WFR Practice Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Unusable athletic injuries are treated with? - CORRECT ANSWER - immobilization and
evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider? - CORRECT ANSWER - indicated you
have completed training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has? -
CORRECT ANSWER - extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and
improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are? - CORRECT
ANSWER - soft tissue wounds
a ptient in compensatory shock? - CORRECT ANSWER - maintains adequate perfusion
with vasoconstriction, increased HR and RR
Compartment syndrome is? - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure in a muscle secondary to an
injury
A hypothermic patient? - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she? - CORRECT ANSWER - Call poison control
We guard against allergic response to a medication by? - CORRECT ANSWER - Asking
the patient is they have taken a medication previously
, Treatment principles for snow blindness include? - CORRECT ANSWER - cool compress
over the eyes
A pneumothorax is? - CORRECT ANSWER - air in the chest
sunscreens? - CORRECT ANSWER - should be applied several times a day
Abandonment occurs when? - CORRECT ANSWER - You turn over patient care to a
person unable to manage the patient
To effectively make water safe to drink it needs to? - CORRECT ANSWER - Be hot
enough for a rolling boil
In a hydrated person urine is commonly? - CORRECT ANSWER - light yellow or clear
Recommended treatments for pit viper bites include? - CORRECT ANSWER -
transporting the victim to the hospital for antivenom
A patient with a fever that is greater than 102 or that persists for 48 hours should be? -
CORRECT ANSWER - evacuated to definitive care
When we check the pelvis in the head to toe exam we? - CORRECT ANSWER - Press in
on the iliac crests
rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache? - CORRECT ANSWER - is
sudden, severe or is associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections? - CORRECT ANSWER - can be accompanies by fever and blood
in the urine
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Unusable athletic injuries are treated with? - CORRECT ANSWER - immobilization and
evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider? - CORRECT ANSWER - indicated you
have completed training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has? -
CORRECT ANSWER - extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and
improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are? - CORRECT
ANSWER - soft tissue wounds
a ptient in compensatory shock? - CORRECT ANSWER - maintains adequate perfusion
with vasoconstriction, increased HR and RR
Compartment syndrome is? - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure in a muscle secondary to an
injury
A hypothermic patient? - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she? - CORRECT ANSWER - Call poison control
We guard against allergic response to a medication by? - CORRECT ANSWER - Asking
the patient is they have taken a medication previously
, Treatment principles for snow blindness include? - CORRECT ANSWER - cool compress
over the eyes
A pneumothorax is? - CORRECT ANSWER - air in the chest
sunscreens? - CORRECT ANSWER - should be applied several times a day
Abandonment occurs when? - CORRECT ANSWER - You turn over patient care to a
person unable to manage the patient
To effectively make water safe to drink it needs to? - CORRECT ANSWER - Be hot
enough for a rolling boil
In a hydrated person urine is commonly? - CORRECT ANSWER - light yellow or clear
Recommended treatments for pit viper bites include? - CORRECT ANSWER -
transporting the victim to the hospital for antivenom
A patient with a fever that is greater than 102 or that persists for 48 hours should be? -
CORRECT ANSWER - evacuated to definitive care
When we check the pelvis in the head to toe exam we? - CORRECT ANSWER - Press in
on the iliac crests
rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache? - CORRECT ANSWER - is
sudden, severe or is associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections? - CORRECT ANSWER - can be accompanies by fever and blood
in the urine
