GAMSAT Emergency Response Procedures 4

Question 1

A patient with a suspected cervical spine injury is unresponsive and not breathing. Airway management should use:

Accepted Answer

Jaw-thrust maneuver without head tilt

Answer

Hyperextension of the neck

Answer

Immediate nasopharyngeal airway

Answer

Chin-lift only

Question 2

In a radiation emergency, potassium iodide (KI) is administered to protect specifically which organ?

Accepted Answer

Thyroid gland

Answer

Bone marrow

Answer

Kidney

Answer

Lungs

Question 3

During SALT triage (Sort, Assess, Lifesaving interventions, Treatment/Transport), which action is performed FIRST upon arrival at a mass casualty scene?

Accepted Answer

Sort patients by having ambulatory patients move to a designated area

Answer

Assess individual patients one by one

Answer

Administer lifesaving interventions to all red-tagged patients

Answer

Begin transport of the most critical patients

Question 4

A diabetic patient is found confused with diaphoresis. Blood glucose is 2.1 mmol/L (38 mg/dL). The patient cannot swallow safely. The appropriate emergency treatment is:

Accepted Answer

Glucagon 1 mg IM

Answer

Oral glucose gel placed under the tongue

Answer

IV dextrose 50% solution (D50W)

Answer

Subcutaneous insulin

Question 5

A burn patient has burns covering the entire front of both legs and the entire anterior trunk. Using the Rule of Nines, the total body surface area (TBSA) burned is:

Accepted Answer

36%

Answer

27%

Answer

18%

Answer

45%

Question 6

When communicating during an emergency using the SBAR format, what does the 'R' stand for?

Accepted Answer

Recommendation

Answer

Response

Answer

Reassessment

Answer

Record

Question 7

A patient is pulled from a collapsed building and has a crushed lower extremity that has been trapped for 4 hours. The greatest immediate systemic risk upon extrication is:

Accepted Answer

Hyperkalemia-induced cardiac arrest from rhabdomyolysis

Answer

Fat embolism

Answer

Deep vein thrombosis

Answer

Hypercalcemia