Exam 24: Vehicle Rescue and Extrication

Some Technical level vehicle rescue specialists are Paramedics.

Most vehicles today have twelve to fifteen supplemental restraint devices, which protect occupants from impacts in all directions.

There are no federal regulations requiring workers on federally subsidized highways to wear high-visibility safety apparel.

The layer of PPE a Paramedic uses to shield himself from injury is known as the ____.

Paramedics working for organizations that respond to 9-1-1-generated incidents need to demonstrate ____ level competencies for vehicle rescue.

Scene assessment falls under the ____ level competencies.

Throughout an EMS career, most of the Paramedic's rescue skill incident responses will be for ____.

____, or space making, is the creation of the path that will help remove patients from a crashed vehicle.

Seat belt ____ are powered devices that remove slack from the seat belt, ensuring that the occupant is seated properly when the airbag systems deploy.

Performing extrication and disentanglement operations falls under the ____ level competencies.

Medical and technical rescue equipment is staged in the incident hot zone.

In more than ____ of vehicles, the batteries are located outside the engine compartment, often in the vehicle's trunk or rear area.

The ____ system usually deploys downward from the roof edge along the interior of the vehicle's sides.

Vehicles have the inherent ability to absorb crash energy and redistribute it throughout the vehicle.

A Paramedic working in a heavy rescue environment needs, at a minimum, head and eye protection.