Division 1 Exam (emc100)

emcc100

Skills commonly performed by the EMR include all of the following, EXCEPT

 intravenous therapy

To provide the best possible care for the patient:

all EMS personnel must function effectively as a team

Common functions of the EMS medical director include all of the following, EXCEPT:

responding to the scene of an emergency.

Components of the quality improvement process, as identified by the Institute of Medicine, include all of the following, EXCEPT:

teamwork

All of the following are examples of illness or injury programs, EXCEPT:

one-rescuer CPR

When EMTs or paramedics arrive at the scene of an emergency, the EMR should:

assist the EMTs in continuing the care that he or she initiated

If you have any doubts about the safety of a scene, you should

wait at a safe distance and request law enforcement

Which of the following infectious diseases would be the LEAST likely to be spread by the airborne droplet route?

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

You are dispatched to assist EMTs with an injured person. You are the first responder to arrive at the scene. As you are getting out of your vehicle, you hear someone screaming "He's going to kill me!!". What should you do?

Retreat to a safe distance until law enforcement personnel arrive.

Which of the following statements regarding the fire fighter drag is correct?

It does not require you to lift or carry the patient.

Which of the following statements regarding the two-person chair carry technique is correct?

The patient generally feels more secure with this carry than with the seat carry

In which of the following situations would it be MOST appropriate to use an improvised device instead of a commercially prepared long backboard?

An injured patient must be moved immediately to prevent further injury or death

When moving a patient on a long backboard, you should:

secure him or her to the board with straps.

If you suspect that a patient has suffered a head or spine injury, you should

keep the patient's head and spine immobilized to avoid movement

The primary technique used to move a patient onto a long backboard is the

log roll technique.

An advance directive is MOST accurately defined as a(n):

legal document that indicates the care to be provided if the patient is incapacitated

To comply with the standard of care, the EMR must:

treat the patient to the best of his or her ability and provide care that a reasonable, prudent person with similar training would provide under similar circumstances.

Events that the EMR would likely be required to report to a state or federal agency include all of the following, EXCEPT:

sports-related injuries.

As part of your ethical responsibilities, you are expected to:

conform to accepted professional standards of conduct

Which of the following is NOT considered an advance directive?

standard of care

A patient who verbally or nonverbally lets you know that he or she is willing to accept treatment is giving you ____________ consent

expressed

A ___________ transmits data messages through a radio system and reduces the amount of time the radio frequency is tied up to send or receive a message

mobile data terminal

When transmitting information from the patient's side to the responding ambulance, the emergency medical responder (EMR) would MOST likely use a:

portable radio.

Fibrous bands that connect bones to each other are called:

ligaments

The shoulder is an example of a(n):

ball-and-socket joint.

Which of the following is NOT an upper airway structure?

alveoli

A pulse is felt:

when a wave of pressure is created by the heart as it forces blood into the arteries

You are assessing a conscious 5-year-old child who experienced a sudden inability to speak or cough while playing with a small toy. The child appears sleepy and has pale skin. You should:

suspect a severe airway obstruction

A person could survive for several days to weeks without all of the following, EXCEPT

oxygen

Which of the following conditions would MOST likely require high-flow (90% or higher) oxygen?

carbon monoxide poisoning

For purposes of rescue breathing, a child is a person between:

1 and 12 to 14 years of age.

The appropriate landmark for performing abdominal thrusts on a conscious patient with a severe airway obstruction is

above the navel and below the xiphoid process

When inserting a nasal airway, you should

insert the airway into the larger nostril first

The dome-shaped muscle between the chest and abdomen is called the

diaphragm

During your assessment of a semiconscious uninjured 19-year-old man, you note that his airway is open and his respirations are 14 breaths/min with adequate depth. You should

place the patient in the recovery position and closely monitor his breathing rate and depth.

The MOST immediate threat associated with gastric distention is

increased risk of vomiting

Once the pressure in an oxygen cylinder has been regulated to about 50 pounds per square inch (psi):

a flowmeter is then used to deliver the appropriate oxygen rate

The organ that delivers sperm to fertilize the female egg is called the

penis

The 11th and 12th ribs are

the floating ribs and are attached to the spine

When the body gets too cold, the blood vessels

constrict to shunt warm blood to the body's core

The oxygen-carrying component of the blood is/are:

red blood cells

All of the following are appropriate when communicating with a hearing-impaired patient, EXCEPT:

speaking loudly, directly in the patient's ear

A device that receives a weak radio signal, amplifies that signal, and then rebroadcasts it is called a(n):

repeater

Which of the following statements regarding a base station is correct?

