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When a person acts in a manner that is unacceptable to himself or those around him, this would
be considered which of the following? - (ANSWER)Behavioral emergency CORRECT. A
behavioral emergency exists when a person exhibits abnormal behavior-that is, behavior within a
given situation that is unacceptable or intolerable to the patient, the family, or the community.
Frequently behavioral emergencies involve behavior that is potentially harmful to the patient or
to the people that interact with the patient. Behavioral emergency is a blanket term for what is
considered mental illness, psychotic episodes, and psychosomatic reactions, which are narrow
focus terms and not all encompassing as behavioral emergencies.
The opiate triad includes all of the following except: - (ANSWER)hypertension. CORRECT. The
opiate triad is characterized by three signs: coma (or depressed level of consciousness), pinpoint
pupils, and respiratory depression (slow, shallow respirations). Hypertension is not part of the
opiate triad.
Cleaning fluid, glue, and model cement are common examples of which of the following? -
(ANSWER)Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals produce vapors that can be
inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then act as a depressant on the central nervous
system. Cleaning fluid, glue, model cement, and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are
commonly abused volatile chemicals.
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Why would an EMT give activated charcoal to a patient who overdosed on the medication
Soma? - (ANSWER)Activated charcoal binds to the Soma, preventing absorption by the body.
CORRECT. Activated charcoal is designed to chemically bind to the poison in order to prevent
and minimize the absorption of the poison by the body.
Which of the following is one of the MOST common inhaled poisons associated with fire
suppression? - (ANSWER)Carbon monoxide CORRECT. Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the
most commonly inhaled poisons. It is usually associated with motor-vehicle exhaust and fire
suppression.
The term poison is BEST described as any substance that can do which of the following? -
(ANSWER)Harm the body CORRECT. Once on or in the body, poisons can do damage and
harm the body in a variety of ways. A poison may act as a corrosive or irritant, destroying skin
and other body tissues. A poisonous gas can act as a suffocating agent, displacing oxygen in the
air. Some poisons are systemic poisons, causing harm to the entire body or to an entire body
system.
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs by which of the following routes? - (ANSWER)Inhalation
CORRECT. Inhaled poisons (poisons that are breathed in) take the form of gases, vapors, and
sprays. Such poisons include carbon monoxide (from car exhaust, wood-burning stoves, and
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furnaces), ammonia, chlorine, insect sprays, and the gases produced from volatile liquid
chemicals.
OxyContin is an example of which of the following types of drugs? - (ANSWER)Narcotic
CORRECT. Narcotics are drugs capable of producing stupor or sleep. They are often used to
relieve pain. Many drugs legitimately used for these purposes (such as codeine) are also abused,
affecting the nervous system and changing many of the normal activities of the body, often
producing an intense state of relaxation or feeling of well-being. One narcotic, in particular,
OxyContin (oxycodone), has become a common drug of abuse.
Your patient is an 18-year-old male who fell into a neighbor's swimming pool but was pulled out
by bystanders. The neighbors report that the patient wandered into their yard and that he said he
had a "funny numb feeling" in his head and his chest hurt before stumbling into the pool. As you
are performing CPR, you notice that the mucous membranes in his mouth and nose are swollen.
Which of the following would account for the patient's behavior and current condition? -
(ANSWER)Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals produce vapors that can be
inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then act as a depressant on the central nervous
system. Cleaning fluid, glue, model cement, and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are
commonly abused volatile chemicals. These chemicals will make the patient experience a numb
feeling. Inhalation of a volatile chemical will also produce headache and possible chest pain.
GHB, methamphetamines, and CO poisonings would not cause swollen mucous membranes and
numbness like a volatile chemical would.
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Your patient is a conscious 4-year-old female who has ingested a medication prescribed for her
grandfather. To determine appropriate treatment, which of the following information is NOT
necessary to provide to medical control? - (ANSWER)Grandfather's name and the name of the
physician who prescribed the medication CORRECT. Which physician prescribed the medication
and the grandfather's name is of no consequence in this scenario to deliver adequate patient care
at the EMT level.
Your patient is a 7-year-old male who ate an unknown type of mushroom on a dare by his
friends. You should ask all of the following questions except: - (ANSWER)Why did you eat the
mushroom? CORRECT. The fact that the patient took the drug on a dare or for any other reason
for that matter is irrelevant for the EMT to deliver good patient care. The presence of "peer
pressure" as well if the patient knows the mushrooms are poisonous or not does not play into the
EMT being able to deliver good patient care.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is an example of which of the following types of drugs? -
(ANSWER)Depressant CORRECT. A downer (depressant) you may see is GHB (gamma-
hydroxybutyrate), also known as Georgia Home Boy or goop. In addition to depressing the
central nervous system, it produces a sense of euphoria and sometimes hallucinations. It has
caused respiratory depression so severe that patients have required assisted ventilations even
though some of them were still breathing.
