MEDICAL UCLA EMT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Risk factors for esophageal varices - ✔✔- severe cirhosis/liver failure
- excessive alcohol use
- excessive vomiting
- portal hypertension
Esophageal varices - ✔✔enlarged veins in the esophagus
Meningitis - ✔✔inflammation of the meninges
- quick onset (12-24 hrs)
- s/s fever, headache, stiff neck, altered mental status
- Very contagious and very deadly once symptoms are present
PPE for a pt. with Meningitis - ✔✔- Both you and your pt. should wear N-95 masks
Tuberculosis s/s - ✔✔bloody sputum, night sweats, fevers, sudden weight loss
Only contagious form of TB - ✔✔Respiratory
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, Measles s/s - ✔✔Koplik spots: start on head and shower down body (also seen in
mouth)
MRSA - ✔✔- bacteria that causes infections
- resistant to many antibiotics
- can be transferred in hospitals between patients
Ebola - ✔✔- viral hemorrhagic fever
- pt. loses a lot of fluids
- fatality can be as high as 70% without prompt treatment
Important travel medicine questions - ✔✔- Is anyone else in your party sick?
- Where did you drink water from?
- What types of food did you eat?
- Did you receive any vaccinations before the trip?
Fistula - ✔✔medical device that connects vein and artery system (used a lot for dialysis)
Port - ✔✔medical device under the skin for easy access with a needle
Shunt - ✔✔Medical device that relieves pressure caused by excess fluid in body by
redirecting it (commonly moves CFS in brain)
left ventricular assist device - ✔✔Maintains cardiac function without the heart
- pt. with this will not have a pulse
Sickle cell disease - ✔✔- 10-20% of RBCs are sickle shaped
- pt. will present with abdominal pain (secondary to spleen working very hard to filter
out deformed RBCs)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Risk factors for esophageal varices - ✔✔- severe cirhosis/liver failure
- excessive alcohol use
- excessive vomiting
- portal hypertension
Esophageal varices - ✔✔enlarged veins in the esophagus
Meningitis - ✔✔inflammation of the meninges
- quick onset (12-24 hrs)
- s/s fever, headache, stiff neck, altered mental status
- Very contagious and very deadly once symptoms are present
PPE for a pt. with Meningitis - ✔✔- Both you and your pt. should wear N-95 masks
Tuberculosis s/s - ✔✔bloody sputum, night sweats, fevers, sudden weight loss
Only contagious form of TB - ✔✔Respiratory
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY BRITTIE DONALD, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Measles s/s - ✔✔Koplik spots: start on head and shower down body (also seen in
mouth)
MRSA - ✔✔- bacteria that causes infections
- resistant to many antibiotics
- can be transferred in hospitals between patients
Ebola - ✔✔- viral hemorrhagic fever
- pt. loses a lot of fluids
- fatality can be as high as 70% without prompt treatment
Important travel medicine questions - ✔✔- Is anyone else in your party sick?
- Where did you drink water from?
- What types of food did you eat?
- Did you receive any vaccinations before the trip?
Fistula - ✔✔medical device that connects vein and artery system (used a lot for dialysis)
Port - ✔✔medical device under the skin for easy access with a needle
Shunt - ✔✔Medical device that relieves pressure caused by excess fluid in body by
redirecting it (commonly moves CFS in brain)
left ventricular assist device - ✔✔Maintains cardiac function without the heart
- pt. with this will not have a pulse
Sickle cell disease - ✔✔- 10-20% of RBCs are sickle shaped
- pt. will present with abdominal pain (secondary to spleen working very hard to filter
out deformed RBCs)
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