2025 JBL Practice Exam Module 5 180
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A 20-year-old male has a large laceration to his wrist. He is
holding a blood-soaked towel over the wound, but it continues to
bleed rapidly. You should:
A. apply a tourniquet proximal to the wrist.
B. administer high-flow supplemental oxygen.
C. apply pressure to the brachial artery.
D. wrap the towel with pressure bandages.
A. apply a tourniquet proximal to the wrist.
A 25-year-old unrestrained female struck the steering wheel with
her chest when her car hit a tree while traveling at a high rate of
speed. She has signs and symptoms of shock, which you suspect
are the result of intrathoracic bleeding. Which of the following
interventions will provide this patient with the greatest chance for
survival?
,A. Intravenous fluid administration
B. High-flow oxygen administration
C. Full immobilization of her spine
D. Rapid transport to a trauma center
D. Rapid transport to a trauma center
As you approach a patient lying at the side of the roadway, you
observe severe bleeding from the leg. What should your first
action be?
A. Administer oxygen.
B. Check for a pulse.
C. Open the airway.
D. Control the bleeding.
D. Control the bleeding
Distributive shock occurs when:
,A. widespread dilation of the blood vessels causes blood to pool
in the vascular beds.
B. an injury causes restriction of the heart muscle and impairs its
pumping function.
C. severe bleeding causes tachycardia in order to distribute blood
to the organs faster.
D. temporary but severe vasodilation causes a decrease in blood
supply to the brain.
A. widespread dilation of the blood vessels causes blood to pool
in the vascular beds.
Foods, medications, and insects are common causes of ________.
A. neurogenic shock
B. psychogenic shock
C. septic shock
D. anaphylactic shock
D. anaphylactic shock
, Hypovolemic shock caused by severe burns is the result of a loss
of:
A. red blood cells.
B. whole blood.
C. platelets.
D. plasma.
D. plasma.
In an acute injury setting, neurogenic shock is commonly
accompanied by:
A. diaphoresis.
B. tachycardia.
C. hypovolemia.
D. hypothermia.
D. hypothermia
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A 20-year-old male has a large laceration to his wrist. He is
holding a blood-soaked towel over the wound, but it continues to
bleed rapidly. You should:
A. apply a tourniquet proximal to the wrist.
B. administer high-flow supplemental oxygen.
C. apply pressure to the brachial artery.
D. wrap the towel with pressure bandages.
A. apply a tourniquet proximal to the wrist.
A 25-year-old unrestrained female struck the steering wheel with
her chest when her car hit a tree while traveling at a high rate of
speed. She has signs and symptoms of shock, which you suspect
are the result of intrathoracic bleeding. Which of the following
interventions will provide this patient with the greatest chance for
survival?
,A. Intravenous fluid administration
B. High-flow oxygen administration
C. Full immobilization of her spine
D. Rapid transport to a trauma center
D. Rapid transport to a trauma center
As you approach a patient lying at the side of the roadway, you
observe severe bleeding from the leg. What should your first
action be?
A. Administer oxygen.
B. Check for a pulse.
C. Open the airway.
D. Control the bleeding.
D. Control the bleeding
Distributive shock occurs when:
,A. widespread dilation of the blood vessels causes blood to pool
in the vascular beds.
B. an injury causes restriction of the heart muscle and impairs its
pumping function.
C. severe bleeding causes tachycardia in order to distribute blood
to the organs faster.
D. temporary but severe vasodilation causes a decrease in blood
supply to the brain.
A. widespread dilation of the blood vessels causes blood to pool
in the vascular beds.
Foods, medications, and insects are common causes of ________.
A. neurogenic shock
B. psychogenic shock
C. septic shock
D. anaphylactic shock
D. anaphylactic shock
, Hypovolemic shock caused by severe burns is the result of a loss
of:
A. red blood cells.
B. whole blood.
C. platelets.
D. plasma.
D. plasma.
In an acute injury setting, neurogenic shock is commonly
accompanied by:
A. diaphoresis.
B. tachycardia.
C. hypovolemia.
D. hypothermia.
D. hypothermia
