Post Test Questions and Answers

Post Test Questions and Answers Which of the following should you consider when deciding whether ALS personnel should be requested? A. Is the call to a rural area? B. Would ALS level care benefit the patient? C. Does a nearby clinic provide advanced care? D. Are you in an urban or suburban area? -Answer-Would ALS level care benefit the patient? For the physical examination of a responsive medical patient, you would focus on: A. Examining body systems related to the chief complaint B. Endocrine and immune system first C. Respiratory and cardiovascular systems first D. Completing a full head to toe examination of the patient -Answer-Examining body systems related to the chief complaint Which of the following is the technique of physical examination that requires the use of a stethoscope? A. Palpation B. Inspection C. Ascultation D. Percussion -Answer-Auscultation While en route to the hospital, your 67 year old male chest pain patient breaks out in a sweat and becomes very pale. He clutches his chest. You should next: A. Reassess B. Call for ALS C. Administer the patients nitroglycerin D. Administer oxygen -Answer-Reassess Which of the following terms describes a condition of being stretched, inflated or larger than normal? A. Paradoxical motion B. Priapism C. Crepitation D. Distention -Answer-Distention Which of the following is done immediately after scene size up regardless of whether a trauma patient has a significant mechanism of injury? A. Rapid trauma assessment B. Baseline vital signs C. Secondary assessement D. Primary assessment -Answer-Primary assessment On a call to a crime ridden area where drug abuse is common, you are sure that the current call for a patient with altered mental status and difficulty breathing will involve drugs. When you arrive on scene, you look for anything that confirms this hypothesis and ignore anything that does not point to drug abuse. This is: A. Illusory correlation B. Confirmation bias C. Availability D. Anchoring -Answer-Confirmation bias A 13 year old girl is awake but groggy and belligerent. You are told by her friend, another 13 year old girl who witnessed the patients actions and who called EMS, that your patients boyfriend just broke up with her, so she got into her parents liquor cabinet and drank a large quantity of alcohol. Who is likely your best source of information about the patients condition? A. Her family doctor, who is at his office B. Her friend who called for help C. Her ex-boyfriend who is at another home in the neighborhood with his new girlfriend D. Her parents who are both at work -Answer-Her friend who called EMS A 22 year old female was found severely hyperventilating and was visibly upset. Her initial vital signs were P 130, R 40, BP 190/100. With coaching and compassionate care, she has calmed down. Her repeat vital signs are P 100, R 28 BP 160/88. Which of the following would best describe this trend in vital signs? A. Returning to normal B. Unchanged C. Deteriorating D. Unable to determine -Answer-Returning to normal In a patient for whom you have taken several sets of vital and whose respiratory rate has changed from 24 with shallow breaths to 20 with full breaths and whose skin has remained pale and dry, you would consider this patients condition to be: A. Returning to normal B. Deteriorating C. Remaning unchanged D. Undetermined -Answer-Returning to normal When should you obtain a set of baseline vital signs on