EMT FISDAP OPERATIONS EXAM TEST BANK | INCLUDES ACCURATE ALL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES | UPDATED FOR GUARANTEED PASS | ALREADY GRADED A | 2023/2024
EMT FISDAP OPERATIONS EXAM TEST BANK | INCLUDES
ACCURATE ALL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES | UPDATED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS | ALREADY GRADED A | 2023/2024
Upon arriving at a mass-casualty incident, the EMT is assigned to the treatment area. Upon
completion of duties in the treatment area, the
EMT should:
A) notify the incident commander and return to service.
B) report to the treatment officer for further instructions.
C) report to the transportation area to assist with transport.
D) report to the triage section to check for remaining patients.
B) report to the treatment officer for further instructions.
Organized operations at the scene of a mass-casualty incident are crucial in order to achieve the
best possible outcome and maximize the number of lives
saved. When the EMT is given an assignment, he or she should complete the assignment and
then return to the individual who gave the assignment for
further instructions. Self-assigning at the scene (freelancing) is dangerous and can compromise
the effectiveness of the overall operation.
A patient injured his arm and asks to be transported to a specific hospital because he has been
there before. The EMT states that he does
not feel the doctors there are competent and recommends a different hospital. The EMT’s
behavior is:
A) legal and ethical.
B) ethical, but illegal.
C) legal, but unethical.
D) illegal and unethical.
C) legal, but unethical.
The EMT’s actions in this case are not illegal; he cannot go to jail for making such comments.
However, his actions are clearly unethical and unprofessional,
and could lead to allegations of slander by the physician; this would be a civil case, not a
criminal one. You must not allow your personal feelings to influence
a patient’s decision as to who treats him or her, or where he or she is treated.
You arrive at the scene of an 80-year-old woman who is weak and lightheaded. Her son, who
called 911, is present and asks you to transport
his mother to the hospital. You should:
A) advise the son that he can probably drive his mother to the hospital.
B) comply with the son’s request and transport the woman to the hospital.
C) take the woman’s vital signs and apply supplemental oxygen if necessary.
D) assess the woman and determine if she wishes to be treated and transported.
D) assess the woman and determine if she wishes to be treated and transported.
You must obtain consent from any mentally competent adult patient prior to initiating treatment.
Just because the patient is 80 years old does not mean that
she does not have decision-making capacity. Also, just because her son wants her to be
transported does not mean that she agrees with this request. Ask her
if she wishes to be treated and transported to the hospital. If she does, then you have obtained
consent and should proceed accordingly. If she does not, you
should determine if she has decision-making capacity–that is, whether she is mentally
competent. If she is determined to have decision-making capacity,
then you cannot legally treat or transport her. If she does not have decision-making capacity (eg,
she is confused, she is under the influence of drugs or
alcohol), then you may treat and transport under the law of implied consent. It is not the EMT’s
decision to determine, let alone recommend, that a patient be
taken to the hospital via privately owned vehicle (POV}. If the patient requests EMS treatment
and transport, you are legally obligated to do so.
When using the power lift to lift a stretcher, you should:
A) maintain a slight inward curve to your back.
B) bend at the waist and keep your back straight
C) ensure that you lift with your palms facing up.
D) maintain a slight outward curve to your back.
C) ensure that you lift with your palms facing up.
To achieve the best grip and to avoid injury to your wrists, you should lift a stretcher, backboard,
or other carrying device with your palms facing up. Do not
bend at the waist; rather, bend at the knees and keep your back in a straight, locked-in position.
You and your partner have secured a trauma patient to a long backboard and are preparing to lift
the backboard onto the stretcher. When
doing so, you should:
A) lift the backboard from the sides instead of from the ends.
B) be sure to lift the backboard with the powerful muscles of your back.
C) recall that most of the patient’s weight is at the foot end of the backboard.
D) ensure that the strongest EMT is positioned at the head of the backboard.
D) ensure that the strongest EMT is positioned at the head of the backboard.
Since most of the patient’s weight is distributed to the head end of a backboard, you should
always ensure that the strongest EMT is at that position. This will
reduce the risk of injury to less strong personnel as well as the risk of dropping the patient. The
backboard should be lifted from the ends, not the sides; you
have less control over the board if it is lifted from the sides. When lifting any patient, you should
use the powerful muscles of your thighs, not your back, to
lift. Keep your back straight and in a locked-in position.
