COPR PCP LATEST MAIN ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Use the following information to answer the next 6 questions
Upon arrival at the scene the group home worker states that the patient has bipolar
disorder and is often noncompliant with his medications. Which of the following
characteristics is not typical during the manic phase of this disorder?
a. Decreased need for sleep
b. More talkative than usual
c. Decreased in goal-directed activity
d. Inflated in self-esteem or grandiosity - ✔✔C
✔✔The patient appears somewhat agitated and is pacing back and forth in his
bedroom. How should the paramedics approach the patient?
a. Ask the patient to stop pacing
b. Ask the patient if he needs help
c. Ask the patient to get on the stretcher
d. Ask the patient to walk to the ambulance for transport - ✔✔B
✔✔The patient appears agitated and states, "they're coming for me.... They're trying to
kill me." How should the paramedics respond to this?
a. Ask him to follow you out of the room under the guise that you are escaping before
they get here
b. Ask him to lay on your stretcher so you can secure him with straps so that they can't
take him away
c. Maintain at least one to two arm lengths from the patient for safety and acknowledge
that you can see he is frightened
d. Stay close to the patient so that he can see that you are not frightened of anything
coming for him and will help protect him - ✔✔C
, ✔✔As you are settling him onto the stretcher, he suddenly strikes out at you. How
should the paramedics react to this?
a. Tell the patient to get off the stretcher and that he will not be transported
b. Tell the patient that if he doesn't stop, he will be removed from the stretcher
c. Act like nothing happened and continue to secure the patient to the stretcher
d. Ask the patient to stop and warn him that if he doesn't, he will have to be restrained -
✔✔D
✔✔The paramedics assesses a three year old boy who is sitting on his mothers lap
while she supports his arm, which is bent at the elbow and place across his chest. The
paramedic confirms that there is no cervical spine considerations; however the wrist is
painful, red and swollen. Circulation is intact peripherally. Which of the following
management of the wrist is most appropriate ?
a. Apply a rigid splint in the position found and secure the limb to the boy's body
b. Do not splint the wrist since the mother is providing adequate support to the limb
c. Secure the arm to the chest by using a broad bandage made from a triangular
bandage
d. Straighten the limb so that a rigid splint can be applied from above the elbow to below
the fingertips - ✔✔A
✔✔Paramedics respond to a call for an injured 17 year old male with a suspected femur
fracture sustained during a basketball game. After paramedics immobilize the injured
limb, which of the following methods should they use to transfer this patient from the
floor to the stretcher?
a. Roll him onto a spine board and then lift onto the stretcher
b. Immobilize him to a stair chair and then wheel him to the stretcher
c. Place him on a scoop stretcher and carry him out of the gym to the stretcher
d. Position the stretcher close to the patient and then lift him directly onto it - ✔✔D
✔✔Which of the following diagnoses are most likely for a non responsive patient with
dilated pupils ?
a. A hypoxic patient
b. An intoxicated patient
c. A patient with syncopal episode
d. A patient who has overdosed on an opioid - ✔✔A
✔✔Paramedics arrive on scene with the fire department for an unresponsive patient.
While the paramedic is doing the assessment, which of the following delegation of tasks
is most appropriate ?
A. Airway management and ventilation- pcp partner
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Use the following information to answer the next 6 questions
Upon arrival at the scene the group home worker states that the patient has bipolar
disorder and is often noncompliant with his medications. Which of the following
characteristics is not typical during the manic phase of this disorder?
a. Decreased need for sleep
b. More talkative than usual
c. Decreased in goal-directed activity
d. Inflated in self-esteem or grandiosity - ✔✔C
✔✔The patient appears somewhat agitated and is pacing back and forth in his
bedroom. How should the paramedics approach the patient?
a. Ask the patient to stop pacing
b. Ask the patient if he needs help
c. Ask the patient to get on the stretcher
d. Ask the patient to walk to the ambulance for transport - ✔✔B
✔✔The patient appears agitated and states, "they're coming for me.... They're trying to
kill me." How should the paramedics respond to this?
a. Ask him to follow you out of the room under the guise that you are escaping before
they get here
b. Ask him to lay on your stretcher so you can secure him with straps so that they can't
take him away
c. Maintain at least one to two arm lengths from the patient for safety and acknowledge
that you can see he is frightened
d. Stay close to the patient so that he can see that you are not frightened of anything
coming for him and will help protect him - ✔✔C
, ✔✔As you are settling him onto the stretcher, he suddenly strikes out at you. How
should the paramedics react to this?
a. Tell the patient to get off the stretcher and that he will not be transported
b. Tell the patient that if he doesn't stop, he will be removed from the stretcher
c. Act like nothing happened and continue to secure the patient to the stretcher
d. Ask the patient to stop and warn him that if he doesn't, he will have to be restrained -
✔✔D
✔✔The paramedics assesses a three year old boy who is sitting on his mothers lap
while she supports his arm, which is bent at the elbow and place across his chest. The
paramedic confirms that there is no cervical spine considerations; however the wrist is
painful, red and swollen. Circulation is intact peripherally. Which of the following
management of the wrist is most appropriate ?
a. Apply a rigid splint in the position found and secure the limb to the boy's body
b. Do not splint the wrist since the mother is providing adequate support to the limb
c. Secure the arm to the chest by using a broad bandage made from a triangular
bandage
d. Straighten the limb so that a rigid splint can be applied from above the elbow to below
the fingertips - ✔✔A
✔✔Paramedics respond to a call for an injured 17 year old male with a suspected femur
fracture sustained during a basketball game. After paramedics immobilize the injured
limb, which of the following methods should they use to transfer this patient from the
floor to the stretcher?
a. Roll him onto a spine board and then lift onto the stretcher
b. Immobilize him to a stair chair and then wheel him to the stretcher
c. Place him on a scoop stretcher and carry him out of the gym to the stretcher
d. Position the stretcher close to the patient and then lift him directly onto it - ✔✔D
✔✔Which of the following diagnoses are most likely for a non responsive patient with
dilated pupils ?
a. A hypoxic patient
b. An intoxicated patient
c. A patient with syncopal episode
d. A patient who has overdosed on an opioid - ✔✔A
✔✔Paramedics arrive on scene with the fire department for an unresponsive patient.
While the paramedic is doing the assessment, which of the following delegation of tasks
is most appropriate ?
A. Airway management and ventilation- pcp partner
