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Quiz_________________?
40-yr old female has difficulty breathing. You determine she has an open airway nad an
altered mental status. Her respirations are 8 and shallow. The MOST important step for the
EMS provider to take is to
a) ask family members of the patients if there's a history of COPD
b) assist patient's respiratory efforts w/ high conc oxygen using a BVM
c) watch patient carefully and obtain vital signs
d) assess the use of accessory muscles while breathing -
Answer✅
b) assist patient's respiratory efforts w/ high conc oxygen using a BVM
Quiz_________________?
45. A 62-yr old male is complaining of breathing difficulty and left arm pain radiating to the
right jaw. Vital signs BP 90/60, P= 120, R=24. The patient should be administed: -
Answer✅
A. high-conc oxygen and should be placed in a position of comfort for ease of breathing
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, Quiz_________________?
5 Stages of Grief: -
Answer✅
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Quiz_________________?
A 21 yr old male is found sitting in an automobile in a parking lot. He has an altered mental
status and a history of diabetes. Your attempt to question him yields little info, as his
responses are inappropriate for the questions. Your treatment for this patient include:
a. Suctioning patients airway
b. Full immobilization of patients head neck and spine
c. Administration of a glucose solution by mouth
d. Open airway with OPA -
Answer✅
C. Administration of a glucose solution by mouth
- AMS//likely hypoglycemia
Quiz_________________?
A 25-yr old woman is in active labor. The umbilical cord is presenting through the vagina.
You would:
a. Gently pull on cord
b. Massage uterus
c. Replace cord in vagina
d. Place mom supine with hips elevated, administer O2 and transport -
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, Answer✅
D. place the mother in a supine position with hips elevated, administer oxygen, and
transport
Quiz_________________?
A 28-yr old patient presents supine on the floor, unconscious, unresponsive, and with
snoring respirations at a rate of 6 per minute. Bystanders report that the patient is diabetic,
taken no medications, and may have ingested heroin half an hour prior to the EMS
Provider's arrival. After opening the patient's airway, the EMS provider should: -
Answer✅
insert an airway adjunct and ventilate w/ 100% oxygen using a BVM
Quiz_________________?
A 65-yr old male was involve in a two motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he complains
of chest pain when breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your INITIAL care should
include:
A stabilizing the sternum
B positioning the patient on his side
C administering high-concentration oxygen
D administering the patient's prescribed nitroglycerin -
Answer✅
C Administering high-conc oxygen
Quiz_________________?
A building contractor, under tremendous pressure to meet a job deadline, experiences
diffuse pain in his chest. The pain lasts for several minutes, then disappears w/ rest. The EMS
provider should suspect
a- angina pectoris
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, b- muscular cramps
c- pulmonary edema
d- congestive heart failure -
Answer✅
A. angina pectoris
Quiz_________________?
A characteristics of arterial bleeding is that it -
Answer✅
flows from the wound in distinct spurts
Quiz_________________?
A child drank some unknown fluid. You arrive at the scene and note the following signs:
Child's mouth and lips are burned, child is coughing and gagging. What should you do?
a) administer syrup of ipecac
b) administer activated charcoal and induce vomiting
c) call the medical or poison control center for advice
d) administer syrup of ipepac and activated charcoal -
Answer✅
c- call the medical or poison control center for advice
- wouldn't use ipecac bc of corrosiveness-burned lips
Quiz_________________?
A closed bone or joint injury is BEST defined as an injury -
Answer✅
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