Review for CPR/Medical Emergencies final
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| What are the patient related duties of an EMR? | Safely gain access to the patient. Transfer patient and their info to other medical professionals. Find out what is wrong with the patient.
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| The proper use of the body to facilitate lifting and movement without injury is called body mechanics. T or F? | True.
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| When you are controlling external bleeding, you should use what? | Sterile dressings and bandages.
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| What is the best soft splint to use for a shoulder or elbow injury? | Sling
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| As an EMR, what is your first concern on a scene? | Personal safety/Scene safety.
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| Once you ensure your own safety, your main duty at the scene of an emergency is to what? | Provide patient care.
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| What are the phases of an emergency call? | Dispatch, preparation, arrival, transferring patients, after the emergency.
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| When an EMR gains access to a patient through a window, what access method is it considered? | Simple access.
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| What should an EMR do when a patient is trapped in an overturned vehicle? | Stabilize the vehicle.
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| If gaining access in a car to a patient through a window is required, the EMR should try using what? | A rear or side window.
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| A properly applied splint can't prevent or reduce what? | Excessive movement.
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| Car accident, patient thrown from car with severe bleeding from the head and lower legs look fractured. What do you do if he stops breathing? | Use a jaw-thrust maneuver and ventilate.
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| It is an EMR's job to determine whether a bone or muscle injury is fractured, dislocated etc. T or F? | False
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| What is a bone that is broken and bends at a place other than a joint called? | Deformed or angulated injury.
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| Trauma is the leading cause of death in the elderly. T or F? | True.
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| If immobilizing an elderly patient on a backboard, keep in mind that they could have __ and that it could affect the __. | Curvatures of the spine/airway.
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| What should you check for in wounds involving the extremities? | Pulse, motor function, sensation. (PMS)
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| A vest-type extrication device should be placed on the spinal injured victim prior to the removal from a vehicle during an emergency move. T or F? | False
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| Elderly male, fell in bathroom and is complaining of pain in his right hip. What is the best piece of equipment to use to get him out? | Scoop stretcher.
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| In your initial assessment, you should look for what? | Airway, breathing, circulation. (ABC's)
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| Patient with patent airway and breathing rate of 14, pulse is weak and thready, cool and clammy and capillary refill is slow. What priority is he? | High priority, urgent.
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| When you are performing the ongoing assessment, you should be reassessing the what? | Initial assessment, interventions and vital signs.
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| In your initial assessment, you find the patient has life-threatening problems. You should do what? | Stop and correct the life threat.
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| During your assessment of a trauma patient, what should you use to help you remember what to look for in the physical exam? | DCAP-BTLS
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| A man has fallen from a the second story of a building and is lying supine on the ground. Which assessment plan do you choose? | Rapid trauma assessment.
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| What levels of EMS personnel are there? | EMR, EMT-Basics, EMT-Paramedics and EMT-Intermediates.
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| The medical director of an EMS system is ultimately responsible for all actions performed by the personnel of that EMS system. T or F? | True.
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| The National Registry of EMT's recognizes all of the following EMS levels.. | EMT-Paramedic, EMR, EMT-Basic.
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| As a paid EMR, while on duty you are expected to provide care according to those standard operating procedures outlined by your department. What is this called? | Duty to act.
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| You have an ethical responsibility to.. | Maintain your skills and knowledge, read professional publications and be ready to perform at all times.
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| What is the appropriate respiratory protection to use when caring for a patient with known active TB? | N95 HEPA mask.
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| The xyphoid process is part of the lower sternum. T or F? | True.
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