Module 28: Special Patient Populations

Question 1

EMTs are certified by the NYS ____ and ______

Answer 1

NYS DOH
Bureau of EMS and Trauma

Question 2

TorF: EMTs should always go above the speed limit and drive as fast as possible to the hospital

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What are EVOC and CEVO?

Answer 3

classes and training that teach EMTs how to drive an ambulance

Question 4

What is the NYS vehicle and traffic law (NYS policy 00-13)

Answer 4

Allow EMTs to park in no standing/paring zones
can go through red signal/stop sign, SLOWLY
EMTs can exceed speed limit, so long as EMT is not endangering people/property
EMTs can go down one way streets
NEVER go past railroad crossing with arms down, or go past school bus with arms down

Question 5

Type ___ ambulances are the most common. It sits on a ___ body

Answer 5

III
van body

Question 6

Compare Type I to Type II ambulances

Answer 6

Type I ambulances have a bigger turning radius, while type II is more narrow/top-heavy (risk of flipping)

Question 7

In an unsafe scene, the ambulance should be parked at a minimum of ____ feet from scene

Answer 7

100

Question 8

Can EMTs use their vehicles to block scene from traffic by parking at an angle?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

Always remain __hill and ___ wind from environmental emergencies

Answer 9

uphill and upwind

Question 10

Name some things an EMT should note at a motor vehicle crash

Answer 10

Ambulance position, if car is on, fluid/smoke, down wires, airbags deployed

Question 11

When assessing the scene of a motor vehicle accident, an EMT sees that there are downed power lines around the vehicle. What should the EMT say to the pt?

Answer 11

EMT should tell pt not to leave the car

Question 12

An incident is led by an

Answer 12

incident commander

Question 13

at an MCI, EMTs are responsible for ____, ____, and _____

Answer 13

triage, treatment, and transportation

Question 14

Order the color of triage tags from most urgent to least

Answer 14

red, yellow, green
black=dead

Question 15

Tag the patient: they are not breathing after reposition

Answer 15

black tag

Question 16

Tag the pt: you call out and they walk to you. What do you tell them?

Answer 16

green tag, “walking wounded.” Tell them to gather in one area

Question 17

Tag the pt: They do not walk when you call out. They have respiration between 10-30, they have a peripheral pulse, and they can follow simple commands (RPMs are within parameter).

Answer 17

Yellow tag.

Question 18

Tag the pt: Their respiratory rate is 8bpm. They have a peripheral pulse. They can follow simple commands.

Answer 18

Red tag, One RPM out of parameter

Question 19

Tag the pt: Pt has respiratory rate f 20 but absent radial pulses. He can follow simple commands.

Answer 19

Red tag, bp likely low

Question 20

Tag the pt: they are not breathing, but after reposition begin breathing on their own.

Answer 20

Red tag

Question 21

TorF: Red tags are transported to a closer hospital than yellow, if necessary.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Tag the pt. Awake and following commands. has a radial pulse. Open bilateral lower extremity fractures

Answer 22

Yellow tag, could not get up and walk so he is not green, but his RPMs are adequate.

Question 23

TorF: the police come in first during an active shooting, then EMTs

Answer 23

False (kinda). Rescue task force comes in second, but they require additional training and are not regular EMTs

Question 24

A 22-year-old male was found after a fire to have burns to both of his hands, he is breathing 25 times a minute, cannot walk, is confused, and has a heart rate of 128 with good radial pulses. Utilizing START Triage, he would be given what priority?

Answer 24

red