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PARAMEDIC ENTRANCE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT EXPLAINED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS!! RECENT VERSION 1. A newborns head was just delivered and a nuchal cord is present. What should you do - ANSWER Attempt to slip the cord over the infants head. 2. An 18-year-old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. She screaming in pain. What should you do - ANSWER Assess for distal circulation 3. A 56-year-old female has a complete airway obstruction from a piece of food. She becomes unconscious while you assess her. What should doyou do - ANSWER Begin chest compression 4. What should you do after completing the scene size up and primary survey for a trauma patient - ANSWER Reconsider the mechanism of injury 5. In which position should you hold a patient while applying manual stabilization - ANSWER Neutral position 6. 20-year-old male has a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. He has cut his arm with a knife and the bleeding is severe you should - ANSWER Call law-enforcement 7. A 35 year-old female's husband meet you at the front door for an unknown emergency. He tells you that his wife is depressed, and she has locked her self in the bedroom where he keeps his handgun. What should he do - ANSWER Move to a safe place and request law enforcement 8. An unresponsive 43-year-old male was hit by a car and he's lying supine in the street you can hear loud, snoring respirations. What should you suspect - ANSWER Airway obstruction 9. Which mental status is the most life-threatening - ANSWER Unresponsive 10. A 33-year-old male is lying supine on the floor after falling off a ladder. He has an obvious hit injury and bleeding. What should you do - ANSWER Assess his level of consciousness 11. An 18-year-old male has a deep laceration to his wrist that is squirting bright red blood. What should you do - ANSWER Place a gloved hand over the wound 12. Types of shock - ANSWER Anaphylactic, cardiogenic, hemoragic, hypovelemic, neurogenic, septic, psychogenic 13. Anaphylactic Shock - ANSWER Allergic reaction 14. Cardiogenic shock - ANSWER heart stops pumping 15. Hypovolemic shock - ANSWER decrease in body fluid 16. Hemorrhagic shock - ANSWER loss of blood 17. Neurogenic shock - ANSWER vessels dilate abnormal in response to spinal cord 18. Septic shock - ANSWER infection 19. Psychogenic shock - ANSWER Sudden dilation of vessels psychological causes 20. Signs/symptoms of shock (early) - ANSWER Tachy, increase resp rate, cap refill, weak peripheral pulses, pale, cool, clammy, thirst, dilated pupils, nausea/vomiting 21. You have approached your patient informed a general impression. What should you do - ANSWER Assess the level of consciousness 22. What is the intention of the primary survey - ANSWER Find and treat life threats 23. How should a properly size cervical collar fit - ANSWER The collar rests on the clavicles 24. You are the first to arrive at the scene of a multiple vehicle collision. What should you do - ANSWER Perform a scene size up 25. During your primary assessment you palpate the chest and note crepitus to the left lateral ribs. What should you do - ANSWER Listen to lung sounds 26. A 78-year-old male is unresponsive and lying supine on his bed. What should you do - ANSWER Assess him for respiratory efforts 27. A 14-year-old male is lying supine at a high school football game. He is unresponsive, cyanotic, and has snoring respirations. What should you do - ANSWER Open the airway with a manual maneuver 28. A 22-year-old male has isolated and patchy the third-degree burns. Which classification method should use to determine the percentage of body area burned- ANSWER Rule of palm

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PARAMEDIC ENTRANCE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT EXPLAINED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS!!
<RECENT VERSION>



1. A newborns head was just delivered and a nuchal cord is present. What
should you do
- ANSWER ✔Attempt to slip the cord over the infants head.

