JBL LEARNING PARAMEDIC PATIENT ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 10 | TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
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1. What is the Mechanism of Injury (MOI)? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓They way in which
traumatic injury occurs-the forces that act on the body to cause damage
2. What is the Nature of Illness (NOI)? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The general type of
illness a patient is experiencing
3. What is Scene Size-Up? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A quick assessment of a scene and its
surroundings made to provide information about scene safety and the MOI/NOI .
4. What should you do if a scene is not safe? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Make it safe, or call
for additional resources, such as FD or PD, to do so.
5. What kind of hazards can be found at the scene of an auto accident? - ✔ CORRECT
ANSWER ✓✓Unstable vehicles, moving traffic, leaking fuel, jagged metal, broken glass,
fire or explosions, downed power lines, and hazardous materials.
6. What should always be worn when working on a road? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A
high-visibility safety vest
7. What should you do when faced with a potentially dangerous scene? - ✔ CORRECT
ANSWER ✓✓Have a plan to escape, and if needed retreat to your ambulance and call for
PD
,8. What are cocaine and methamphetamine users at a high risk for? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Excited or agitated delirium
9. What should be a major concern at the scene of a building collapse? - ✔ CORRECT
ANSWER ✓✓Secondary collapse
10. What is the next priority after establishing the safety of yourself and your partner? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The safety of the patient, and then the safety of any bystanders
11. What condition is likely if a patient has long or continuous exposure to wind and rain? -
✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Hypothermia
12. Define Triage: - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The process of establishing treatment and
transport priorities according to the severity of patients injuries or severity of illness
13. What are some Standard Precautions you might take on a scene with the potential for
infectious disease? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Gloves, gown, eye protection, face
mask/respirator
14. What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Clothing or
specialized equipment that provides some protection to the wearer from substances
that may pose a health or safety risk
15. What is the Primary Assessment used for? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓To identify, and
then treat, life threats or potential life threats
16. What is the General Impression? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The overall initial impression
that determines the priority for patient care.
,17. What is the General Impression based on? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Patient's
surroundings, MOI/NOI, the patient's signs, symptoms, and chief complaints.
18. What is the fastest way to assess a patient's mental status? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A-
Alert to surroundings
19. V- Alert to verbal stimuli
20. P- Reactive to painful stimuli
21. U- Unresponsive
22. What two questions should you ask yourself when assessing a patient's airway? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Is the airway open? If so, will it remain open?
23. What two head-positioning maneuvers can be used to open a patient's airway? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Head tilt-chin lift (no suspected C-spine injury)
24. Jaw-Thrust (suspected C-spine injury)
25. What should you keep in mind about child/infant airways? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓They do not have developed tracheal rings that provide support, which means their
trachea is easily occluded or collapsed with head position change
26. What two questions should you keep in mind when assessing the patient's breathing? -
✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Are they breathing? If so, is the breathing adequate?
27. What should you look for when checking breathing? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Rate,
work of breathing, breath sounds, skin color, chest rise and fall, equal chest rise, and
changes in mental status
28. What information does checking a patient's pulse give you? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Rate, rhythm, and quality
, 29. Best place to palpate the pulse in a responsive patient? Unresponsive patient? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Responsive: Radial
30. Unresponsive: Carotid
31. Where is a pulse check performed on infants and small children? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓The Brachial artery
32. In reference to circulation, what is assessed? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Pulses, skin
color, temperature, and condition, any bleeding
33. Name some components of Scene Size-Up/Safety: - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The impact
of the environment on the patient/patient care, any hazards, violence or potential for
violence, the need for any additional resources, and precautions that need to be taken,
and the potential for multiple patients
34. What does the Primary Assessment include? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The initial
general impression, checking the level of consciousness, checking ABCs, identifying life
threats, assessing vital functions, starting life-saving interventions, and the integration of
treatment and procedures needed to preserve life
35. What are some components of History Taking? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Determining
chief complaint, investigation of chief complaint, determine MOI/NOI,
PMHx/Surgeries/Medications, associated signs and symptoms, any pertinent negatives.
