PREPARATORY MODULE- WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

Please write all answers on the answer sheet only.

This assignment should be handed into your instructor or the program office within 1 week.
IDENTIFY THE ANATOMICAL POSITIONS:
1. Person lying face up: ____________________________________
2. Person lying face down: ___________________________________
3. Person lying on their left side: _______________________________
4. Person sitting up at a 90 degree angle: ________________________
5. Person lying face up with only the legs raised: ___________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
6. A physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of the
EMS system is the?
a. Quality Control Director
b. Designated agent
c. Medical Director
d. Doctor on call
7.

Which of the following forms of consent applies when the patient is considered mentally incompetent
and the guardian is not readily available?
a. protective custody
b. informed
c. expressed
d. implied

8. Recommended immunizations include:

a. MMR vaccine
b. Hepatitis B vaccine
c. Influenza Vaccine
d. All of the above
9. You can use bleach and water solution at a ____ dilution to clean
your ambulance:
a. 1:1
b. 1:10
c. 1:100
d. 1:1000
10. The type of Hepatitis you can get from eating unwashed fruits and
vegetables is:
a. Hepatitis C
b. Hepatitis B
c. Hepatitis A
d. Hepatitis D
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MATCH THE COLUMNS:

11._____Duty to Act
12._____Standard of care
13._____Battery
14._____Confidentiality
15._____Expressed Consent
16._____Meningitis
17._____Pathogen
18._____CISD
19._____DNR
20._____Abandonment
21._____Anterior
22._____Posterior
23._____Superior
24._____Inferior
25._____Midline
26._____Midclavicular
27._____Midaxillary
28._____Dorsalis Pedis Pulse
29._____Posterior Tibia pulse
30._____Medial
31._____Lateral

A. Advance directive
B. Inflammation of lining of brain & cord
C. Unilateral termination of care
D. Touching without consent
E. Stress Debriefing
F. Legal responsibility to provide care
G. Accepted level of care
H. Not sharing medical information
I. Potentially infectious material
J. Permission from patient to treat them
K. Away from the midline
L. Above
M. Imaginary line down center of body
N. Line down middle of both clavicles
O. Below
P. Line separating anterior from posterior
Q. Found on medial side of ankle
R. Front of body
S. Back of body
T. Toward the midline
U. Found on top surface of foot

Name four organs in the Upper Right Quadrant.

32.___________________________ 33.______________________________
34.___________________________ 35.______________________________
Name four organs in the Upper Left Quadrant.
36.____________________________ 37.______________________________
38.____________________________ 39._____________________________
Name three organs in the Lower Right Quadrant.
40.____________________ 41.___________________ 42._______________
TRUE OR FALSE:
43. EMT-Bs are the highest qualified members of the pre-hospital care team. (True/False)
44. An enhanced 911 system will show the dispatcher the callers telephone number. (True/False)
45. EMT-Bs are the lowest qualifies member of the pre-hospital care team. (True/False)
46. BSI and PPE are one of your best defenses against pathogens and disease. (True/False)
47. Manubrium is the superior portion of the sternum where the clavicle is attached. (True/False)
48. Negligence is a deviation from the standard of care. (True/False)
49. The only way to get chicken pox is direct contact with open sores. (True/False)
50. You should approach a hazardous incident uphill and downwind. (True/False)

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