AMLS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Healthcare providers are treating a 49-year-old male complaining of diffuse
abdominal cramping. He has been ill with vomiting for 3 days. What working diagnosis
is most probable? - ✔✔Gastroenteritis
✔✔While assessing your patient, you note he involuntarily flexes the legs in response to
flexing the neck. The patient is presenting with: - ✔✔A positive Brudzinski's sign
indicating possible meningitis
✔✔Healthcare providers are assessing an obese 49-year-old who is lethargic and has
not been feeling well for several days. His family reports a history of extreme thirst. Vital
signs are P 143, R 14, and BP 88/58. He takes medication for type 2 diabetes daily.
What is the most probably working diagnosis? - ✔✔Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic
nonketotic coma
✔✔A fire fighter has been working a fire for 4 hours on a humid, hot day. He suddenly
becomes nauseated and restless. The provider observes pupil dilation and an almond
odor to his breath. The vital signs are P 56, R 22, BP 140/86. The ECG reveals sinus
bradycardia with occasional PACs. Which toxin exposure has occurred? - ✔✔Cyanide
poisoning
✔✔Healthcare providers are treating a patient that has taken an unknown amount of a
prescribed pain medicine along with an over-the-counter analgesic numerous times
over the last 36 hours for chronic lumbar pain. The patient is experiencing abdominal
pain, nausea, and vomiting. The providers note pallor, and diaphoresis. Blood glucose
level is 42mg/dL (2.3mmol/L). What toxin overdose is suspected? - ✔✔Acetaminophen
✔✔A patient complains of nausea and is passing black, tarry stools rectally. This patient
is most likely suffering from: - ✔✔Upper GI bleed
✔✔The provider assesses a patient suffering from fever, nausea, vomiting, and peri-
umbilical pain. Further evaluation reveals right lower quadrant pain and lower back pain.
A physical exam reveals an increase in right lower quadrant pain when the patient's
✔✔Healthcare providers are treating a 49-year-old male complaining of diffuse
abdominal cramping. He has been ill with vomiting for 3 days. What working diagnosis
is most probable? - ✔✔Gastroenteritis
✔✔While assessing your patient, you note he involuntarily flexes the legs in response to
flexing the neck. The patient is presenting with: - ✔✔A positive Brudzinski's sign
indicating possible meningitis
✔✔Healthcare providers are assessing an obese 49-year-old who is lethargic and has
not been feeling well for several days. His family reports a history of extreme thirst. Vital
signs are P 143, R 14, and BP 88/58. He takes medication for type 2 diabetes daily.
What is the most probably working diagnosis? - ✔✔Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic
nonketotic coma
✔✔A fire fighter has been working a fire for 4 hours on a humid, hot day. He suddenly
becomes nauseated and restless. The provider observes pupil dilation and an almond
odor to his breath. The vital signs are P 56, R 22, BP 140/86. The ECG reveals sinus
bradycardia with occasional PACs. Which toxin exposure has occurred? - ✔✔Cyanide
poisoning
✔✔Healthcare providers are treating a patient that has taken an unknown amount of a
prescribed pain medicine along with an over-the-counter analgesic numerous times
over the last 36 hours for chronic lumbar pain. The patient is experiencing abdominal
pain, nausea, and vomiting. The providers note pallor, and diaphoresis. Blood glucose
level is 42mg/dL (2.3mmol/L). What toxin overdose is suspected? - ✔✔Acetaminophen
✔✔A patient complains of nausea and is passing black, tarry stools rectally. This patient
is most likely suffering from: - ✔✔Upper GI bleed
✔✔The provider assesses a patient suffering from fever, nausea, vomiting, and peri-
umbilical pain. Further evaluation reveals right lower quadrant pain and lower back pain.
A physical exam reveals an increase in right lower quadrant pain when the patient's