2. An 18-year-old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse.
She screaming in pain. What should you do
- ANSWER ✔Assess for distal circulation

3. A 56-year-old female has a complete airway obstruction from a piece of
food. She becomes unconscious while you assess her. What should doyou do
- ANSWER ✔Begin chest compression

4. What should you do after completing the scene size up and primary survey
for a trauma patient
- ANSWER ✔Reconsider the mechanism of injury

5. In which position should you hold a patient while applying manual
stabilization
- ANSWER ✔Neutral position

6. 20-year-old male has a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. He has cut his
arm with a knife and the bleeding is severe you should
- ANSWER ✔Call law-enforcement

,7. A 35 year-old female's husband meet you at the front door for an unknown
emergency. He tells you that his wife is depressed, and she has locked her
self in the bedroom where he keeps his handgun. What should he do
- ANSWER ✔Move to a safe place and request law enforcement

8. An unresponsive 43-year-old male was hit by a car and he's lying supine in
the street you can hear loud, snoring respirations. What should you suspect
- ANSWER ✔Airway obstruction

9. Which mental status is the most life-threatening
- ANSWER ✔Unresponsive

10.A 33-year-old male is lying supine on the floor after falling off a ladder. He
has an obvious hit injury and bleeding. What should you do
- ANSWER ✔Assess his level of consciousness

11.An 18-year-old male has a deep laceration to his wrist that is squirting bright
red blood. What should you do
- ANSWER ✔Place a gloved hand over the wound

12.Types of shock - ANSWER ✔ Anaphylactic, cardiogenic, hemoragic,
hypovelemic, neurogenic, septic, psychogenic

13.Anaphylactic Shock - ANSWER ✔ Allergic reaction

14.Cardiogenic shock - ANSWER ✔ heart stops pumping

15.Hypovolemic shock - ANSWER ✔ decrease in body fluid

16.Hemorrhagic shock - ANSWER ✔ loss of blood

17.Neurogenic shock - ANSWER ✔ vessels dilate abnormal in response to
spinal cord

18.Septic shock - ANSWER ✔ infection

19.Psychogenic shock - ANSWER ✔ Sudden dilation of vessels psychological
causes

,20.Signs/symptoms of shock (early) - ANSWER ✔ Tachy, increase resp rate,
cap refill, weak peripheral pulses, pale, cool, clammy, thirst, dilated pupils,
nausea/vomiting

21.You have approached your patient informed a general impression. What
should you do
- ANSWER ✔Assess the level of consciousness

22.What is the intention of the primary survey
- ANSWER ✔Find and treat life threats

23.How should a properly size cervical collar fit
- ANSWER ✔The collar rests on the clavicles

24.You are the first to arrive at the scene of a multiple vehicle collision. What
should you do
- ANSWER ✔Perform a scene size up

25.During your primary assessment you palpate the chest and note crepitus to
the left lateral ribs. What should you do
- ANSWER ✔Listen to lung sounds

26.A 78-year-old male is unresponsive and lying supine on his bed. What
should you do
- ANSWER ✔Assess him for respiratory efforts

27.A 14-year-old male is lying supine at a high school football game. He is
unresponsive, cyanotic, and has snoring respirations. What should you do
- ANSWER ✔Open the airway with a manual maneuver


28.A 22-year-old male has isolated and patchy the third-degree burns. Which
classification method should use to determine the percentage of body area
burned- ANSWER ✔
Rule of palm

29.How does a full thickness burn present- ANSWER ✔

, A full thickness burn involves all layers of the skin and into the
subcutaneous white, waxy and painless

30.What are the two layers of the skin? - ANSWER ✔
Epidermis - the outermost layer of skin, provides a waterproof barrier and
creates our skin tone.
31.Dermis - found below the epidermis. It contains blood vessels and nerve
ends.

32.cranial nerves are part of what nervous system- ANSWER ✔
PNS

33.What is ACE inhibitor? - ANSWER ✔
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors help relax your veins and
arteries to lower your blood pressure. ACE inhibitors prevent an enzyme in
your body from producing angiotensin II, a substance that narrows your
blood vessels. This narrowing can cause high blood pressure and force your
heart to work harder.

34.What is stroke volume? - ANSWER ✔
35.the volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per beat


36.Inferior - ANSWER ✔ Away from head

37.Medial - ANSWER ✔ Toward the midline

38.Lateral - ANSWER ✔ Away from midline

39.Superior - ANSWER ✔ Towards head

40.Anatomical Position - ANSWER ✔ Standing erect, limbs down, palms
forward

41.Pneumothorax - ANSWER ✔ Air within plural space

42.A car is flipped over onto its roof, and two people are trapped inside the car.
They are suspended upside down because they were strapped in with

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