COPR PCP REVIEW TIPS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔Which of the following actions does nitro have?
a. Slows heart rate
b. Decreases preload
c. Increases after load
d. Is an antiarrhythmic - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following situations may result in a false pulse oximetry reading?
a. Hyperthermia
b. Low light conditions
c. Poor peripheral perfusion
d. Exposure to carbon dioxide - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following patients requires suctioning?
a. A 67 year old patient with CHF who is sitting upright and has crackles in the bases of
his lungs
b. A 4 year old patient who is leaning forward who appears to be in distress and is
drooling excessively
c. A 23 year old patient who is unconscious in a supine position from alcohol
intoxication and has vomited
d. A 42 year old patient diagnosed with pneumonia who is sitting in a recliner coughing
up discoloured phlegm - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following actions is the first priority for a paramedic attending to an
elderly female patient who is lethargic and has a spo2 of 92%?
a. Administering oral glucose
b. Attaching a cardiac monitor
c. Administering high flow oxygen
, d. Performing a blood glucose test - ✔✔C
✔✔The paramedic is called for a one year old with a hoarse voice and stridor. Shortly
after the paramedic arrives the patient struggles to breath. The paramedic assesses the
airway and does not see anything. What is the paramedics next course of action?
a. Encourage the patient to cough
b. Stand behind the child and perform a series of abdominal thrust
c. Lay the child down on the floor and provide a series of chest thrust
d. Place the child over one arm and perform five back blows followed by five chest
thrust - ✔✔B
✔✔A BLS crew is transporting to the hospital a patient who is experiencing acute
abdominal pain and is continuously moaning and moving about on the stretcher. Which
of the following actions is most appropriate for the paramedic to perform?
a. Administer nitrous oxide and place patient in semi-fowler's position
b. Remove the straps on the stretcher to allow them to move more freely
c. Ask the patient if there is a more comfortable position he would prefer to be in
d. Advise the patient that he should try to stop moving as this is only the pain worse -
✔✔C
✔✔Where is insulin produced within the body?
a. In the liver
b. In the spleen
c. In the kidneys
d. In the pancreas - ✔✔D
✔✔Use the following information to answer the next four questions
Age: 6 years old
Gender: male
C/c : unresponsive
Past medical Hx: n/a
Medications: n/a
1st vital signs: HR: 0, RR:0, BP:0, SpO2: 50%
Physical findings: third degree burns on right arm and Palm
Other information: child was playing with a steel rod when he accidentally came in
contact with electrical house service. Steel rod is found four feet away from supine
unconscious child. Scene is safe with no smoke, fire, or potential electrocution.
Unwitnessed event.
Which of the following hazards should be the first concern of the paramedics ?
a. Fire from a blown fuse
SET A+
✔✔Which of the following actions does nitro have?
a. Slows heart rate
b. Decreases preload
c. Increases after load
d. Is an antiarrhythmic - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following situations may result in a false pulse oximetry reading?
a. Hyperthermia
b. Low light conditions
c. Poor peripheral perfusion
d. Exposure to carbon dioxide - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following patients requires suctioning?
a. A 67 year old patient with CHF who is sitting upright and has crackles in the bases of
his lungs
b. A 4 year old patient who is leaning forward who appears to be in distress and is
drooling excessively
c. A 23 year old patient who is unconscious in a supine position from alcohol
intoxication and has vomited
d. A 42 year old patient diagnosed with pneumonia who is sitting in a recliner coughing
up discoloured phlegm - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following actions is the first priority for a paramedic attending to an
elderly female patient who is lethargic and has a spo2 of 92%?
a. Administering oral glucose
b. Attaching a cardiac monitor
c. Administering high flow oxygen
, d. Performing a blood glucose test - ✔✔C
✔✔The paramedic is called for a one year old with a hoarse voice and stridor. Shortly
after the paramedic arrives the patient struggles to breath. The paramedic assesses the
airway and does not see anything. What is the paramedics next course of action?
a. Encourage the patient to cough
b. Stand behind the child and perform a series of abdominal thrust
c. Lay the child down on the floor and provide a series of chest thrust
d. Place the child over one arm and perform five back blows followed by five chest
thrust - ✔✔B
✔✔A BLS crew is transporting to the hospital a patient who is experiencing acute
abdominal pain and is continuously moaning and moving about on the stretcher. Which
of the following actions is most appropriate for the paramedic to perform?
a. Administer nitrous oxide and place patient in semi-fowler's position
b. Remove the straps on the stretcher to allow them to move more freely
c. Ask the patient if there is a more comfortable position he would prefer to be in
d. Advise the patient that he should try to stop moving as this is only the pain worse -
✔✔C
✔✔Where is insulin produced within the body?
a. In the liver
b. In the spleen
c. In the kidneys
d. In the pancreas - ✔✔D
✔✔Use the following information to answer the next four questions
Age: 6 years old
Gender: male
C/c : unresponsive
Past medical Hx: n/a
Medications: n/a
1st vital signs: HR: 0, RR:0, BP:0, SpO2: 50%
Physical findings: third degree burns on right arm and Palm
Other information: child was playing with a steel rod when he accidentally came in
contact with electrical house service. Steel rod is found four feet away from supine
unconscious child. Scene is safe with no smoke, fire, or potential electrocution.
Unwitnessed event.
Which of the following hazards should be the first concern of the paramedics ?
a. Fire from a blown fuse
