RTE Final exam review UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A person who has ingested a poison should be encouraged to vomit: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Only if advised to do so by he Poison Control Center
You suspect that a person has sustained poisoning by injection. Which of the following would
help support your suspicions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Localized rash
Over-the-counter antihistamine drugs are useful for: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔To relieve
itch from posies plant contact
ou should consider all household or drugstore products to be potentially harmful to children. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Exposure to carbon monoxide: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Can be unreliable since it is a
colorless and odorless gas.
Poisoning occurs when: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An exposure to an external substance
that can cause injury, illness or death enters the body.
You are passing by a warehouse when you hear a cry for help. As you approach the building,
you smell a strong, unpleasant odor. Through a window, you see a person lying on the floor
trying to crawl out of the building. Which of the following would you do first? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔
After brushing dry chemicals off an affected person, which action would you do next? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Flush the skin with large amounts of continuous running water.
A person who dies from anaphylaxis usually does so as a result of: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Severe impaired breathing
The four ways that a poison can enter a person's body are: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Through the lungs, by being swallowed, through the skin or by being injected.
, You should remove any tentacles from a jellyfish sting by scraping the affected area with a
towel, gloved hand or plastic card. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔true
Why is it important to ask a person who has an insect sting if they have had any prior serious
reactions to insect stings? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If the person has had a prior serious
reaction, the current sting may result in anaphylaxis; call 9-1-1 or the local emergency
number.
A friend is stung on the arm by a jellyfish. Which of the following would be most appropriate
to do immediately? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Irrigate the injured arm with large amounts
of sea water/ vinegar
West Nile virus is caused by the bite of which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Mosquito
You ensure that a person who has been bitten by a black widow spider is taken to a medical
facility for which reason? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An antivenom is available for black
widow bites, and other treatment may be needed as well.
Which of the following is the best way to remove an embedded tick from the skin? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pull slowly, steadily and firmly upward with fine-tipped pointed,
non-etched, non-rasped tweezers as close to the skin as possible.
If you suspect that a person is showing signs or symptoms of West Nile virus, which of the
following would you do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Have the person seek medical
attention immediately.
You are swimming in the ocean and receive a bite on the leg from something in the water. As
you exit the water, you notice there is a red painful area where you think the bite occurred.
What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Call, or have someone else call, 9-1-1 or
the designated emergency number.
Which of the following is the best treatment for a scorpion sting? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number immediately.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A person who has ingested a poison should be encouraged to vomit: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Only if advised to do so by he Poison Control Center
You suspect that a person has sustained poisoning by injection. Which of the following would
help support your suspicions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Localized rash
Over-the-counter antihistamine drugs are useful for: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔To relieve
itch from posies plant contact
ou should consider all household or drugstore products to be potentially harmful to children. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Exposure to carbon monoxide: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Can be unreliable since it is a
colorless and odorless gas.
Poisoning occurs when: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An exposure to an external substance
that can cause injury, illness or death enters the body.
You are passing by a warehouse when you hear a cry for help. As you approach the building,
you smell a strong, unpleasant odor. Through a window, you see a person lying on the floor
trying to crawl out of the building. Which of the following would you do first? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔
After brushing dry chemicals off an affected person, which action would you do next? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Flush the skin with large amounts of continuous running water.
A person who dies from anaphylaxis usually does so as a result of: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Severe impaired breathing
The four ways that a poison can enter a person's body are: - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Through the lungs, by being swallowed, through the skin or by being injected.
, You should remove any tentacles from a jellyfish sting by scraping the affected area with a
towel, gloved hand or plastic card. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔true
Why is it important to ask a person who has an insect sting if they have had any prior serious
reactions to insect stings? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If the person has had a prior serious
reaction, the current sting may result in anaphylaxis; call 9-1-1 or the local emergency
number.
A friend is stung on the arm by a jellyfish. Which of the following would be most appropriate
to do immediately? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Irrigate the injured arm with large amounts
of sea water/ vinegar
West Nile virus is caused by the bite of which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Mosquito
You ensure that a person who has been bitten by a black widow spider is taken to a medical
facility for which reason? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An antivenom is available for black
widow bites, and other treatment may be needed as well.
Which of the following is the best way to remove an embedded tick from the skin? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pull slowly, steadily and firmly upward with fine-tipped pointed,
non-etched, non-rasped tweezers as close to the skin as possible.
If you suspect that a person is showing signs or symptoms of West Nile virus, which of the
following would you do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Have the person seek medical
attention immediately.
You are swimming in the ocean and receive a bite on the leg from something in the water. As
you exit the water, you notice there is a red painful area where you think the bite occurred.
What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Call, or have someone else call, 9-1-1 or
the designated emergency number.
Which of the following is the best treatment for a scorpion sting? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number immediately.
