Ch 2- Well Being Of The EMT

Question 1

What is the first priority when on the scene

Answer 1

Scene safety

Question 2

3 R’s of reacting to danger

Answer 2

Retreat, radio, reevaluate

Question 3

Five stages of grief

Answer 3

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance

Question 4

What is another name for a cumulative stress reaction

Answer 4

Burnout

Question 5

What are the three stages of a stress reaction

Answer 5

Alarm reaction, stage of resistance, and exhaustion

Question 6

Define distress

Answer 6

A negative form of stress

Question 7

Define eustress

Answer 7

A good kind of stress

Question 8

Give an example of a delayed stress reaction

Answer 8

PTSD

Question 9

What act establishes exposure procedures

Answer 9

Ryan White care act

Question 10

Define contamination

Answer 10

Introduction of bad things

Question 11

Define critical incident stress management

Answer 11

A system to prevent and deal with stress appropriately

Question 12

Define decontamination

Answer 12

Removal or cleansing of bad things

Question 13

Define a hazardous material incident

Answer 13

Release of bad stuff into the environment

Question 14

Define multiple casualty incident

Answer 14

Mergen see involving multiple patients

Question 15

Define pathogen’s

Answer 15

Disease causing agents

Question 16

Define personal protective equipment or PPE

Answer 16

Equipment to prevent personal exposure to substances

Question 17

Define standard precautions

Answer 17

The assumption that all blood and body fluids are infectious

Question 18

Define stress

Answer 18

Estate a physical and or psychological arousal to a stimulus

Question 19

How is hepatitis B contracted

Answer 19

From body fluid contact

Question 20

How is tuberculosis spread

Answer 20

Airborne droplets