West Coast EMT Block 3 Exam
Controls the most basic functions of the body including breathing, blood pressure, swallowing, pupil
constriction, balance, heart rate, and consciousness - answers✔✔Brain stem is responsible for
controlling what
It is appropriate to suction from a patients mouth before ventilating and or inserting an oral airway -
answers✔✔At what point is it appropriate to suction from a patients mouth
It should appear as an altered mental status that should improve in a few minutes - answers✔✔In
regards to generalized seizures the nature of their consciousness should look like
A seizure that consists of an altered level of consciousness lasting more than 5 to 30 minutes without
the return of consciousness - answers✔✔Status Epilepticus can be defined as
slurred speech - answers✔✔Dysarthria
impairment in production of speech, loss of language - answers✔✔dysphasia
difficulty swallowing or eating - answers✔✔Dysphagia
they are considered benign but should still be evaluated - answers✔✔In regards to febrile seizures
Assess the patients glucose level and give her oxygen and monitor her airway as well as her BGL; no
recovery position, no water or glucose - answers✔✔A female patient tells you she suffers from
excessive thirst and also tells you she has diabetes. She then tells you she is also on the anti seizure
medication Depacol. How would your treat the patient?
repeat the process, ask him to close their eyes and lift up their arms yourself - answers✔✔In regards to
the Cincinnati stroke scale after instructing the patient to lift his hands up with his eyes closed they fall,
what should you do next?
, Transport them paralyzed side down - answers✔✔How do you transport a stroke patient with a
paralyzed extremity?
No; the stomach and pancreas create enzymes to digest - answers✔✔Does the spleen digest?
If the BP is too high, then the kidneys release sodium; if the BP is too low then the kidneys keep the
sodium - answers✔✔How do the kidneys regulate BP by using sodium?
Visceral peritoneum; known as the inner layer - answers✔✔What wraps around the organs of the
abdomen
Surrounds the abdomen and pelvis; known as the outer layer - answers✔✔What does the parietal
peritoneum line?
Broad and not easily pinpointed; not local - answers✔✔Pain in visceral is describes as
consist of burping, pain in the upper abdomen (can be found below the sternum) and subsides after you
eat - answers✔✔Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) signs and symptoms
Hypertension and hyperglycemia - answers✔✔Renal failure is caused by
reducible, incarcerated and strangulated - answers✔✔what types of hernias are there
can be pushed back into the abdomen - answers✔✔Reducible hernia
cannot be pushed back into the abdomen - answers✔✔incarcerated hernia
when it is incarcerated with a compromised/ cut off blood supply - answers✔✔Strangulated hernia
Controls the most basic functions of the body including breathing, blood pressure, swallowing, pupil
constriction, balance, heart rate, and consciousness - answers✔✔Brain stem is responsible for
controlling what
It is appropriate to suction from a patients mouth before ventilating and or inserting an oral airway -
answers✔✔At what point is it appropriate to suction from a patients mouth
It should appear as an altered mental status that should improve in a few minutes - answers✔✔In
regards to generalized seizures the nature of their consciousness should look like
A seizure that consists of an altered level of consciousness lasting more than 5 to 30 minutes without
the return of consciousness - answers✔✔Status Epilepticus can be defined as
slurred speech - answers✔✔Dysarthria
impairment in production of speech, loss of language - answers✔✔dysphasia
difficulty swallowing or eating - answers✔✔Dysphagia
they are considered benign but should still be evaluated - answers✔✔In regards to febrile seizures
Assess the patients glucose level and give her oxygen and monitor her airway as well as her BGL; no
recovery position, no water or glucose - answers✔✔A female patient tells you she suffers from
excessive thirst and also tells you she has diabetes. She then tells you she is also on the anti seizure
medication Depacol. How would your treat the patient?
repeat the process, ask him to close their eyes and lift up their arms yourself - answers✔✔In regards to
the Cincinnati stroke scale after instructing the patient to lift his hands up with his eyes closed they fall,
what should you do next?
, Transport them paralyzed side down - answers✔✔How do you transport a stroke patient with a
paralyzed extremity?
No; the stomach and pancreas create enzymes to digest - answers✔✔Does the spleen digest?
If the BP is too high, then the kidneys release sodium; if the BP is too low then the kidneys keep the
sodium - answers✔✔How do the kidneys regulate BP by using sodium?
Visceral peritoneum; known as the inner layer - answers✔✔What wraps around the organs of the
abdomen
Surrounds the abdomen and pelvis; known as the outer layer - answers✔✔What does the parietal
peritoneum line?
Broad and not easily pinpointed; not local - answers✔✔Pain in visceral is describes as
consist of burping, pain in the upper abdomen (can be found below the sternum) and subsides after you
eat - answers✔✔Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) signs and symptoms
Hypertension and hyperglycemia - answers✔✔Renal failure is caused by
reducible, incarcerated and strangulated - answers✔✔what types of hernias are there
can be pushed back into the abdomen - answers✔✔Reducible hernia
cannot be pushed back into the abdomen - answers✔✔incarcerated hernia
when it is incarcerated with a compromised/ cut off blood supply - answers✔✔Strangulated hernia
