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AMLS (Advanced Medical Life Support) Pretest + Post-
Test Questions & Answers - All Correct 2025
1. A 45-year-old patient is found supine on the floor. Healthcare
providers note pinpoint pupils, shallow respirations, and vomitus
in and around the mouth. What course of action should be taken
next?
a. Initiate an IV and administer naloxone
b. Supplemental oxygen and suction
c. Obtain a blood glucose level
d. Begin BVM ventilations
.....ANSWER.....b. Supplemental oxygen and suction
2. Patients with a history of COPD that present with an acute
onset of shortness of breath are likely to have what condition?
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a. Pulmonary embolism
b. Angina pectoris
c. Angioedema
d. Hypertensive crisis
.....ANSWER.....a. Pulmonary embolism
3. During compensatory shock, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
system is activated to cause a/an:
a. Increase in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium
b. Decrease in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium
c. Hypotension and bradycardia
d. Vasodilation and sodium retention
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.....ANSWER.....a. Increase in preload, afterload, and re-
absorption of sodium
4. What clinical findings are most commonly associated with a
pulmonary embolus?
a. Clear breath sounds with tachypnea
b. Rhonchi auscultated bilaterally with hypercarbia
c. Crackles heard in the bases with bradycardia
d. Fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea with increased work of
breathing
.....ANSWER.....a. Clear breath sounds with tachypnea
5. What condition is most likely to cause respiratory acidosis?
a. Anxiety/panic attack
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b. Narcotic overdose
c. Methanol ingestion
d. Diabetic ketoacidosis .....ANSWER.....b. Narcotic overdose
6. A 55-year-old complains of an 'aching' chest discomfort that
persists over several days. The patient has a temperature of
101F (38.3C). Which finding will help narrow the diagnosis to
pericarditis?
a. Pain is relieved when supine
b. Pulsus alternans is present
c. S3 gallop is auscultated
d. ST-segment elevation in all leads .....ANSWER.....d. ST-segment
elevation in all leads
7. Anaphylaxis is most associated with which physiological event?
AMLS (Advanced Medical Life Support) Pretest + Post-
Test Questions & Answers - All Correct 2025
1. A 45-year-old patient is found supine on the floor. Healthcare
providers note pinpoint pupils, shallow respirations, and vomitus
in and around the mouth. What course of action should be taken
next?
a. Initiate an IV and administer naloxone
b. Supplemental oxygen and suction
c. Obtain a blood glucose level
d. Begin BVM ventilations
.....ANSWER.....b. Supplemental oxygen and suction
2. Patients with a history of COPD that present with an acute
onset of shortness of breath are likely to have what condition?
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a. Pulmonary embolism
b. Angina pectoris
c. Angioedema
d. Hypertensive crisis
.....ANSWER.....a. Pulmonary embolism
3. During compensatory shock, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
system is activated to cause a/an:
a. Increase in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium
b. Decrease in preload, afterload, and re-absorption of sodium
c. Hypotension and bradycardia
d. Vasodilation and sodium retention
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.....ANSWER.....a. Increase in preload, afterload, and re-
absorption of sodium
4. What clinical findings are most commonly associated with a
pulmonary embolus?
a. Clear breath sounds with tachypnea
b. Rhonchi auscultated bilaterally with hypercarbia
c. Crackles heard in the bases with bradycardia
d. Fever, tachycardia, and tachypnea with increased work of
breathing
.....ANSWER.....a. Clear breath sounds with tachypnea
5. What condition is most likely to cause respiratory acidosis?
a. Anxiety/panic attack
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b. Narcotic overdose
c. Methanol ingestion
d. Diabetic ketoacidosis .....ANSWER.....b. Narcotic overdose
6. A 55-year-old complains of an 'aching' chest discomfort that
persists over several days. The patient has a temperature of
101F (38.3C). Which finding will help narrow the diagnosis to
pericarditis?
a. Pain is relieved when supine
b. Pulsus alternans is present
c. S3 gallop is auscultated
d. ST-segment elevation in all leads .....ANSWER.....d. ST-segment
elevation in all leads
7. Anaphylaxis is most associated with which physiological event?
