What type of patient packaging and preparing for transport is likely the most dangerous for an Emergency Medical Technician involved in the process?

You and your partner have just been dispatched to the local children's hospital to pick up the neonatal transport team and the neonatal isolette so that you can transport them to a small community hospital 2 hours away and retrieve a neonate who is in distress. While driving to the children's hospital, which statement from your partner demonstrates he understands how to transport a patient within an isolette?

You are at the scene of a motorcycle accident on a rural road. The Emergency Medical 80 Copyright © 2024 Pearson Education, Inc. Services (EMS) captain has set up a landing zone and the local helicopter EMS agency has just landed; the aircraft is still running with the main and tail rotors turning. Which observation would cause you to take immediate action?

While teaching a continuing education class on the lifting and moving of patients, which points would you constantly emphasize?

The safest and most efficient way of using your body to gain mechanical advantage is:

You are moving a critically injured patient to a helicopter for rapid transport to a trauma center. The rotors are spinning so that the aircraft can immediately take off. As team leader, which instruction would you provide?

You are trying to convince the equipment committee to purchase a hydraulic power cot. When discussing advantages of this device over a more traditional stretcher, which point would you emphasize?

A large female patient has fallen in a parking lot between two cars. She must be moved on the backboard to the waiting stretcher, which is located approximately 200 feet from your location. Four rescuers are present. How would they best be used to promote the safest movement of the patient?

Which patient is appropriately positioned for transport?

You are correctly using the blanket drag to move a patient when you:

You have been called to assist a pediatric physician, a pediatric nurse, and a respiratory therapist in the transfer of a 2-week-old baby who is very sick. The baby is to be transferred in an isolette to a large metropolitan teaching hospital in a nearby city, where specialized care can be provided. The isolette is secured to the stretcher, and the stretcher is loaded into the ambulance. The physician, nurse, and respiratory therapist will provide all patient care. Prior to departing the hospital, it is essential that you:

You and your partner are preparing to move a trauma patient down a flight of stairs using a portable stretcher. As you begin the move, a third Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) shows up and asks to help. Which instructions would be most appropriate to ensure a safe move for both the patient and crew?

A patient has developed chest pain while working in his basement wood shop. After Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have assessed and provided care to the patient, the chest pain remains, although their vital signs are normal. To get them to the ambulance, the EMTs must first go up a short flight of stairs from the basement to the first floor, where the front door is located. Which action would be the safest for both the patient and crew?

After providing spinal motion restriction to an elderly female patient who fell in her bathroom, you prepare to carry her down a flight of stairs on a backboard. Which verbal instructions would be most appropriate to give to your partner?

When reaching forward to perform a logroll procedure, the Emergency Medical Technician should:

When you must push an object, it is important to:

Which position would be most appropriate for an alert and oriented patient complaining of shortness of breath?

You are caring for a young male patient who has overdosed on an unknown medication and has a decreased level of consciousness. When positioning the patient on the stretcher, which instructions will you give to the Emergency Medical Responders assisting you?

Your coworkers would like to purchase a scoop (orthopedic) stretcher with some grant money. Before the purchase can be authorized, you have been asked to inform the purchasing committee of how this piece of equipment will benefit the service as well as enhance patient care. Your response would be:

Which observation demonstrates that the Emergency Medical Technicians and Emergency Medical Responders are correctly using the stair chair?

You and two other Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are preparing to move a patient down several flights of stairs using a stair chair. After assigning one rescuer to hold the chair at the head and another to hold the chair at the foot facing the patient, you should:

One advantage of using the wheeled stretcher is given below:

An elderly patient is being cared for at home by family members and lies in a hospital-type bed in the living room. After providing necessary care, you prepare to move her from the bed to the stretcher. There is no mechanism that suggests a head, neck, or spinal injury. Which method would be most appropriate in this situation?

An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) would perform an urgent move when: A) The patient exhibits no problems with the airway, breathing, or circulation.

Under what type of transport situation is it very important for the Emergency Medical Services providers to ensure all blankets and equipment are either strapped or taped down securely prior to transport?

A patient must be removed immediately from a structure that is on the verge of collapse following an explosion. He is lying on the ground and dressed in shorts and a T-shirt. You are by yourself and have no other supplies or equipment. Which type of move would be most appropriate in this situation?

A small car and a tanker truck loaded with gasoline have collided. The car is lodged under the tanker, the car engine is smoking, and the threat of fire is significant. After being waved in by the fire department, assessment reveals the patient to be unresponsive with a patent airway but breathing with difficulty at 8 times per minute. You have elected to perform a rapid extrication procedure. In caring for this patient, your immediate action should be to:

A patient has fallen in their upstairs bathroom and is lying on the floor. Assessment indicates no life threats to the airway, breathing, or circulation; however, the patient does have pain, deformity, and bruising to their right hip. In this situation, the Emergency Medical Technician should recognize the need for which type of move?

When an Emergency Medical Technician places their palm and all fingers in contact with the object being lifted, they are using the:

Which set of instructions would you give to a new Emergency Medical Technician who is preparing to use a squat lift to raise a patient secured to a stretcher?

When lifting the stretcher with a patient secured to it using the squat lift, the Emergency Medical Technician must avoid which action?

You have been charged with writing a policy regarding reaching for equipment. In that policy, you indicate that the maximum distance an Emergency Medical Technician should reach is no more than:

When carrying equipment in the right hand, the Emergency Medical Technician should:

When lifting or moving any patient, the Emergency Medical Technician must remember to primarily use the muscles of his or her:

A large patient has been placed on the stretcher, and you and your partner are preparing to raise the stretcher using the power lift. Which observation of your partner would cause you to pause the lift to correct his technique?

In preparing the schedule, you have been instructed to pair Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in a way that decreases the chance of injury when lifting and moving patients. Given this directive, who would make the best partner for a tall and very strong EMT?

An obese patient cannot ambulate and must be carried down several flights of stairs. Carrying the patient alone exceeds your physical capabilities; however, your partner is very strong and physically fit. Which statement, made by you, indicates the best means to safely lift and move the patient as well as minimize the likelihood of either of you suffering an injury?

To improve your physical fitness and decrease the risk of injury when lifting and moving patients, you should combine proper body mechanics with:

You have been asked to present a continuing education session on body mechanics and posture in order to prevent injuries to Emergency Medical Services providers. In your presentation, you would advise the participants that proper posture is achieved when your:

Kyphosis is best described as:

When transferring a patient from a bed to a wheeled stretcher, an Emergency Medical Technician uses proper body mechanics when he or she:

Which statement accurately describes the concept of body mechanics?