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When a person acts in a manner that is unacceptable to himself or those around him, this would
be considered which of the following? - (ANSWER)Behavioral emergency CORRECT. A
behavioral emergency exists when a person exhibits abnormal behavior-that is, behavior within a
given situation that is unacceptable or intolerable to the patient, the family, or the community.
Frequently behavioral emergencies involve behavior that is potentially harmful to the patient or
to the people that interact with the patient. Behavioral emergency is a blanket term for what is
considered mental illness, psychotic episodes, and psychosomatic reactions, which are narrow
focus terms and not all encompassing as behavioral emergencies.
The opiate triad includes all of the following except: - (ANSWER)hypertension. CORRECT. The
opiate triad is characterized by three signs: coma (or depressed level of consciousness), pinpoint
pupils, and respiratory depression (slow, shallow respirations). Hypertension is not part of the
opiate triad.
Cleaning fluid, glue, and model cement are common examples of which of the following? -
(ANSWER)Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals produce vapors that can be
inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then act as a depressant on the central nervous
system. Cleaning fluid, glue, model cement, and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are
commonly abused volatile chemicals.
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Why would an EMT give activated charcoal to a patient who overdosed on the medication
Soma? - (ANSWER)Activated charcoal binds to the Soma, preventing absorption by the body.
CORRECT. Activated charcoal is designed to chemically bind to the poison in order to prevent
and minimize the absorption of the poison by the body.
Which of the following is one of the MOST common inhaled poisons associated with fire
suppression? - (ANSWER)Carbon monoxide CORRECT. Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the
most commonly inhaled poisons. It is usually associated with motor-vehicle exhaust and fire
suppression.
The term poison is BEST described as any substance that can do which of the following? -
(ANSWER)Harm the body CORRECT. Once on or in the body, poisons can do damage and
harm the body in a variety of ways. A poison may act as a corrosive or irritant, destroying skin
and other body tissues. A poisonous gas can act as a suffocating agent, displacing oxygen in the
air. Some poisons are systemic poisons, causing harm to the entire body or to an entire body
system.
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs by which of the following routes? - (ANSWER)Inhalation
CORRECT. Inhaled poisons (poisons that are breathed in) take the form of gases, vapors, and
sprays. Such poisons include carbon monoxide (from car exhaust, wood-burning stoves, and
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furnaces), ammonia, chlorine, insect sprays, and the gases produced from volatile liquid
chemicals.
OxyContin is an example of which of the following types of drugs? - (ANSWER)Narcotic
CORRECT. Narcotics are drugs capable of producing stupor or sleep. They are often used to
relieve pain. Many drugs legitimately used for these purposes (such as codeine) are also abused,
affecting the nervous system and changing many of the normal activities of the body, often
producing an intense state of relaxation or feeling of well-being. One narcotic, in particular,
OxyContin (oxycodone), has become a common drug of abuse.
Your patient is an 18-year-old male who fell into a neighbor's swimming pool but was pulled out
by bystanders. The neighbors report that the patient wandered into their yard and that he said he
had a "funny numb feeling" in his head and his chest hurt before stumbling into the pool. As you
are performing CPR, you notice that the mucous membranes in his mouth and nose are swollen.
Which of the following would account for the patient's behavior and current condition? -
(ANSWER)Volatile chemicals CORRECT. Volatile chemicals produce vapors that can be
inhaled. They can give an initial "rush" and then act as a depressant on the central nervous
system. Cleaning fluid, glue, model cement, and solutions used to correct typing mistakes are
commonly abused volatile chemicals. These chemicals will make the patient experience a numb
feeling. Inhalation of a volatile chemical will also produce headache and possible chest pain.
GHB, methamphetamines, and CO poisonings would not cause swollen mucous membranes and
numbness like a volatile chemical would.
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Your patient is a conscious 4-year-old female who has ingested a medication prescribed for her
grandfather. To determine appropriate treatment, which of the following information is NOT
necessary to provide to medical control? - (ANSWER)Grandfather's name and the name of the
physician who prescribed the medication CORRECT. Which physician prescribed the medication
and the grandfather's name is of no consequence in this scenario to deliver adequate patient care
at the EMT level.
Your patient is a 7-year-old male who ate an unknown type of mushroom on a dare by his
friends. You should ask all of the following questions except: - (ANSWER)Why did you eat the
mushroom? CORRECT. The fact that the patient took the drug on a dare or for any other reason
for that matter is irrelevant for the EMT to deliver good patient care. The presence of "peer
pressure" as well if the patient knows the mushrooms are poisonous or not does not play into the
EMT being able to deliver good patient care.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is an example of which of the following types of drugs? -
(ANSWER)Depressant CORRECT. A downer (depressant) you may see is GHB (gamma-
hydroxybutyrate), also known as Georgia Home Boy or goop. In addition to depressing the
central nervous system, it produces a sense of euphoria and sometimes hallucinations. It has
caused respiratory depression so severe that patients have required assisted ventilations even
though some of them were still breathing.
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