A base station is used by dispatchers to send and receive messages to and from all parts of the service area.

Which of the following statements regarding documentation is NOT correct?

Proper documentation is an unreliable method for determining whether you functioned appropriately

If you are presented with an advance directive that does not appear to be valid, you should:

initiate the care that is appropriate for the patient's condition.

A paramedic unit requests that you respond to a call involving an injury to an elderly woman. Upon your arrival, you assess the patient and have reason to believe that she has been abused. A relative of the patient is present at the scene. You should

report your suspicions to the paramedics and document carefully

You are the first responder to arrive at the scene of a one-vehicle car crash. A paramedic crew is approximately 10 minutes away. The patient is outside of her car, sitting on the curb. As you approach her, she begins telling you what happened and asks you to take her blood pressure. This patient:

is giving you actual consent to treat her and you should do so promptly

The scope of care under which the EMR functions is specified by the:

EMS system medical director

You are the first medically trained person to arrive at the scene of an ill person. You find the patient, a 350-pound man, sitting in a small bathroom. The patient tells you that he is extremely weak and is unable to walk. You should

wait for additional rescuers to arrive before trying to move him

In which of the following situations should you perform the jaw-thrust maneuver?

40-year-old unresponsive patient who fell from a ladder

While managing the airway of a semiconscious 50-year-old woman, you attempt to insert a nasal airway but meet resistance. You should

remove the airway and try to insert it in the other nostril

You have just pulled your neighbor's 3-year-old daughter from a swimming pool. The child's father does not know how long she was submerged in the water. Your assessment reveals that the child is unresponsive, is not breathing, and has a weak pulse. You should

tell the father to activate the EMS system as you initiate rescue breathing

A distinct disadvantage of the one-rescuer bag-mask technique is

difficulty in maintaining an adequate mask-to-face seal

The MOST sensitive cells in the human body are in the

brain

Patients who have experienced carbon monoxide poisoning may have false pulse oximetry readings because

their red blood cells are not saturated with oxygen

After delivering a trauma patient to the hospital, you later learn that the patient had an injury to his lower back. Which spinal vertebrae were MOST likely injured?

lumbar

Which of the following MOST accurately describes negligence?

performance of care that does not meet the accepted standards

A combination of caffeine and alcohol would MOST likely cause

dehydration

Air is inhaled into the lungs when the diaphragm:

contracts and moves downward in the chest

Which of the following statements regarding dental appliances is correct?

Do not remove dental appliances that are firmly attached in the patient's mouth

Which of the following statements regarding the brain's oxygen needs is correct?

Brain cells cannot be replaced once they have been destroyed

The pulse oximeter may not provide an accurate reading if the:

patient's fingers or earlobes are cold

If you are by yourself and a child with an airway obstruction becomes unresponsive, you should

perform five cycles of CPR and then activate EMS.

Air is drawn into the lungs through the trachea when the:

diaphragm contracts and the rib cage expands

Late adulthood is considered to begin at _____ years of age

61

The sections of the spinal column, in descending order, are the

cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx

Accompanied by a concerned neighbor, you enter the residence of an unconscious elderly woman and encounter several small dogs. As you approach the patient, one of the dogs begins to growl at you. You should

remain calm and ask the neighbor to secure the dogs in another room

The main purpose of the oral airway is to

maintain the airway after it has been opened manually

At a minimum, the emergency medical responder's (EMR's) life support kit should contain a ventilation device that

enables you to deliver rescue breaths without mouth-to-mouth contact

Which layer of the skin contains sensory nerves and sweat glands

dermis

The xiphoid process is the

pointed structure at the bottom of the sternum.

Each shoulder girdle consists of the:

clavicle, scapula, and humerus

A patient with ___________ may appear to be in respiratory arrest, even though he or she is breathing

hypothermia

Which of the following statements regarding the nasal cannula is correct?

The flow rate should not exceed 6 L/min

Because the chair carry technique may force the patient's head forward, the rescuer should

watch the patient for problems with the airway

Which of the following is an appropriate ventilation rate for an infant or child?

15 breaths/min