Which of the following statements regarding the high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)
respirator is correct?
A) HEPA respirator should be placed on any patient with tuberculosis.
B) Long sideburns or a beard will prevent the proper fit of a HEPA respirator.
C) A surgical mask provides better protection against tuberculosis than a HEPA respirator.
D) A HEPA respirator is necessary only if the patient with suspected tuberculosis is coughing.
B) Long sideburns or a beard will prevent the proper fit of a HEPA respirator.
If you are caring for a patient with known or suspected tuberculosis (TB) or COVID-19,
regardless of whether the patient is coughing, you should place a
surgical mask (or high-flow oxygen, if indicated) on the patient and a high-efficiency particulate
air (HEPA) respirator (N-95 or higher) on yourself. Unlike a
surgical mask, the HEPA respirator is specifically designed to prevent exposure to the bacterium
that causes TB; it can also filter out particles of the SARSCoV-2 virus, the virus that causes
COVID-19. A surgical mask, however, will reduce the transmission of germs from the patient
into the air. Do not place a
HEPA respirator on the patient; it is unnecessary and uncomfortable. Use of a HEPA respirator
should comply with OSHA standards, which state that facial
hair, such as long sideburns or beards, will prevent a proper fit.
A 30-year-old woman crashed her car into a tree at a high rate of speed. She is conscious and
alert and has stable vital signs. She has some
small lacerations and abrasions to her arms and face, but no obviously life-threatening injuries.
As you are loading her into the ambulance,
she tells you that she does not want to go to the hospital. You should:
A) advise her that she is probably too emotionally upset to be able to refuse EMS treatment and
transport.
B) ask a law enforcement officer to administer a breathalyzer test to determine if she has been
drinking alcohol.
C) advise the patient that she should be transported to the hospital because of the seriousness of
the crash.
D) obtain a signed refusal from the patient and ask a law enforcement officer to transport her to
the hospital.
C) advise the patient that she should be transported to the hospital because of the seriousness of
the crash.
The consequences of refusal should be explained to any patient who refuses EMS treatment
and/or transport. After establishing that the patient can legally
refuse treatment and transport (eg, he or she is of legal age AND has decision-making capacity),
you must advise her that because of the significant
mechanism of injury, the potential for critical injury cannot be ruled out in the field , even
though she may feel fine now. It should also be explained, in a
manner that the patient can understand, that a hidden significant injury could result in death if
untreated. Once this is explained, and the patient
understands and is willing to accept the possible consequences, obtain a signed refusal and ask
an impartial person (eg, police officer) to witness the signed refusal.
The role of triage officer at a mass-casualty incident should be assumed by the:
A) most knowledgeable EMS provider.
B) EMS provider with the most years in EMS.
C) first EMS provider who is willing to perform the task.
D) EMS medical director via telephone communication.
A) most knowledgeable EMS provider.
The role of triage officer should be assumed by the most knowledgeable EMS provider at the
scene. Knowledge and experience will enable this person to
most effectively manage the triage process. Just because a person has been in the EMS
profession for a long period of time does not mean that he or she has
been active or has maintained clinical competence.
A patient is found unresponsive in his small bathroom. He is not breathing and is sitting in the
corner. Two EMTs are able to reach him, but they are unable to stand side by side. He appears to
weigh about 150 pounds and there is no evidence that he has been injured. Which of the
following would be the quickest and MOST practical way of moving him out of the bathroom?
A) Extremity lift
B) Long backboard
C) Direct ground lift
D) Stair chair device
A) Extremity lift
When moving any patient, you should do so in the safest, most efficient way possible. If a patient
is in a narrow space (ie, small bathroom, narrow hallway)
and you and your partner cannot stand side by side to perform a direct ground lift, the extremity
lift would be the most practical way of moving him or her.
One EMT would lift by the arms and the other by the legs; the patient could then be moved to a
larger working area. Two EMTs should be able to safely lift a
150-pound patient. A long backboard would clearly not work in the case of a narrow or small
space because there would be little room to the patient’s left or
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