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LANHAM EMT CH 6 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
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? - ANSWER "We must call for assistance to get the patient from this location."
Which observation demonstrates that the EMTs and EMRs are correctly using the stair chair? - ANSWER The patient is carried down the stairs feet first
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 - ANSWER Make sure the stretcher is secured in the ambulance
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 - ANSWER One at the head, one at the feet, and the other two on opposite sides on the backboard
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? - ANSWER The armpit-forearm drag
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 EMT shows up and asks to help. Which instructions would be most appropriate to ensure a safe move for both the patient and crew? - ANSWER "Please stand behind the EMT at the foot end and count
steps for her."
Which position would be most appropriate for an alert and oriented patient complaining of shortness of breath? - ANSWER Supine with the head elevated
When lifting or moving any patient, the EMT must remember to primarily use the muscles of his or her: - ANSWER Legs
When lifting the stretcher with a patient secured to it, the EMT must avoid which action?
- ANSWER Bending over at the waist
When transferring a patient from a bed to a wheeled stretcher, an EMT uses proper body mechanics when he or she - ANSWER Aligns his shoulder, hips, and feet when moving the patient
To improve your physical fitness and decrease the risk of injury when lifting and moving patients, you should combine proper body mechanics with: - ANSWER Proper nutrition
When an EMT places his palm and all fingers in contact with the object being lifted, he is using the: - ANSWER Power grip
One advantage of using the wheeled stretcher is - ANSWER It can be adjusted to different positions or heights
When carrying equipment in the right hand, the EMT should: - ANSWER Keep his or her back straight as best possible
You have been asked to present a continuing education session on body mechanics and posture. In your presentation, you would advise the participants that proper posture is achieved when your - ANSWER Ears, shoulders, and hips are vertically aligned when standing
life-threatening injury
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? - ANSWER Both feet are positioned closely together
You are correctly using the blanket drag to move a patient when you: - ANSWER Secure the patient in a blanket and drag him head first toward you
A patient has developed chest pain while working in his basement wood shop. After EMTs have assessed and provided care lo the patient, the chest pain remains, although his vital signs are normal. To get him 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 - ANSWER The stronger of the EMTs takes the head of the portable stretcher, and the EMTs carry the patient up the stairs head first
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 - ANSWER "The scoop stretcher is good for moving patients from confined areas."
You have been charged with writing a policy regarding reaching for equipment. In that policy, you indicate that the maximum distance an EMT should reach is no more than: - ANSWER 15 to 20 inches in front of her body
A patient has fallen in his 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 his right hip. In this situation, the EMT should recognize the need for which type of move? - ANSWER Non-urgent
You and two other 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: - ANSWER "Spot" by standing behind the EMT at the feet
When you must push an object, it is important to - ANSWER Push using muscles between your waist and your shoulders
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? - ANSWER "When you move him to the stretcher, put him on his left side."
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 with in an isolette? - ANSWER "Once we get to the children's hospital, I will remove the wheeled cot so we can load the neonatal isolette."
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. In caring for this patient, your immediate action should be to: - ANSWER Rapidly extricate the patient and provide care away from the wreckage
Which patient is appropriately positioned for transport? - ANSWER An alert 67-year-old woman with nausea in a sitting position
While teaching a continuing education class on the lifting and moving of patients, which points would you constantly emphasize - ANSWER Maintaining a normal inward curve in the lower back while moving patients or equipment
Kyphosis is best described as - ANSWER An exaggerated forward curvature of the
