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| While extricating a patient with closed deformities to both legs, you should: |
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| Support the legs, and proceed with extrication |
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| At a search and rescue scene, your role is to: |
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| Wait at command until the patient is found. |
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| You have been called to stand by at the structure fire. Upon arrival, you should: |
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| Report to IC and find out where to park. |
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| Neurotoxins are transmitted through: |
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| Injection, inhaltion, ingestion (they are not contagious) |
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| Exposure to chlorine would likely result in: |
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| Inner ear damage and pulmonary hemmorrhage would most likely be seen with this type of blast injury. |
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| This type of chemical agent can remain on a surface for more than 24 hours |
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| Persistent or nonvolatile |
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| Because of characteristic, many viruses have the potential to be used as a terrorism agent. |
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| Viral agents are usually not treatable |
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| An IO needle should be used when: |
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| Immediate IV access is difficult or impossible to obtain. |
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| You are transporting a patient with saline drip. She complains of itching and you note a rash. These are signs and symptoms of. |
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| After two unsuccessful attempts to intubate your patients, you should |
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| Use a bls airway and ventilate |
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| After intubation, you note gurgling over the epigastrium. You should |
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| Extubate, ventilate for 2-3 minutes, and try again. |
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| Abdominal pain + syncope= |
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| True or false: Rape is a medical diagnosis |
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| These two causes of vaginal bleeding may be relatively painless. |
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| The most common symptom of gonorrhea in both men and women |
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| When a patient presents with vague symptoms, the nature of the problem is usually determined during this portion of the assessment. |
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| Because pregnancy causes a decreased number of red blood cells, expectant mothers are advised to take: |
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| Iron supplements and prenatal vitamins |
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| Alleviation of pain with a change in position is a characteristric of this type of contraction. |
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| The third stage of labor starts: |
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| When the baby is expelled from the vagina |
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| It may take longer for the pregnant patients to show signs of shock from blood loss because: |
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| Blood volume increases during pregnancy |
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| How do you free the baby of a nuchal cord? |
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| Slip it over the baby's head. If that doesnt work, clamp and cut it. |
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| The purpose of a jump kit is to: |
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| Contain anything needed in the first 5 minutes of a call. |
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| You should never use these to mark an accident scene. |
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| A newborn's heart rate is 60bpm, you should: |
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| Crowning is an indication of |
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| The leading cause of maternal death in the first trimester: |
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| Bleeding due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. |
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| Proper positioning for a patient in active labor, where you see a leg protruding from the vagina. |
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| Supine, with her head down and her pelvis elevated. |
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| The newborn has distal cyanosis, her heart rate is 110 with rapid and irregular respirations, she cries wealy when stimulated and resists limb straighting. APGAR is: |
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| Under this system, plans are drawn up in advance by all cooperating agencies that assume a shared responsibility for decision making. |
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| This officer will stop an emergency operation whenever a rescuer is in danger: |
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| The three categories of duties within the medical branch of the isc |
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| Triage, Treatment, Transport |
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| You have a critical patient loaded and other injuried patients at the scene. Law enforcement is present. You should: |
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| Wait for another unit of equal or higher training to arrive before transporting. |
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| Black tags are only treated if |
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| There are enough resources available |
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| The ability to recongize any possible issues once you arrive at the scene and act appriopiately to avoid negative impact. |
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| While on scene at an MVA with complex extrication, you should enter the car when? |
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| After the extrication officer tells you to. |
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| The star of life on a vehicle means this: |
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| It meets federal specs as a licensed or certified ambulance |
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| The purpose of trafffic control at an accident scene. |
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| Aggressive driving in an ambulance is bad for other drivers because: |
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| It might not give them enough time to react to you. |
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| Step one in START triage is: |
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| Identify and seperate the walking wounded (green tags) |
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| A hazardous material which causes irriation on contact and mild residual injury is a level ___ |
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| Give a general idea of the hazard inside of a particular container |
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| Using JUMPSTART, infants who cannot walk or follow commands should be: |
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| Taken to the treament area for immediate secondary triage. |
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| An adult with blunt abdominal tramua, tachycardia, pallor, and diaphoresis, should be assigned this triage category. |
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| Any agents that acts as a carrier or transporter |
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| VHF's like ebola, do this to blood |
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| Cause it to seep out of vessels and tissue |
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| Anthrax exposure originally presents with: |
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| This kind of weapon could injury victims with both radioactive and explosive materials: |
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| List the three factors in determining how to protect oneself agaisnt the effects of radiation. |
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| Time, distance, and shielding |
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