EMER 108

Question 1

What are the 5 dimensions of health?

Answer 1

1. Physical health
2. Emotional
3. Social
4. Spiritual
5. Intellectual

Question 2

What is basal metabolic rate?

Answer 2

The least energy needed for an individual to perform functions like breathing, circulation, and body temperature.

Question 3

What is resting energy expenditure?

Answer 3

The energy required for digestion of food and simple activities.

Question 4

What three macros provide energy?

Answer 4

1. Carbohydrates
2. Protein
3. Fats

Question 5

What is perceived social support?

Answer 5

A psychological sense of support.
For example, when something goes wrong you know someone is there for you.

Question 6

Emotional support is?

Answer 6

Expressions of empathy, love, trust and caring.

Question 7

Instrumental support is?

Answer 7

Tabgible aid and services.

Question 8

Informational support is?

Answer 8

Advice, suggestions, and information.

Question 9

True or False
Eustress is negative stress.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or False
Acute stress is short term?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is the difference between cover and concealment?

Answer 11

Cover is something that could potentially stop a bullet or an edged weapon from hurting you i.e., Brick wall, engine block of a car. Concealment is something that you can hide behind i.e., Bush’s, an overturned table.

Question 12

When is a critical incident stress debriefing held?

Answer 12

24-72 hours following the incident.

Question 13

What is the circadian rhythm?

Answer 13

Our internal clock of sleep and wake patterns.

Question 14

An unstable vehicle is a hazard at what kind of call?

Answer 14

Motor vehicle collision

Question 15

How far should you park away from a suspicious vehicle?
a) 5 meters
b) 3 meters
c) 10 meters

Answer 15

a) 5 meters

Question 16

If domestic violence is in progress what do you do?

Answer 16

Stage and wait for law enforcement or if already inside retreat with patient as soon as possible.

Question 17

What does the “thousand mile stare” indicate?

Answer 17

Violence

Question 18

Graffiti is an indicator of what?

Answer 18

Street gangs

Question 19

What are the three R’s of street gangs?

Answer 19

Reputation, respect, and retaliation.

Question 20

What are the two ways you can identify hazardous materials?

Answer 20

Informally and formally.

Question 21

What position should you park the ambulance in when responding to a call on a roadway?

Answer 21

Fend off position.

Question 22

What are local effects of a hazardous material?

Answer 22

Effects that you see immediately. For example, reddening, blisters, and skin irritation.

Question 23

What zone are you in if all people inside are considered contaminated?

Answer 23

Red or Hot zone.

Question 24

What does the pneumatic POPPN mean?

Answer 24

P- people
O- odours
P- pathways
P- pets
N- noises

Question 25

What transmission method does Tuberculosis use?

Answer 25

Airborne.

Question 26

what are infectious agents?

Answer 26

Micro organisms capable of causing diseases.

Question 27

what are reservoirs?

Answer 27

places infectious agents grow.

Question 28

What is a portal of exit?

Answer 28

Ways a infectious agent leaves a reservoir.

Question 29

What is a mode of transmission?

Answer 29

ways an infectious agent is spread from reservoir to host.

Question 30

What is a portal of entry?

Answer 30

way an infectious agent enters a host.

Question 31

What is a susceptible host?

Answer 31

A hosts ability to hold infectious agents.

Question 32

What is biomedical waste?

Answer 32

waste that needs special precautions due to being infectious, sharps, cytotoxic, or sensitive in nature.

Question 33

What is cytotoxic waste?

Answer 33

Waste containing drugs that inhibit or prevent the functions of cells.

Question 34

What colour does cytotoxic waste correspond to?

Answer 34

Red

Question 35

What colour does human anatomical waste correspond to?

Answer 35

Red

Question 36

What colour does human blood and body fluid correspond to?

Answer 36

Yellow

Question 37

What colour does microbiology chemical waste correspond to?

Answer 37

Yellow

Question 38

What colour does SHARPS waste correspond to?

Answer 38

Yellow

Question 39

What container should SHARPS waste be held in?

Answer 39

Rigid puncture resistant container with a fill line.

Question 40

How should human anatomical waste be held?

Answer 40

Rigid container.

Question 41

What is the difference between cleaning and disinfecting?

Answer 41

Cleaning removes foreign material from a surface while disinfecting rapidly kills most infectious diseases.

Question 42

What is Antisepsis?

Answer 42

Chemical disinfection of tissue.

Question 43

True or False Alcohol is an intermediate level disinfectant.

Answer 43

False. Low level disinfectant.

Question 44

True or False Chlorine is a low level disinfectant.

Answer 44

False. Intermediate disinfectant.

Question 45

When would a short drag used?

Answer 45

Emergency

Question 46

When should you asses when moving a patient?

Answer 46

Before, during, and after.

Question 47

What does CBRNE stand for?

Answer 47

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents.

Question 48

What odor does cyanide emit?

Answer 48

Almond

Question 49

what is the first stage of the grieving process?

Answer 49

denial

Question 50

what is the second stage in the grieving process?

Answer 50

anger

Question 51

what is the third stage in the grieving process?

Answer 51

bargaining

Question 52

what is the fourth stage in the grieving process?

Answer 52

depression

Question 53

what is the fifth stage in the grieving process?

Answer 53

acceptance

Question 54

True or false You should hide the a dead patient from their family.

Answer 54

False

Question 55

True or False children ages 3-6 believe death is temporary.

Answer 55

True

Question 56

What function decreases cerebral blood flow?

Answer 56

sleep

Question 57

what is appraisal in social support?

Answer 57

information that is useful for self evaluation.

Question 58

True or False Acute stress causes physiologic reactions?

Answer 58

True

Question 59

True or False Bacteria grow and reproduce outside the human body.

Answer 59

True

Question 60

True or false Viruses can only multiply inside a host.

Answer 60

True

Question 61

True or False Bacteria is smaller than viruses

Answer 61

False viruses are smaller than bacteria

Question 62

True or False Mild stress can enhance your mental acuity.

Answer 62

true

Question 63

In the holding stage is your mental state or the captor more dangerous?

Answer 63

Mental state

Question 64

During a CBRN incident what zone should you stage your ambulance in?

Answer 64

Cold zone

Question 65

What G agent has the highest volatility?

Answer 65

Sarin

Question 66

What nerve agent is more toxic than sarin?

Answer 66

VX agent

Question 67

decontamination occurs in what zone?

Answer 67

warm

Question 68

To find your target heart rate…

Answer 68

measure your resting hr subtract your age from 220 subtract that number from resting hr and multiply by 0.7 add this to resting hr

Question 69

____ assessment is the most time sensitive.

Answer 69

initial