- Emergencies are rarely stressful
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- The positive form of stress that helps people work under pressure and respond effectively is:
Your answer:
eustress
residual tension
distress
anxiety
- Cases of abuse and neglect occur only in the lower socieconomic levels of society.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- A single incident that produces multiple patients is a(n):
Your answer:
MCA
MVP
MSG
MCI
- It is critical that CISD does not become a method for investigation of the events of a call.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- The goal of the CISD is to:
Your answer:
assist emergency care workers in dealing with stress
allocate funds for ambulance services
assign blame for the incident
assist patient to recover
- The CISD process cannot help to accelerate the recovery process
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- An initial component of the CISD, which may be held before the formal debriefing, is called a(n):
Your answer:
R&R process
resolution
defusing session
escape mechanism
- Keeping yourself safe is your first priority when providing medical care as an EMT-B
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- The stage of grieving in which a patient seeks to postpone death, even for a short time is:
Your answer:
acceptance
denial
anger
bargaining
- Diseases are caused by pathogens, which may be spread through the air or by contact with blood and/or body fluids.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Organisms that cause infection, such as viruses and bacteria, are:
Your answer:
pathogens
venoms
poisons
toxins
- In the practice of prehospital emergency care, all body fluids must be considered infectious.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Equipment and procedures that protect you from the blood and body fluids of the patient are referred to as:
Your answer:
isolated infection controls
infective body fluid measures
preventive control substance standards
body substance isolation precautions
- Under OSHA guidelines, employers and employees share responsibility for precautions against exposure to bloodborne pathogens
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Gloves, masks, and gowns are examples of:
Your answer:
HEPA
PPE
OSHA
CDC
- Recent legislation had made it possible for emergency care providers to be notified if a patient with whom they have had contact turns out to be infected by a disease or virus
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- It is important that the EMT follow the same path in and out of a crime scene in order to:
Your answer:
throughly document the location of the crime
expedite patient care
assist the police officer in scene control
prevent disturbing the crime scene
- It is imperative that the EMT-B changes gloves between every patient contact.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- The agency that has issued strict guidelines detailing precautions against exposure to bloodborne pathogens is the:
Your answer:
American Red Cross Corporation
Center for the Control of Diseases
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citizens for a Progressive America
- Because EMT-Bs wear protective gloves while with patients, hand washing is not essential after each call.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Which of the following materials is NOT recommended for gloves to be used when there is the potential for contact with blood and other body fluids?
Your answer:
vinyl
cotton
latex
synthetics
- An N-95 or HEPA respirator should be worn after contact with an HIV-positive patient.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Personal protective equipment includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Your answer:
goggles
cotton scrub pants
a HEPA respirator
vinyl glove
- In some jurisdictions, when a patient is suspected of having an infection spread by droplets, a surgical-type mask may be placed on the patient if he is alert and cooperative.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- In cases where TB is suspected, use a(n)
Your answer:
cotton mask
HEPA respirator
surgical mask
PPD gown
- TB is highly contagious
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- A situation that would usually call for the use of a gown as protection would be one involving:
Your answer:
a patient with diagnosis of TB
a patient with a fractured leg
venous bleeding
childbirth
- HIV/AIDS presents a greater risk to health care workers than hepatitis and TB
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- An infection that causes an inflammation of the liver is:
Your answer:
TB
pneumonia
kephosis
hepatitis
- Clean and sanitary conditions of the emergency response vehicles and work sites are the responsibilty of both the EMT-B and the employer
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- The three "Rs" of reacting to danger are:
Your answer:
run, regroup, reattack
retreat, radio, reevaluate
radio, regroup, respond
run, rest, return
- According th CDC guidelines, exposure to airborne pathogens may occur when you share "air space" with a TB patient
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Hepatitis B, TB, and AIDS are the communicable diseases of greatest concern because they are:
Your answer:
contagious
untreatable
life-threatening
always fatal
- An EMT-B exposed to bloodborne pathogens should seek medical attention within four weeks after the exposure.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- The test that can detect exposure to tuberculosis is the:
Your answer:
PPD test
SAT test
Elisa test
PSA test
- If a contaminated patient is brought into an ambulance, the vehicle should be considered contaminated and should not be used again until it is throughly decomtaminated
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Under the Ryan White CARE act, the officials in every emergency response organization who gather facts about possible emergency responder exposure to infectious diseases are the:
Your answer:
incident command officers
designated officers
on-scene officers
medical control officers
- If a CISD debriefing is thorough, follow-up is not essential
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Vehicles,structures, and storage containers holding hazardous materials should be identified with:
Your answer:
reflectors
warning flags
placards
strobe lights