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Patient Assessment & Airway Management
1. The primary purpose of the primary assessment is to:
A) Obtain a full set of vital signs.
B) Identify and manage immediate life threats.
C) Determine the patient's past medical history.
D) Form a definitive field diagnosis.
2. The "A" in the AVPU scale stands for:
A) Awake
B) Alert
C) Airway
D) Acute
3. Your first action for an unresponsive trauma patient with noisy breathing
(gurgling) should be to:
A) Apply a non-rebreather mask at 15 LPM.
, B) Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver and suction.
C) Insert an oropharyngeal airway.
D) Begin chest compressions.
4. A patient in respiratory distress is speaking in 2-3 word sentences. This
indicates:
A) Mild respiratory distress.
B) Severe respiratory distress.
C) Normal respiratory function.
D) Anaphylaxis.
5. Cyanosis is a reliable early sign of hypoxia.
A) True
B) False
6. The correct ventilation rate for an adult patient with a pulse but no
spontaneous breathing is one breath every:
A) 3-5 seconds
B) 5-6 seconds
C) 10 seconds
D) 15 seconds
,7. When using a bag-valve-mask (BVM) on an apneic patient, the most critical
component for effective ventilation is:
A) A high-flow oxygen source.
B) A proper mask seal.
C) Squeezing the bag with both hands.
D) The use of an oral airway.
8. The "E" in the AVPU scale stands for:
A) Eyes
B) Emergency
C) Equal
D) Pain
9. A patient's skin is cool, pale, and clammy. This is most indicative of:
A) A local infection.
B) Poor perfusion (shock).
C) Hyperthermia.
D) A diabetic emergency.
10.The Sellick maneuver (cricoid pressure) is used to:
A) Relieve upper airway obstruction.
B) Prevent gastric inflation during ventilation.
, C) Control bleeding in the neck.
D) Stabilize a tracheal injury.
Medical Emergencies
11.A patient with a history of diabetes is confused, sweaty, and tachycardic.
Your first action should be to:
A) Administer oral glucose if they can swallow.
B) Start an IV line of normal saline.
C) Assist with their prescribed insulin.
D) Place them in a recovery position.
12.The five rights of medication administration are:
A) Patient, Provider, Problem, Plan, Prescription
B) Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Route, Right Time
C) Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
D) Onset, Peak, Duration, Side Effects, Contraindications
13.Nitroglycerin is contraindicated if the patient's systolic blood pressure is
below:
A) 140 mmHg