Outdoor Emergency Care Chapter 1

The course called "Outdoor Emergency Care" was created by the National Ski Patrol to:

The person who first organized a volunteer "ski patrol" and then was asked to organize a national patrol was:

Although the National Ski Patrol was originally a subcommittee of the National Ski Association, the NSP became an independent organization in:

The National Ski Patrol is one of a few organizations that have received a federal charter from the U.S. government. Because of this, each year the NSP must:

The creed of the National Ski Patrol is:

The 10th Mountain Division was founded:

The first emergency responder textbook created exclusively for ski patrollers was titled:

Dr. Warren Bowman is considered the father of Outdoor Emergency Care because he:

The 5th Edition of Outdoor Emergency Care:

Most teaching systems have found that the most effective way to master technical skills is by:

Which of the following statements about OEC 5th Edition is false?

In order to become an "on the hill" OEC Technician, you need to do all of the following except:

In order to maintain OEC certification, you must:

Which of the following is not an ethical principle that OEC Technicians should follow?

Good Samaritan laws generally:

The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar training would exercise in a similar circumstance is known as:

While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action could be viewed as:

You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a tree and has a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she refuses care and says she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express your concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch her because you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:

You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket you come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if you approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as:

While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells you that he was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going too fast and got out of control. You recognize that this information must be documented on the accident report because it provides evidence of:

Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?

Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states that any time you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a neck/back injury and apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific requirement is called a:

Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?

When you approach an injured skier and ask, "May I help you?" and she replies "Yes," you interpret this "expressed consent" to mean that:

Upon finding an unconscious patient at the scene of a bad accident, your next step should be to:

It is a busy Friday night in the aid room when a child arrives complaining of abdominal pain. The child states that her parents dropped her off and that they are at the movies. You are concerned because the child is a minor with no adult to give consent for treatment. You would:

You are skiing down your favorite slope and notice a small group gathered around a middle-aged man sitting on the ground. You note that the boarder is holding his wrist and appears in pain. He agrees to have you examine him but then refuses any more help. You explain the possible consequences of not splinting the wrist and of the boarder trying to get down the mountain without help. This explanation of the risk of refusing care is provided in order to:

The type of consent that is based on an appreciation and understanding of the facts, implications, and possible future consequences of an action is known as:

Which of the following descriptions is the best example of expressed consent?

What type of consent would apply for an unresponsive 28-year-old male victim of a motorcycle collision?

A situation in which an OEC Technician leaves a patient before the patient's care is transferred to another qualified individual is considered:

Although regulations may differ from state to state, the general laws that may protect OEC Technicians from liability while providing emergency care to a patient are known as: