Final Exam platinum practice exam with correct
answers
You have a 28-year-old patient with a chest injury that you suspect has a tension
pneumothorax. Which of the following must be present to indicate decompression is
needed? Select the three (3) that apply. - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰.....
✔✔Decompensated shock, absent or unilaterally decreased breath sounds, difficulty
ventilating with a bag-mask device or worsening respiratory distress.
Which of the following patients would benefit the MOST from an advanced airway? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔An unresponsive adult with no gag reflex.
You and your team are performing CPR on a 42-year-old female who is in her third trimester
of pregnancy where the fundus is located above the umbilicus. What should you do to
improve the effectiveness of compressions? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Have
someone manually displace the fundus to the left.
You are called to treat a patient with severe dyspnea. Which of the following tank sizes
would be the most appropriate to bring to the patient's side when you anticipate a 10-minute
transfer from the patient's bed to the ambulance? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔A
D-tank with 1200 psi.
Multiple personality disorder is an example of: - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰.....
✔✔Dissociative disorder.
Which classification of a burn is also known as superficial? - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔First degree.
As an EMS provider, you are called to care for a patient that has been contaminated with a
cleaning chemical at a chemical warehouse. The fire department Haz-Mat team has been in
,command of this incident. As you approach, the patient gets up from the decontamination
area and runs to your open ambulance. What is the biggest concern with this patient's
action? The patient has: - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Contaminated other zones
and possibly the ambulance.
Which of the following describes the proper technique when performing the jaw-thrust
maneuver? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Retract the lower lip with your thumb to
keep the mouth open.
You are treating a patient with a cervical spine fracture allowing ventilations to occur only
through the use of two-thirds of the diaphragm. The patient is spontaneously breathing at a
rate of 12. Which of the following would be the most appropriate treatment for this patient?
- ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Assist ventilations with a bag-valve-mask device
and attempt to maintain a capnometry reading of 40.
You are treating a patient who is complaining of deep right calf pain and a severely swollen
right leg. The patient has the leg elevated and is refusing transport to the hospital. Which of
the following would be your MOST appropriate response? - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Tell the patient that he could develop an acute, life-threatening
pulmonary embolism.
Identify the rhythm: Sinus rhythm with prolonged PR intervals - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Sinus rhythm with first-degree AV block.
Which of the following is the MOST common adverse drug effect seen in the elderly? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Digitalis toxicity.
Which of the following best explains the benefit of using mechanical CPR devices? These
devices: - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Provide for more consistent compressions
longer.
Your patient is a 27-year-old, restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision. The
patient is unresponsive with rapid, shallow respirations and a weak carotid pulse. The skin
, is pale, cool, and clammy. Your rapid secondary assessment (rapid trauma survey) reveals a
closed fracture of the tibia. Which of the following would best describe this patient? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Decompensated shock from thoracoabdominal injuries.
You and your partner on the scene of a postictal patient from a seizure. Your partner notices
that the patient's airway is full of vomit. Select the BEST reason for suctioning the patient's
oral and nasal cavity? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔To reduce the risk of
aspiration pneumonia complications.
While assessing a patient, you are informed by family that the patient's personality and
behavior changed significantly after he hit his head. Which portion of the brain do you
suspect has been injured? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Frontal.
You respond to a residence for a patient with a high fever and decreased level of
consciousness. You observe the patient has a stoma, labored breathing, and his caregiver is
worried they may have aspirated. How would you confirm the patient has a clear stoma?
- ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Insert a soft, sterile suction catheter through the
external opening into the trachea.
For which of the following patients showing signs of severe respiratory distress should you
limit the amount of oxygen you provide? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔You
should initially provide oxygen for any patient in distress.
Rescuers have decided to suction the patient's upper airway with a rigid catheter. What is the
BEST reason for inserting the rigid suction catheter in the patient's mouth? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔To reduce the risk of aspiration.
Kussmaul respirations would be MOST easily confused with: - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Central neurogenic hyperventilation.
After securing a dressing over a stab wound to the stomach, you believe the patient's organs
could squeeze out of the injury site. What is the BEST way to prevent this from happening? -
....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Recommend the patient flex his knees slightly.
answers
You have a 28-year-old patient with a chest injury that you suspect has a tension
pneumothorax. Which of the following must be present to indicate decompression is
needed? Select the three (3) that apply. - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰.....
✔✔Decompensated shock, absent or unilaterally decreased breath sounds, difficulty
ventilating with a bag-mask device or worsening respiratory distress.
Which of the following patients would benefit the MOST from an advanced airway? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔An unresponsive adult with no gag reflex.
You and your team are performing CPR on a 42-year-old female who is in her third trimester
of pregnancy where the fundus is located above the umbilicus. What should you do to
improve the effectiveness of compressions? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Have
someone manually displace the fundus to the left.
You are called to treat a patient with severe dyspnea. Which of the following tank sizes
would be the most appropriate to bring to the patient's side when you anticipate a 10-minute
transfer from the patient's bed to the ambulance? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔A
D-tank with 1200 psi.
Multiple personality disorder is an example of: - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰.....
✔✔Dissociative disorder.
Which classification of a burn is also known as superficial? - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔First degree.
As an EMS provider, you are called to care for a patient that has been contaminated with a
cleaning chemical at a chemical warehouse. The fire department Haz-Mat team has been in
,command of this incident. As you approach, the patient gets up from the decontamination
area and runs to your open ambulance. What is the biggest concern with this patient's
action? The patient has: - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Contaminated other zones
and possibly the ambulance.
Which of the following describes the proper technique when performing the jaw-thrust
maneuver? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Retract the lower lip with your thumb to
keep the mouth open.
You are treating a patient with a cervical spine fracture allowing ventilations to occur only
through the use of two-thirds of the diaphragm. The patient is spontaneously breathing at a
rate of 12. Which of the following would be the most appropriate treatment for this patient?
- ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Assist ventilations with a bag-valve-mask device
and attempt to maintain a capnometry reading of 40.
You are treating a patient who is complaining of deep right calf pain and a severely swollen
right leg. The patient has the leg elevated and is refusing transport to the hospital. Which of
the following would be your MOST appropriate response? - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Tell the patient that he could develop an acute, life-threatening
pulmonary embolism.
Identify the rhythm: Sinus rhythm with prolonged PR intervals - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Sinus rhythm with first-degree AV block.
Which of the following is the MOST common adverse drug effect seen in the elderly? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Digitalis toxicity.
Which of the following best explains the benefit of using mechanical CPR devices? These
devices: - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Provide for more consistent compressions
longer.
Your patient is a 27-year-old, restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision. The
patient is unresponsive with rapid, shallow respirations and a weak carotid pulse. The skin
, is pale, cool, and clammy. Your rapid secondary assessment (rapid trauma survey) reveals a
closed fracture of the tibia. Which of the following would best describe this patient? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Decompensated shock from thoracoabdominal injuries.
You and your partner on the scene of a postictal patient from a seizure. Your partner notices
that the patient's airway is full of vomit. Select the BEST reason for suctioning the patient's
oral and nasal cavity? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔To reduce the risk of
aspiration pneumonia complications.
While assessing a patient, you are informed by family that the patient's personality and
behavior changed significantly after he hit his head. Which portion of the brain do you
suspect has been injured? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Frontal.
You respond to a residence for a patient with a high fever and decreased level of
consciousness. You observe the patient has a stoma, labored breathing, and his caregiver is
worried they may have aspirated. How would you confirm the patient has a clear stoma?
- ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Insert a soft, sterile suction catheter through the
external opening into the trachea.
For which of the following patients showing signs of severe respiratory distress should you
limit the amount of oxygen you provide? - ....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔You
should initially provide oxygen for any patient in distress.
Rescuers have decided to suction the patient's upper airway with a rigid catheter. What is the
BEST reason for inserting the rigid suction catheter in the patient's mouth? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔To reduce the risk of aspiration.
Kussmaul respirations would be MOST easily confused with: - ....🔰 VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Central neurogenic hyperventilation.
After securing a dressing over a stab wound to the stomach, you believe the patient's organs
could squeeze out of the injury site. What is the BEST way to prevent this from happening? -
....🔰 VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰..... ✔✔Recommend the patient flex his knees slightly.