36. What are some components of the Secondary Assessment? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Rapid full-body exam, focused assessment of pain, vital signs, techniques of physical
exam, respiratory system/cardiovascular/neurologic/musculoskeletal exams and exams
for all major body systems and anatomic regions (full body exam)
CHAPTER 10 | TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST VERSION
1. What is the Mechanism of Injury (MOI)? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓They way in which
traumatic injury occurs-the forces that act on the body to cause damage
2. What is the Nature of Illness (NOI)? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The general type of
illness a patient is experiencing
3. What is Scene Size-Up? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A quick assessment of a scene and its
surroundings made to provide information about scene safety and the MOI/NOI .
4. What should you do if a scene is not safe? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Make it safe, or call
for additional resources, such as FD or PD, to do so.
5. What kind of hazards can be found at the scene of an auto accident? - ✔ CORRECT
ANSWER ✓✓Unstable vehicles, moving traffic, leaking fuel, jagged metal, broken glass,
fire or explosions, downed power lines, and hazardous materials.
6. What should always be worn when working on a road? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A
high-visibility safety vest
7. What should you do when faced with a potentially dangerous scene? - ✔ CORRECT
ANSWER ✓✓Have a plan to escape, and if needed retreat to your ambulance and call for
PD
,8. What are cocaine and methamphetamine users at a high risk for? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Excited or agitated delirium
9. What should be a major concern at the scene of a building collapse? - ✔ CORRECT
ANSWER ✓✓Secondary collapse
10. What is the next priority after establishing the safety of yourself and your partner? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The safety of the patient, and then the safety of any bystanders
11. What condition is likely if a patient has long or continuous exposure to wind and rain? -
✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Hypothermia
12. Define Triage: - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The process of establishing treatment and
transport priorities according to the severity of patients injuries or severity of illness
13. What are some Standard Precautions you might take on a scene with the potential for
infectious disease? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Gloves, gown, eye protection, face
mask/respirator
14. What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Clothing or
specialized equipment that provides some protection to the wearer from substances
that may pose a health or safety risk
15. What is the Primary Assessment used for? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓To identify, and
then treat, life threats or potential life threats
16. What is the General Impression? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The overall initial impression
that determines the priority for patient care.
,17. What is the General Impression based on? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Patient's
surroundings, MOI/NOI, the patient's signs, symptoms, and chief complaints.
18. What is the fastest way to assess a patient's mental status? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A-
Alert to surroundings
19. V- Alert to verbal stimuli
20. P- Reactive to painful stimuli
21. U- Unresponsive
22. What two questions should you ask yourself when assessing a patient's airway? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Is the airway open? If so, will it remain open?
23. What two head-positioning maneuvers can be used to open a patient's airway? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Head tilt-chin lift (no suspected C-spine injury)
24. Jaw-Thrust (suspected C-spine injury)
25. What should you keep in mind about child/infant airways? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓They do not have developed tracheal rings that provide support, which means their
trachea is easily occluded or collapsed with head position change
26. What two questions should you keep in mind when assessing the patient's breathing? -
✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Are they breathing? If so, is the breathing adequate?
27. What should you look for when checking breathing? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Rate,
work of breathing, breath sounds, skin color, chest rise and fall, equal chest rise, and
changes in mental status
28. What information does checking a patient's pulse give you? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Rate, rhythm, and quality
, 29. Best place to palpate the pulse in a responsive patient? Unresponsive patient? - ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Responsive: Radial
30. Unresponsive: Carotid
31. Where is a pulse check performed on infants and small children? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓The Brachial artery
32. In reference to circulation, what is assessed? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Pulses, skin
color, temperature, and condition, any bleeding
33. Name some components of Scene Size-Up/Safety: - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The impact
of the environment on the patient/patient care, any hazards, violence or potential for
violence, the need for any additional resources, and precautions that need to be taken,
and the potential for multiple patients
34. What does the Primary Assessment include? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The initial
general impression, checking the level of consciousness, checking ABCs, identifying life
threats, assessing vital functions, starting life-saving interventions, and the integration of
treatment and procedures needed to preserve life
35. What are some components of History Taking? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Determining
chief complaint, investigation of chief complaint, determine MOI/NOI,
PMHx/Surgeries/Medications, associated signs and symptoms, any pertinent negatives.
36. What are some components of the Secondary Assessment? - ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Rapid full-body exam, focused assessment of pain, vital signs, techniques of physical
exam, respiratory system/cardiovascular/neurologic/musculoskeletal exams and exams
for all major body systems and anatomic regions (full body exam)
