24) What is the main benefit of using a stair chair with a track-like system over a traditional stair
chair?
A) A stair chair with a track-like system can be manipulated to lift into an ambulance using a
hydraulic system.
B) A stair chair with a track-like system prevents the patient from having to be lifted down stairs.
C) There is no benefit of a track-like stair chair over a traditional stair chair.
D) Only one EMT is required to operate a stair chair with a track-like system.
Objective: 3.8
25) Which of the following patients should NOT be transported in a stair chair?
A) Patient with difficulty breathing
B) Patient who is nauseated
C) Patient with a suspected spinal injury
D) Patient found lying in bed
Objective: 3.8
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26) How many pounds are most battery-powered hydraulic systems rated to safely lift?
A) 300
B) 500
C) 700
D) 200
Objective: 3.8
27) What is the likely impact of power stretchers on EMS?
A) There is no likely impact of power stretchers on EMS.
B) There will be a decrease in the number of injuries among EMTs.
C) Insurance reimbursement will increase for ambulance services.
D) There will be an increase in the number of home health transfers.
Objective: 3.8
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28) Stretchers that are designed to carry obese patients weighing up to 800 pounds (or more) are
called:
A) battery-powered stretchers.
B) wheeled stretchers.
C) hydraulic stretchers.
D) bariatric stretchers.
Objective: 3.8
29) During an emergency move, which of the following techniques should be used, whenever
possible, to minimize the possibility of further aggravating a possible spinal injury?
A) Move the patient in the direction of the long axis of the body.
B) Pull the patient from the feet, not the shoulders.
C) Roll the patient over.
D) Move the patient sideways, alternating between moving the shoulders, then the hips.
Objective: 3.8
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30) Urgent moves are required when:
A) an emergency move is not possible.
B) rapid transport is necessary.
C) performed for treatment of life threats along with precautions for spinal injuries.
D) there are no life threats and conditions are stable.
Objective: 3.8
31) Which urgent move should be performed for a patient seated in a vehicle?
A) Rapid immobilization
B) Rapid extrication
C) Rapid takedown
D) Rapid takeout
Objective: 3.8
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32) Which of the following is another name for an ambulance cot?
A) Stair chair
B) Reeve’s stretcher
C) Scoop stretcher
D) Wheeled ambulance stretcher
Objective: 3.8
33) What type of move should the EMT use to move a patient who is in a car that has started to
burn?
A) Non-urgent move
B) Emergency move
C) No attempt to move
D) Urgent move
Objective: 3.8
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34) You and your partner arrive on the scene of a 400-pound patient lying in bed. He complains
of nausea and vomiting for the past 3 days. When he tries to sit up, he gets very dizzy and has a
syncopal episode. Realizing that he cannot assist you in getting on the stretcher, you decide to do
which of the following?
A) Use the patient’s sheets to slide him over to the stretcher.
B) Place the patient on a backboard to provide better gripping points to move the patient.
C) Use the power lift technique to carefully and safely lift the patient to the stretcher.
D) Call for additional manpower to move the patient.
Objective: 3.8
35) You respond to a 48-year-old morbidly obese female patient. Her adult daughter called you
because she has not gotten up from her oversized recliner chair in over a week. She has tried to
help her out of the chair but states that each time her mother screams in agony. The foul odor
presence of urine and feces is strong around the patient. Her feet do not touch the ground, and
any attempt to lift the patient by her arms or scoot her down to the end of the chair results in
severe pain to the patient. You are finding it nearly impossible to get a good grip on the patient.
How will you get her out of the chair?
A) Soft stretcher
B) Long spine board
C) Lie the chair back and use a scoop stretcher
D) Vest-type extrication device
Objective: 3.8
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36) Which of the following should you use when you want to move a patient from a wheelchair
to a stretcher?
A) Ground transfer
B) Extremity lift
C) Clothing lift
D) Modified direct lift
Objective: 3.9
37) What is the contraindication for the use of a scoop or orthopedic stretcher?
A) Internal injuries
B) Hip fracture
C) Pelvic injury
D) Spinal injury
Objective: 3.9
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38) You are called to the scene of a patient who fell approximately 5 feet off a stepladder to the
floor of a third-story attic of a very old building. He is complaining of severe neck and back pain,
and he has an obvious fractured ankle. You cannot get your stretcher past the first-floor stairs and
your long spine board is not practical with the winding spiral staircase and the small attic access.
What is the best device to safely get the patient out of the attic where he can be properly
immobilized?
A) Scoop stretcher
B) Stair chair
C) Flexible stretcher
D) Vest-type extrication device
Objective: 3.10
39) For a patient without a possibility of spinal injury, which of the following carries should be
used to move him from a bed to a stretcher?
A) Firefighter’s carry
B) Direct-ground lift
C) Draw-sheet method
D) Extremity lift
Objective: 3.10
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40) You are treating an unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of spinal injury and
who is breathing adequately. Which of the following is the BEST position for transporting the
patient?
A) Supine
B) Fowler position
C) Semi-Fowler position
D) Recovery position
Objective: 3.10
41) Which of the following is used to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury?
A) Portable stretcher
B) Long backboard
C) Basket stretcher
D) Scoop stretcher
Objective: 3.10
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42) You respond to the scene of a two-vehicle T-bone vehicle collision. The driver’s side door is
smashed shut and will not open. The front passenger door will open. The front passenger is
stable and complaining of severe head and neck pain. You suspect that he has a potential spinal
injury. The driver is unresponsive, in critical condition, and has gurgling respirations. You should
extricate the passenger by which technique?
A) Carefully move the patient using full c-spine precautions.
B) Take extra care to protect the passenger’s neck with a KED board or short spine board because
of the injury.
C) Move the patient out of the car as quickly as possible, in the direction of the long axis of the
body.
D) Move the patient as quickly as possible so he can get to a hospital before paralysis sets in.
Objective: 3.10
43) You are moving an elderly patient down the stairs using a stair chair. The patient is alert and
very anxious. What should you do prior to moving the patient to prevent her from grabbing the
railing and causing you to fall?
A) Explain to the patient what you are doing and advise her to hold her hands together and not
let go until you are finished moving her.
B) Gently tie the patient’s hands together until you are downstairs to prevent her from
unconsciously grabbing the railing.
C) Use a strap to safely secure the patient’s arms to the chair without causing any loss of
circulation to the patient’s extremities.
D) Place the patient on oxygen during the move to calm her down.
Objective: 3.11
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