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Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Basics of Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
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Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT is an education standard that applies knowledge of the EMS system, safety, well-being, and medical, legal, and ethical issues to emergency care. It covers topics such as: - Emotional aspects of emergency care - Stress management - Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) - Scene safety - Body substance isolation (BSI) - Personal protection equipment (PPE) - Safety precautions  EMTs face many potential hazards while working, including: Lifting patients and equipment Handling infectious patients and hazardous chemicals Participating in... Show more
Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Basics of Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
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1. You and your partner were among several rescuers on a call involving a house fire in which a 4-year-old girl died. That night, your partner states that he did not sleep well and is extremely bothered by the little girl's death. The next day he calls you and states that he is so upset that he is now having chest pain. What is the most appropriate response?
2. Which organism is classified as multi-drug resistant?
3. An EMT is correct when he describes a communicable disease as:
4. You are attempting to increase your cardiovascular endurance in an effort to better perform your job as an EMT. Which action would be most appropriate in working toward this goal?
5. You would be concerned about cumulative stress when an EMS provider informs you that she:
6. You are transporting a 58-year-old female with terminal breast cancer. While in the ambulance, she becomes tearful yet agitated, and repeatedly asks, 'Why me?' As a knowledgeable EMT, you recognize that she is in which stage of grieving?
7. A patient with a history of hepatitis C has called 911 because he has a headache. Given the complaint and medical history, which personal protective equipment, at a minimum, is most appropriate?
8. What statement would you expect to hear from a patient who has accepted the fact that he is terminally ill and will die sooner than later?
9. A patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is complaining of chest pain. In this situation, which personal protective equipment, at a minimum, is required to be donned prior to contact with the patient?
10. A shooting at a public mall leaves three people dead and nine injured, several critically. As operations wind down, many rescuers are physically and emotionally upset. Which event may be most appropriate at this specific time?
11. Which rationale best explains the reason for wearing a high-visibility safety vest at the scene of a motor vehicle collision?
12. A 38-year-old male is complaining of generalized weakness and fatigue. Assessment findings include abdominal pain, fever, and yellowing of the eyes. Given these signs and symptoms, you would be suspicious of:
13. As EMTs leave a house where the patient refused care, a panicked boy approaches them and states that some men just shot his friend in a house two doors up the street. The EMTs' immediate action should be to:
14. A patient with terminal lung cancer has called EMS for shortness of breath. At the request of your paramedic partner, you are obtaining the patient's blood pressure. While inflating and then deflating the blood pressure cuff, the patient angrily shouts, 'That thing is too tight! What are you trying to do–send me to the funeral home early?' Your best reply would be:
15. Which immunization should the EMT receive annually?
16. A distraught husband awoke to find his 26-year-old wife not breathing and cold to the touch. Since your assessment indicates that the woman has been dead for some time, you contact medical direction for authorization to withhold emergency care. The medical director agrees and the coroner is notified. At this time, your immediate responsibility is:
17. You have just been instructed to stop emergency care on an unresponsive and pulseless 61- year-old man found by his wife in the bathroom. When you tell his wife that there is nothing more that can be done, she erupts in an episode of rage and starts screaming that there must be something else that can be done and you are not doing your job well enough. In this situation, which action is best?
18. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) were on scene first and applied the AED, which did not deliver a shock to the patient. The patient's wife is crying and asks how her husband is doing. Your response would be:
19. While you are assessing a patient with abdominal pain, the patient informs you that he is a chronic carrier of hepatitis B. His skin is not jaundiced, nor does he have a fever. As an EMT, you realize:
20. After a particularly disturbing call the previous day, your partner is unusually angry and having a difficult time concentrating on his work. Which type of stress reaction would you suspect?
21. Preincident stress education, one-on-one support, and disaster support services are all part of:
22. You have worked with the same partner for several years and know him well. Over the past three months, the two of you have had four horrific pediatric calls with death as the outcome of each. Which observation would make you the most suspicious that your partner is experiencing a possible stress reaction that might encumber his ability to work as an EMT?
23. You are by the side of a patient whom you suspect has severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). What is an effective way to prevent transmission of the disease from the patient to you?
24. A young girl with end-stage cancer is unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. Her mother and father are by her side, both crying as you start resuscitation. Which statement indicates the most appropriate thing you could say to the parents as you begin?
25. You have been told that you must get your purified protein derivative (PPD) test for tuberculosis (TB). As a knowledgeable EMT, you recognize that the PPD test will:

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