Quiz 2

Which of the following statements regarding HIV is correct?

There is no vaccine against HIV infection.

The simplest, yet most effective method of preventing the spread of an infectious disease is to:

wash your hands in between patient contacts.

Critical incident stress management (CISM) can occur at an ongoing scene in all of the following circumstances, EXCEPT:

when patients are actively being assessed or treated.

A critical incident stress debriefing should be conducted no longer than ________ hours following the incident.

72

Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaction?

An EMT becomes distracted at the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving the same type of car in which a child was previously killed.

Your partner, a veteran EMT with whom you have worked regularly for the past 4 years, seems unusually agitated during a call involving an elderly patient. Upon arrival back at your station, you note the obvious smell of alcohol on his breath. What should you do?

Discreetly report your suspicions to your supervisor.

Which of the following is the MOST significant factor in determining whether a person will become ill from certain germs?

Immunity

While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to another emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later. Which route of transmission does this scenario describe?

Indirect contact

Vector-borne transmission of an infectious organism occurs via:

animals or insects.

The final stage of death and dying MOST commonly takes the form of:

acceptance.

Carbon monoxide blocks the ability of the blood to oxygenate the body because it:

binds with the hemoglobin in red blood cells.

Hazards that are associated with a structural fire include all of the following, EXCEPT:

carbon dioxide deficiency.

The spread of HIV and hepatitis in the health care setting can usually be traced to:

careless handling of sharps.

It is especially important for EMS personnel to develop nonadversarial relationships with their coworkers because they:

depend on one another for their safety.

The compliance monitoring component of an infection control plan should:

ensure that employees understand what they should do and why it is important.

You are dispatched to the scene of a crash involving a large tanker truck. While you are en route, dispatch advises you that there are multiple patients and that the fire department is en route as well. As you approach the scene, you should

maintain a safe distance and try to read the placard with binoculars.

As an EMT, it is important to remember that the signs and symptoms of cumulative stress:

may not be obvious or present all the time.

You have been working at the scene of a major building collapse for 8 hours. Many injured people are still being removed, and everyone is becoming frustrated and losing focus. This situation is MOST effectively managed by:

requesting a CISM team to provide on-scene peer support.

Quid pro quo, a type of sexual harassment, occurs when the harasser:

requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.

Patients who become dependent upon EMS personnel or other health care providers often feel:

shamed.