Chapter 3

Which of the following is a patient who could be transported on a stair chair?

A patient who is having difficulty breathing

You and your partner feel that your physical limitations will not allow you to safely lift and carry a patient, and additional help is still minutes away from the scene. If lifting the patient right away is necessary, which of the following devices uses a battery-powered hydraulic system that could lift the patient?

A power stretcher

You have been dispatched to a home where, upon entering, you note that there is smoke in the rear of the building. The patient is unconscious on the living room couch. You have about two to three minutes to get the patient out the front door. What type of move will this require?

An emergency move will be the most appropriate in this case.

Which of the following is good technique in pulling or pushing?

Avoid pushing or pulling overhead.

In moving a patient on a stretcher, what is the safest level at which to do so?

Closest to the ground

To avoid injuries while lifting and moving an obese patient over a long distance, what must always be present among team members?

Communication

When assessing a patient, you quickly decide that it is in the patient's best interest for you to do an emergency move. Which of the following is NOT an indication for an emergency move?

Dispatch is holding calls for your community.

An ideal lifting arrangement is:

EMTs of similar strength and height.

What is the BEST way to transport a patient securely who is suspected of having a spinal injury?

Fully immobilized with necessary spinal precautions

In reaching, what should be done every time?

Have a locked-in back.

A stair chair is disqualified from being used to carry unresponsive patients because:

It does not allow patients to be immobilized in a supine position.

Which of the choices would be a poor technique to use if you were about to lift a heavy patient?

Lifting the patient and twisting while lowering to the stretcher

For which of the following conditions would a bariatric stretcher be indicated?

Morbid obesity

What is the term for a lift from a squatting position with the weight to be lifted close to the body, feet apart and flat on the ground, body weight on or just behind the ball of the feet, and the back locked in?

Power lift

Which of the following techniques is used by power and weight lifters?

Power lift

Which of the following is recommended when moving something heavy?

Pushing

For many conscious patients, which of the following is the most comfortable position for transport?

Semi-sitting position

Your patient is conscious, has no trauma, and is complaining of dyspnea. The patient is concerned that transport will aggravate the breathing difficulty. Which of the following is most likely the BEST way to position the patient during transport that would also address this patient's concern?

Sitting upright in a stair chair

What physical characteristics or limitations may be MOST important for lifting a patient?

Strength and height

When lifting and moving patients, what should be kept straight and locked?

The back

Which of the following is a situation in which urgent moves are necessary?

The patient's airway is compromised.

You are on the scene of a car crash where the patient is sitting in the driver's seat with a potential spine injury. There is a small fire in the engine compartment, and smoke is coming out from under the hood of the car. What should you do?

Use the rapid extrication technique.

Which of the following helps prevent injury from lifting and carrying a patient?

Use your leg muscles.

What device becomes rigid and conforming when air is withdrawn and naturally pads voids for greater comfort while performing the same function as a rigid backboard?

Vacuum mattress

A stair chair should be used in which of the following circumstances?

When traversing narrow corridors and doorways

A device used to carry an unresponsive patient is:

a vacuum mattress.

Fire and exposure to explosives or other hazardous materials are examples of immediate dangers that would warrant:

an emergency move such as a clothes drag.

A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hands under the patient's armpits and grasp the wrists, while another rescuer grasps the patient's knees, is:

an extremity lift.

The safest and MOST efficient methods for using one's body to facilitate lifting and moving are called:

body mechanics.

Maintaining physical fitness is important for:

decreasing your physical lifting limitations.

A method of transferring a patient from bed to stretcher, during which two or more rescuers curl the patient to their chests then reverse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher, is:

direct carry.

When performing a one-rescuer drag down stairs, you should:

drag the patient head first.

An efficient way of transferring a patient between a hospital and nursing home that uses the patient's bed in the transfer is the:

draw-sheet method.

The advantages of using a wheeled stretcher to move a patient include that:

it enables movement by rolling without carrying, is mechanically simple, and is comfortable.

When reaching, pushing, or pulling, the EMT should always:

keep the back locked in.

To use your legs instead of your back to lift, you must:

keep the weight close to your body.

General guidelines for lifting include:

keeping your feet shoulder-width apart.

To minimize or prevent aggravation of a spinal injury during an emergency move, the EMT should move the patient in the direction of the:

long axis of the body.

Of the two types of spine boards,, the one used for the transport of patients in the supine position is the:

long spine board.

An emergency move would be permitted in order to change a patient's position in a situation in which you:

need to perform CPR.

An important key to preventing injury while lifting or moving is:

no compensating when lifting with one hand.

You arrive on scene and assess the need for a bariatric ambulance for transport of a patient because the patient is:

obese.

The clothes drag, incline drag, and shoulder drag are examples of:

one-rescuer emergency moves.

You and your partner decide to use a short backboard to immobilize a patient. This patient is:

possibly injured in the neck or spine.

Bending all fingers at the same angle and placing the hands ten inches apart are two key elements of the:

power grip.

The technique of the power lift includes:

squatting rather than bending at the waist.

An obese patient is upset that a special stretcher is to be used for him and that you have called for a bariatric ambulance. The BEST way to respond is to explain that:

this equipment enables you to provide the best assessment and care for the patient.

A flexible device that is used to help immobilize the spine of an adult patient in confined places, such as a bucket seat of a car, is a:

vest-type extrication device.

Before lifting any patient, consider the patient's:

weight

The part of your body that is often the only part in contact with the object you are lifting is:

your hands.

For lifting, use:

your legs.