EMT – Preparatory Questions and Answers 100% Correct

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EMT – Preparatory Questions and Answers 100% Correct Your primary responsibility in an emergency is to ______ ✔✔Protect Yourself Hot Zone ✔✔An area containing hazardous materials; EMTs sh ... ould never enter a hot zone until decontaminated BSI stands for? ✔✔Body Substances Isolation BSI Precautions ✔✔Washing hands, wearing gloves, wearing eye protection, masks, and gowns Wheeled Stretcher ✔✔Used to transport patients from scene to an ambulance Portable Stretcher ✔✔Used in places that are too small for a wheeled stretcher Scoop Stretcher ✔✔Used to lift a patient into a supine position onto a wheeled stretcher Backboard ✔✔Used to immobilize a patient; long backboards immobilize an entire patient while short backboards are used to immobilize the patients spine as the patient is being extricated Stair Chair ✔✔Used to transport a patient down stairs; most have wheels used to roll patients onto a stretcher once patient is safely down stairs Basket Stretcher ✔✔Used in rescues; ropes and lifting devices are easily attached Flexible Stretcher ✔✔Used to carry a patient from an upper floor from to a ground floor; should only be used when there is no suspected spinal injury Recovery Position ✔✔On left side, left arm under head, bent left knee Trendelenburg Position ✔✔Supine, Legs bent at hip, feet lifted 8-12 inches Unresponsive patients are usually placed in the ______ position. ✔✔Recovery Patients in shock should be placed in the ______ position. ✔✔Trendelenburg Patients with chest pain are typically more comfortable ____ than ______. ✔✔Sitting; Lying down Patients with spinal injury must be ________. ✔✔Immobolized Two types of medical direction ✔✔1. On-line medical direction 2. Indirect medical direction On-line Medical Direction ✔✔Direct communication between EMT and Physician; it is important to treat physician with respect and abide by their instructi [Show More]

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