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Ambulance Calls

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Read the scenario and ask yourself, What would I do?

Scenario:

You have been responding to ambulance calls for some time now. You have seen all types of medical and trauma situations. Your confidence has been growing and you feel good about your new role. There are a few things you have not yet encountered, however. You have just returned from a routine call, and you are restocking the ambulance. You and your partner review some of the things you have not yet seen.

1: You arrive at the scene of a tractor trailer truck leaking liquid contents of several barrels onto the highway. The driver has walked away from the cab into this liquid, and has now fallen. What should you do?
	A: Stay back even if you can see the driver is injured. Wait for the fire department to arrive and declare the area safe to enter.
	B: Rush in quickly to pull the driver out of the liquid. This way, care can be given safely.
	C: Ask the driver to come out on his own if he can. Once he is away from the truck you can start to treat him.
	D: Only one of you should go in to treat the patient. You can switch places later, reducing the time each of you will have to be in the hazardous area.

2: One of the roles of the EMT-B at the scene of a hazardous materials spill is to assist:
	A: in keeping bystanders back.
	B: in decontamination.
	C: in stopping any chemical spills from containers.
	D: the firefighters in moving rescue equipment nearer the scene.

3: The word "triage" means deciding which:
	A: crews will transport patients, allowing the others to stay and work at the scene to render care to those remaining.
	B: patients require decontamination
	C: equipment is appropriate for each patient being treated.
	D: of two or more patients will receive priority care based on the severity of their conditions.

4: The incident command system should be used at every event. For large operations such as a mass-casualty incident, which of the following best describes how the incident command system will function?
	A: Not all of the positions will necessarily be filled.
	B: All of the positions will usually be filled.
	C: Only the medical branch or group positions will be filled.
	D: Only the logistics section positions will be filled.

5: Triage at a mass-casualty incident includes applying colored tags to patients to identify their priority need for care and transportation. Which color indicates first-priority patients to be transported first?
	A: Black-tagged patients
	B: Green-tagged patients
	C: Yellow-tagged patients
	D: Red-tagged patients

6: Placards often identify what types of hazardous materials are being carried on trucks. When a truck carrying a placard "Please Drive Safely" has been in a crash, you should assume that:
	A: there are no hazardous materials on board.
	B: there may be several different types of hazardous materials on board.
	C: personnel responding to the crash do not need to worry about becoming contaminated.
	D: no one should go in until authorized by a trained fire fighter.

7: The three main functions of a mass-casualty operation include:
	A: triage, transportation, and communications.
	B: triage, tagging, and transportation.
	C: triage, treatment, and transportation.
	D: tagging, communications, and transfer of patients to hospital staff.

8: If you approach a scene where several people have collapsed but there is no vehicle crash or other logical explanation, you should suspect:
	A: a HazMat incident.
	B: an infectious disease.
	C: trauma from a hit-and-run driver
	D: a shooting incident.

9: EMT-Bs may serve a role of "rehabilitation" at the scene of any large event. This term refers to:
	A: providing assistance to those with minor injuries to allow them to return to duty.
	B: offering exercises for those who have become stiff and sore from exertion during the operation.
	C: establishing baseline vital signs for all rescue and fire fighting personnel, and later using this information to assist those who become exhausted or injured in the line of duty.
	D: supervising physical therapists who may be called in to provide treatments to those with minor injuries.

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