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Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
A technique that combines chest compressions and rescue breaths for a victim whose heart and breathing have stopped.
  1. cardiovascular rescue
  2. cardiac pulmonary rescue
  3. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  4. cardiomyopathy resuscitation
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
When a spinal injury is suspected a back board is NOT needed because the basket immobilizes the spine enough already.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
A 6 year old male was at a friends house when he ate a peanut butter cookie. Upon returning home he developed gross urticaria, shortness of breath, and wheezing. His mother calls EMS, and on your arrival you establish IV access and administer oxygen. Your partner administer's Epi 1:1000 0.3mg IM, and asks you which medication he should administer next. The next medication to administer to this patient would be Benadryl 1mg/kg.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
A 69yo female is being treated by you and your partner for suspected SVT. Initially the patient was CAOx3. You administered two doses of Adenosine, 6mg & 12mg. The patient remains in SVT and has now become unresponsive and hypotensive. You elect to use synchronized cardioversion due to the patient current condition. The correct initial dose for synchronized cardioversion is 50J.
  1. True
  2. False
None Emergency Medical Services
If a person is choking, you should pound on that person's back really hard.
  1. True
  2. False
College Emergency Medical Services
Why should you never massage or rub a frozen part of a patient's body?
  1. Reintroduction of circulation can cause severe shock
  2. The body part can easily be cracked or broken
  3. Microscopic ice crystals can cause serious tissue damage
  4. Blood vessels can constrict, decreasing blood flow to the affected area
None Emergency Medical Services
If you think that a person has a back or a neck injury, you should NOT move them.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
When a victim is removed from the water and found to be unconscious, you should first give:
  1. 15 compressions
  2. 30 compressions,
  3. 1 breath, 15 compressions
  4. 2 breaths
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
You find a small unconscious child on the pool deck , what is the first thing you should do?
  1. Check for breathing
  2. Area surrounding check
  3. Call for help
  4. Tap & Shout
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
The first step to rescuing a victim is to communicate with them.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
Prior to contacting medical command, you may give which medication to the Asthmatic/COPD patient under standing orders?
  1. Albuterol
  2. Duo-neb
  3. Solu-medrol
  4. Magnesium Sulfate
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
The total number of intubation attempts by an ALS crew may not exceed               before a backup airway device must be used.
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
An electrical shock that disrupts the electrical activity of the heart long enough to allow the heart to spontaneously develop an effective rhythm on its own.
  1. v-fib
  2. defibulation
  3. defibrillation
  4. CPR
  5. none of the above
College Emergency Medical Services
When responding to the scene of a motor vehicle collision, be sure to take all steps to size up the scene, including:
  1. parking behind the wreckage if you are the first on the scene to warn motorists from behind
  2. parking downwind and downhill to avoid fire or hazardous liquids.
  3. leaving all emergency revolving beacons, headlights, and flashers on for visibility.
  4. parking at least 50 feet away from the wreckage if there is no fire or escaping liquids.
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
What is the best location for performing a pulse check on a 48-year old man who is unconscious and not breathing?
  1. At the radial artery of the wrist
  2. At the brachial artery of the arm
  3. At the carotid artery of the neck
  4. On the chest directly over the heart
None Emergency Medical Services
Two of the most important skills to help ensure diver safety and protection of the environment are                                         and                                        .
  1. mask clearing, equipment prep
  2. free diving, buddy breathing
  3. buoyancy control, situational awareness
  4. equipment removal, fin pivot
None Emergency Medical Services
It is the National Standard for all calls coming in on a 911 line to be answered with in 15 seconds, which is equal to 3 rings.
  1. True
  2. False
Continuing Education Emergency Medical Services
For a choking infant, you give 5 back blows and 10 chest compressions.
  1. True
  2. False
College Emergency Medical Services
Normal BP           110-120           SBP/         70-80         DBP
None Emergency Medical Services
When a patient is resting on his back with his face upward, the position is called:
  1. prone
  2. supine
  3. Trendelenberg
  4. Fowler's
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