ANSWER- Excellent documentation of patient care
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn The main tube which carries air to the lungs is called the:
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -An opening from the front of the throat directly into the trachea -The tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach - ANSWER- An opening from the front of the throat directly into the trachea Which of the following is a recognizable sign of a foreign body partial airway obstruction with poor air exchange: -Deep rapid respirations -A high pitched noise while inhaling
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn Vital signs for a stable patient is every 15 minutes When you are administering mouth-to-mask ventilations without supplemental oxygen, approximately how much oxygen are you providing for the non-breathing patient:
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Over the right lower rib cage and over the left lower rib cage - ANSWER- Under the right clavicle (white lead) and over the lower left rib cage (red lead) Which of the statements about using an AED is TRUE? -While the AED is analyzing the patient's rhythm, it is acceptable to be touching the patient or continue performing CPR -The AED will ask the user to interpret the heart rhythm -CPR must be stopped for the entire cycle of analysis for the AED to accurately assess the patient's heart rhythm -First responders should immediately attach an AED to every patient - ANSWER- CPR must be stopped for the entire cycle of analysis for the AED to accurately assess the patient's heart rhythm In which of the following situations can an AED be used? -A conscious patient experiencing trouble breathing -A patient in cardiac arrest -An unconscious child who has a pulse -A conscious adult having chest pain - ANSWER- A patient in cardiac arrest According to the CPR guidelines, when ventilating a non-breathing child how many times per minute should ventilations be performed? -10 to 15 -10 to 20 -15 to 20
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Finger sweeps, back slaps, and abdominal thrusts - ANSWER- Back slaps and chest thrusts The management of airway obstruction in the unconscious infant includes: -Back slaps and chest thrusts -Back slaps, abdominal thrusts, and chest thrusts -Perform CPR and check mouth after each cycle -Finger sweeps, back slaps, and abdominal thrusts - ANSWER- Perform CPR and check mouth after each cycle Infant, child, and adult unconscious airway obstruction check mouth then perform CPR and check mouth again after each cycle In caring for a non-breathing patient with a stoma or tracheostomy tube; the EMS Provider must: -Use a nasopharyngeal airway -Use extra force with each ventilation -Cover the neck opening -Ventilate through the neck opening - ANSWER- Ventilate through the neck opening A correct statement concerning airway management of a patient who has a suspected spinal cord injury is that: -The cord injury takes precedence over the airway; the patient can be ventilated only if this can be done without moving the cord
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -The airway takes precedence over the cord injury; the airway must be opened regardless of the damage it might do to the cord -There is no difference in management; in the presence of a cord injury, the airway is still opened in the usual way -Special techniques must be employed to open the airway without moving the cord
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Fold the fingers under and make a firm fist -Hold the fingers outward and slightly away from the chest wall -Allow the fingers to curve and conform to the patients chest - ANSWER- Hold the fingers outward and slightly away from the chest wall You are performing two-rescuer CPR on a child. The rescuer who has been ventilating informs you that the patient is now breathing spontaneously. What should you do? -Continue to provide ventilations and compressions, since you should not stop CPR once you have begun -Stop compressions and place the child in recovery position -Keep both hands on the sternum in order to be ready to resume compressions -Stop the ventilations but continue with the compressions - ANSWER- Stop compressions and place the child in recovery position When performing two-rescuer CPR; how often should the rescuer palpate the carotid artery to check for the return of a spontaneous pulse: -Every 2 minutes -Every 5 minutes -Every 10 cycles -Every minute - ANSWER- Every 2 minutes Which of the following statements concerning the performance of CPR is CORRECT?
Downloaded at Knoowy - Upload your own study documents and earn -Quick jabs and sudden jerking movement should be avoided when compressing the chest -Quick jabs are effective in providing pulses of blood to the brain -70% of the cycle should be compression and 30% of the cycle should be relaxation -Quick jabs produce jets of blood flow out of the heart and enhance stroke volume