Chapter 7-transportation

Question 1

Type one ambulance 🚑 are specialty van with forward control?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Type 2 ambulances have a can body?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Type 1 ambulancea are conventional truck cabs?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Type 3 ambulances are specialty vans in which you can’t transfer the body to a new chassis?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Why are routine ambulance equipment checks essential?

Answer 5

So that essential equipment is available and in working order during patient care 🙏

Question 6

Emergency vehicle placement in community should be determined by?

Answer 6

Average response times that meet national standards

Question 7

Which of the following help promote safety when driving an ambulance?? 🚑

Answer 7

Using extreme caution at intersections especially when using the lights n sirens 🚨🚑

Question 8

How can an EMR promote safety when responding to a Vehicle crash on the highway?

Answer 8

Park upwind and uphill

Question 9

All medical crew members should receive specialized training in what?

Answer 9

Flight physiology 🚁🚁

Question 10

Which of the following would justify the use of air medical transport by an advanced life support unit with a 40min ETA?

Answer 10

Possible ICP (intercranial pressure) with an absent pedal pulse.

Question 11

Which of the following safety measures should be used when approaching the helicopter 🚁 to load a patient on ?

Answer 11

Approach the aircraft once you have made eye contact with pilot

Question 12

List the steps for loading patient onto ambulance 🚑🚑

Answer 12

1) tilt head of stretcher upward, place it into the patient compartment.
2) the second paramedic, on the side of the stretcher releases the undercarriage lock and lifts undercarriage.
3)roll stretcher onto back of ambulance
4) secure stretcher to the brackets mounted in ambulance 🚑

Question 13

Steps for taking patients off of the ambulance 🚑🚑

Answer 13

1)ensure patient is strapped in to stretcher
2) unlock head and foot locks
3) lifting with your legs, carefully roll stretcher forward until undercarriage engages.
4)with your partner steadying the stretcher from the side, gently bring the stretcher forward out of the ambulance 🚑

Question 14

Landing zone for air ambulances are 151x151FT?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

You are first at a highway scene at night, warning lights are to be used while setting up road flairs?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Keep all traffic and vehicles 30M or more away from helicopter 🚁

Answer 16

True

Question 17

When aircraft is operating in hot mode, it’s when the rotor blades are active?

Answer 17

Correct

Question 18

Severe traffic congestion and prolonged extrication may sometimes make the use of helicopters appropriate in urban areas?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

If a helicopter is parked on a slight incline, approach from uphill side?

Answer 19

No. You need to make eye contact with the pilot to ensure he sees you, you need to approach from the top of the hill.

Question 20

Fixed winged aircrafts are used mainly for transportation of patients over short distances?

Answer 20

Fixed winged aircrafts are for long distances!

Question 21

Considering placing an emergency vehicle under any overhead wires to signify the hazard?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Cardiac arrests are to be transported by air ambulance? 🚑

Answer 22

No!

Question 23

During night landings, wave and snine your flashlight to the aircraft to help with location?

Answer 23

False! This is dangerous

Question 24

You are first to arrive at a 4 car MVC theres leaking fluid from all 4 cars. Where do you park the ambulance?

Answer 24

Upwind

Question 25

If a rotary wing craft is parked on a slight incline approach?

Answer 25

From downhill

Question 26

Equipment standards and minimum equipment for all ambulances are written by?

Answer 26

Provincial ministries of health

Question 27

An operator should check what first? Before leaving the station for the night?

Answer 27

Fuel levels

Question 28

What are two additional key functions of an ambulance that are especially important in extreme weather?

Answer 28

Heating control and wipers

Question 29

You approach an emergency scene on a 2 way road, your patient is in 35ft ditch, what lighting is best?

Answer 29

Turn off emergency vehicles lights

Question 30

When parking off the side of a road, what's something you don't need to overly consider?

Answer 30

Wind 🌬️

Question 31

Your partner is doing a circle check outside the unit and notices red liquid leaking from underneath, what could this be.

Answer 31

Coolant fluid

Question 32

First step to loading a patient in the ambulance 🚑

Answer 32

Tilt head of stretcher upward and place it into the tracks

Question 33

Disadvantage of using air ambulance??

Answer 33

Weather and environment making it dangerous for crew

Question 34

The mother of a 20yo unconscious patient demands she rides with you, where do you put her?

Answer 34

Front passenger seat with seatbelt secured

Question 35

You're transportating 4 patients. Patient #1 has a tibia fracture, #2 is hyperventilating, #3 is crying and #4 is presenting with shock. Who do you treat first?

Answer 35

Patient 4 as they have a higher risk of death if not dealt with ASAP

Question 36

You approach a controlled stop with an opposing light? You?

Answer 36

Come to a full and complete stop🛑

Question 37

It's advised that while transporting the walking wounded on a bus from a MCI (multi casualty incident) That a first responder follows the bus?

Answer 37

True

Question 38

Which statement about ship to ship transfer is most correct?

Answer 38

After transfer is complete, ships shouldn't longer alongside for any reason

Question 39

Fixed winged aircrafts are typically for critically ill patients?

Answer 39

True

Question 40

How many ked boards should an ambulance have?

Answer 40

One

Question 41

When responding to an emergency call, driver must use audible and visual warning devices according to local protocols and based on what motor vehicle laws?

Answer 41

PROVINCIAL motor vehicle laws.