You have received an order for a dopamine drip. You carry 500cc bags of
D5W. How much dopamine should you add to the bag to create a
1600mcg/1mL dilution? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓800 mg
During the absolute refractory period, what happens to the cardiac cell?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓It is unable to be stimulated.
A 29 year old female fell from an 18 foot roof. During your rapid trauma
assessment, where are you most likely to find life-threatening injuries?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Head, chest, abdomen
Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Oculomotor nerve (3 or III)
What is an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the blood called?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Hypercapnia
What is oxygen deficiency in the body called? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Hypoxia
What is your initial priority at a trench collapse? ~CORRECT
,ANSWER~✓✓Establishing medical command
A 23 year old male complains of neck stiffness and flu symptoms for the
past few days. He also describes a high fever with a severe headache,
dizziness and blurred vision. What should you suspect? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Meningitis
What causes an emphysema patient to have a pink appearance?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Polycythemia
Which of the following is a musical, squeaking or whistling sound heard
in inspiration and expiration while auscultating lung fields?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Wheezing
You are treating a 82 year old male in hypovolemic shock. In order to
increase their blood pressure you should administer: ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Isotonic crystalloid via I.V.
A 35 year old man is pulseless and apneic. He was found in a lake after
falling through the ice. His wife says he left the house 3 hours ago. He
is cold and rigid. What should you do? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Perform chest compressions
What does a pulsating mass in the abdomen suggest? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Abdominal aortic aneurysm
,What is the safest and most effective landing pattern for a helicopter?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓At a slight angle like that of a jet
During inspiration, what happens to blood flow in the thoracic cavity?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓blood flow increases to the right atrium
What is the period of the cardiac cycle when stimulation will not
produce any depolarization? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Absolute
refractory period
While treating a 56 year old male for chest pain, you note a few PVCs
on the monitor. You print a strip and measure the distance between the
normal beats on each side of the PVC. The normal sinus rhythm
continues on both sides of the PVC as if it were the normal beat, even
though the PVC happens sooner than the sinus beat would have. The
pause after the PVC would be: ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A
compensatory pause
A 5 month old male is in cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts have been
ongoing for 30 minutes. His heart rhythm is and has been asystole
throughout treatment. What should you do? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Begin termination of resuscitative efforts
Which of the following requires ATP? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Active
transport
, A 52 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a frontal impact car
crash. Which of the following injuries would lead you to believe the
patient traveled "up and over" the dashboard instead of "down and
under"? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Ruptured diaphragm
How does the blood flow through the heart? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to
left ventricle
As soon as an infant's head is delivered, what should you do?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Determine the location of the umbilical cord.
A patient has aphasia following a stroke, which lobe of the brain was
affected? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Temporal
What does the P wave represent with an ECG? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Atrial depolarization
A lethargic 22 month old male presents with hoarseness and coughing.
He has sternal retractions and his belly and chest move in opposite
directions with each breath. He is breathing at a rate of 64. What
should you suspect? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Respiratory failure.
A patient was ejected from an automobile and is apneic and pulseless.
D5W. How much dopamine should you add to the bag to create a
1600mcg/1mL dilution? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓800 mg
During the absolute refractory period, what happens to the cardiac cell?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓It is unable to be stimulated.
A 29 year old female fell from an 18 foot roof. During your rapid trauma
assessment, where are you most likely to find life-threatening injuries?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Head, chest, abdomen
Unequal pupils are a result of pressure on which structure?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Oculomotor nerve (3 or III)
What is an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the blood called?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Hypercapnia
What is oxygen deficiency in the body called? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Hypoxia
What is your initial priority at a trench collapse? ~CORRECT
,ANSWER~✓✓Establishing medical command
A 23 year old male complains of neck stiffness and flu symptoms for the
past few days. He also describes a high fever with a severe headache,
dizziness and blurred vision. What should you suspect? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Meningitis
What causes an emphysema patient to have a pink appearance?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Polycythemia
Which of the following is a musical, squeaking or whistling sound heard
in inspiration and expiration while auscultating lung fields?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Wheezing
You are treating a 82 year old male in hypovolemic shock. In order to
increase their blood pressure you should administer: ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Isotonic crystalloid via I.V.
A 35 year old man is pulseless and apneic. He was found in a lake after
falling through the ice. His wife says he left the house 3 hours ago. He
is cold and rigid. What should you do? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Perform chest compressions
What does a pulsating mass in the abdomen suggest? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Abdominal aortic aneurysm
,What is the safest and most effective landing pattern for a helicopter?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓At a slight angle like that of a jet
During inspiration, what happens to blood flow in the thoracic cavity?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓blood flow increases to the right atrium
What is the period of the cardiac cycle when stimulation will not
produce any depolarization? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Absolute
refractory period
While treating a 56 year old male for chest pain, you note a few PVCs
on the monitor. You print a strip and measure the distance between the
normal beats on each side of the PVC. The normal sinus rhythm
continues on both sides of the PVC as if it were the normal beat, even
though the PVC happens sooner than the sinus beat would have. The
pause after the PVC would be: ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A
compensatory pause
A 5 month old male is in cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts have been
ongoing for 30 minutes. His heart rhythm is and has been asystole
throughout treatment. What should you do? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Begin termination of resuscitative efforts
Which of the following requires ATP? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Active
transport
, A 52 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a frontal impact car
crash. Which of the following injuries would lead you to believe the
patient traveled "up and over" the dashboard instead of "down and
under"? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Ruptured diaphragm
How does the blood flow through the heart? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to
left ventricle
As soon as an infant's head is delivered, what should you do?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Determine the location of the umbilical cord.
A patient has aphasia following a stroke, which lobe of the brain was
affected? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Temporal
What does the P wave represent with an ECG? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Atrial depolarization
A lethargic 22 month old male presents with hoarseness and coughing.
He has sternal retractions and his belly and chest move in opposite
directions with each breath. He is breathing at a rate of 64. What
should you suspect? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Respiratory failure.
A patient was ejected from an automobile and is apneic and pulseless.
