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The Following 10 questions are from Chapter 1
A person who is trained with the necessary skills to save a life using a minimum of equipment is called:
a first responder.
an EMT-B (Basic).
an EMT-I (Intermediate).
an EMT-P (Paramedic).
A patient has granted you permission to start treatment. This is called:
expressed consent.
duty to act.
standard of care.
Res Ipsa Loquitur.
Which of the following types of consent allows treatment when a patient is unconscious?
mature
implied
informed
expressed
When you arrive at an accident scene, you find that a child has been seriously injured. No parent or guardian is around. What type of consent is involved in treating a minor in an emergency?
actual
Failing to perform an important or necessary technique, or performing the technique in a careless or unskilled manner, violates the standard of care. This is called:
consent.
immunity.
negligence.
abandonment.
Terminating the provider/patient relationship without making certain that equal services are available is called:
tort.
libel.
assault.
You are treating a man who has a closed head injury as a result of an assault. The patient becomes verbally abusive and tells you to "leave him alone." If you stop treating this patient, you will be guilty of:
battery.
You suspect that a 6-year-old girl has broken her leg after falling from a swing at a playground. Shortly after you arrive, the child's mother appears and refuses to allow you to continue treatment. You should first:
try to persuade the mother that treatment is needed.
tell the mother that you must transport the child to the hospital.
use your authority under the implied consent law.
call and request law enforcement assistance.
For consent to be informed, patients must be informed of:
where they are being transported.
risks and benefits of treatment.
potential costs of care.
local hospital transport protocols.
A patient partially regains responsiveness en route from the hill to the aid room. Although not totally alert or oriented, the patient tells you that he feels fine and does not want to go to the hospital. Under these circumstances, you should:
allow the patient to ski away.
assess whether the patient's mental condition is impaired.
ignore his demands and continue to the aid room.
request that the police place the patient under protective custody.
The following 10 questions are from Chapter 2
When communicating with family members, you should avoid:
giving false hope.
the words "death" or "dead."
emotional communication.
nonverbal communication.
The regular use of protective barriers and practices for avoiding exposure to communicable diseases is called:
infection control.
infection prevention.
significant exposure.
body substance isolation (BSI).
Which of the following is considered to be personal protective equipment?
gloves and eye protection
preventive antibiotics
reusable latex gloves
HEPA respirator for the patient
Oxygen molecules pass through membranes in the lungs into the blood containing capillaries because the:
membranes are very thin.
partial pressure of oxygen in the ambient atmosphere is greater than that in unoxygenated blood and will diffuse into the blood.
air is denser outside the lungs.
venous blood does not have enough oxygen.
The most important body organ for stabilizing body temperature is the:
brain
skin
heart
hair
An example of a voluntary means of decreasing body heat loss is:
decreasing perspiration.
shunting blood away from shell to the body core.
seeking shelter from the ambient environment.
removing clothing.
What is the process by which a person loses body heat to a cooler area by air moving across the body surface?
radiation
convection
conduction
evaporation
What is the process by which a person loses body heat when touching a cold object?
What is the process by which a person loses body heat by sweating?
Shivering is the body's method of:
warning of an impending infection.
maintaining or increasing its core temperature.
maintaining or reducing its core temperature.
maintaining fluid consistency of the tissues.
The following 5 questions are from Chapter 3
Which of the following is an example of standard of care?
specific methods of providing care
highway regulations
training guidelines
job seniority
A person who has training in basic emergency care skills, including automatic external defibrillation, use of airway adjuncts, and assisting with certain medications is called:
The National Ski Patrol's Outdoor Emergency Care program is designed to meet or exceed what EMS curriculum?
First Responder
EMT-B
EMT-D
Paramedic
Normally, physician assistance on the hill is not necessary, but when a physician identifies himself or herself as such and offers to assist, patrollers may need to:
find out what his/her specialty is.
remind the physician that by providing treatment, he/she has accepted responsibility for some of the treatment.
relinquish care to higher level of training.
determine a fee schedule.
Boot removal on the hill, handling of intoxicated patients, and use of AEDs are issues that are often determined by:
a patrol representative.
local protocols.
the county medical director.
OEC guidelines.
The following 5 questions are from Chapter 4
Topographically, the term distal means:
near the trunk.
near a point of reference.
nearer to the free end of the extremity.
toward the center of the body.
The topographic term used to describe the part of the body that is nearer to the feet is:
deep.
inferior.
internal.
superior.
The topographic term used to describe the back surface of the body is:
anterior.
exterior.
posterior.
The topographic term used to describe the center line of the body is the:
midline.
midaxillary.
internal line.
convergence point.
Bilateral fractures of the femur indicate that:
the bone is broken in two or more pieces.
both femurs are broken.
both zones of the femur are broken.
both the superior and inferior ends of the femur are broken.
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