Question 1
You are dispatched to an electronics manufacturing plant where a woman has reportedly
collapsed. As you enter the assembly area, you see the woman lying supine on the floor
with several of her co-workers attempting aid. As you approach, you can see she is
unresponsive. One of her co-workers says "She was standing next to me and I think she
just fainted. I caught her when she fell toward me and I laid her down here." What would
be the best course of action?
A. Open her airway
B. Assess her aspirations
C. Take her pulse
D. Assess her skin
CORRECT ANSWER
A. Open her airway.
Question 2
Which of the following statements with regard to D5w is not true?
A. D5w is contraindicated as a fluid replacement in patients who are hypovolemic
B. D5w should not be used with Dilantin
C. D5w is used for long term therapy
D. D5w is used to dilute concentrated drugs for IV infusion
CORRECT ANSWER
C. D5w is used for long term therapy
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, Question 3
You are treating a female patient who is complaining of chest pain. She is diaphoretic with
a BP of 98/50. You have her medications on board which includes a prescription for
nitroglycerine. Medical control has instructed you to administer 1 nitroglycerine tablet
sublingually. How would you respond?
A. Respectfully disagree and state that you feel it is in the best interest of the patient with a
blood pressure so low to not lower it any further by administering nitroglycerine.
B. Administer 1 nitroglycerin tablet as instructed
C. Instruct medical control to get out the protocol books and look under the
contraindications for nitroglycerin administration
D. Repeat the vital signs to medical control and ask if they still wish to have you administer
the nitroglycerine with the blood pressure that low
CORRECT ANSWER
D. Repeat the vital signs to medical control and ask if they still wish to have you
administer the nitroglycerine with the blood pressure that low
Question 4
You are the first EMS unit on scene of a multiple casualty incident. A crane has fallen from
a building roof top and ripped through an adjacent building. What should you do
according to the ICS?
A. Notify dispatch of the need for an Incident Commander and begin triaging patients
B. Inform IC of your location and begin triaging patients if the scene is safe
C. Stay a safe distance from the incident and do what the IC tells you to do
D. Take incident command until relieved or reassigned
CORRECT ANSWER
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You are dispatched to an electronics manufacturing plant where a woman has reportedly
collapsed. As you enter the assembly area, you see the woman lying supine on the floor
with several of her co-workers attempting aid. As you approach, you can see she is
unresponsive. One of her co-workers says "She was standing next to me and I think she
just fainted. I caught her when she fell toward me and I laid her down here." What would
be the best course of action?
A. Open her airway
B. Assess her aspirations
C. Take her pulse
D. Assess her skin
CORRECT ANSWER
A. Open her airway.
Question 2
Which of the following statements with regard to D5w is not true?
A. D5w is contraindicated as a fluid replacement in patients who are hypovolemic
B. D5w should not be used with Dilantin
C. D5w is used for long term therapy
D. D5w is used to dilute concentrated drugs for IV infusion
CORRECT ANSWER
C. D5w is used for long term therapy
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, Question 3
You are treating a female patient who is complaining of chest pain. She is diaphoretic with
a BP of 98/50. You have her medications on board which includes a prescription for
nitroglycerine. Medical control has instructed you to administer 1 nitroglycerine tablet
sublingually. How would you respond?
A. Respectfully disagree and state that you feel it is in the best interest of the patient with a
blood pressure so low to not lower it any further by administering nitroglycerine.
B. Administer 1 nitroglycerin tablet as instructed
C. Instruct medical control to get out the protocol books and look under the
contraindications for nitroglycerin administration
D. Repeat the vital signs to medical control and ask if they still wish to have you administer
the nitroglycerine with the blood pressure that low
CORRECT ANSWER
D. Repeat the vital signs to medical control and ask if they still wish to have you
administer the nitroglycerine with the blood pressure that low
Question 4
You are the first EMS unit on scene of a multiple casualty incident. A crane has fallen from
a building roof top and ripped through an adjacent building. What should you do
according to the ICS?
A. Notify dispatch of the need for an Incident Commander and begin triaging patients
B. Inform IC of your location and begin triaging patients if the scene is safe
C. Stay a safe distance from the incident and do what the IC tells you to do
D. Take incident command until relieved or reassigned
CORRECT ANSWER
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