FTC 103 CH 7

How should a responder react when he becomes aware that an animal is loose in the house where he is answering an alarm for an emergency medical incident?

Ask that the animal be secured in a room away from the patient.

Arriving at the scene of a multicar traffic accident, responders confront a large amount of debris in the road, and it is clear that at least one vehicle rescue will be required. An overturned tractor-trailer is partially blocking the road. What is the safest course of action for responders to take?

Close the road until after the incident is resolved.

Your department is called to the scene of an active assailant incident. One person has been shot and another wounded. Regardless of the activities your team will perform, they will all need to wear ______________ to minimize routes of exposure for bloodborne pathogens.

Disposable gloves

Many alarms are received by cell phones; often the caller is a passerby who ______________ the emergency or the location.

Does not know much about

An alarm comes in during rush hour for a multiple-car accident on a four-lane divided highway notorious for traffic congestion. Responders immediately begin to decide the safest and quickest route to the scene. This scenario best describes which of the factors contributing to the danger of an emergency medical incident scene?

High numbers of critical, time-sensitive decisions.

An alarm comes in during the night for an apparent overdose at a heavily attended music festival. The first task of emergency teams responding to the call will be to:

Identify the quickest route to the patient at the venue.

Upon arriving at the incident scene, where should responders park the EMS vehicle?

In a safe but accessible location.

In which phase of an emergency medical incident response will the responder need to use interpersonal skills?

Making contact with the patient.

Ingestion, inhalation, and absorption are all examples of:

Means of transmission

Which of the following are concerns at a roadway incident scene?

Traffic, weather, and crowd control.