MEDICAL UCLA EMT Exam Questions
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Hemorrhagic stroke causes - correct answer -- hypertension
- ruptured aneurysm
- bleeding disorder
Hemorrhagic stroke treatment - correct answer -- need a CT immediately
- get to a stroke center
- know how long the person has been acting this way (when they were last seen
normal)
s/s of stroke - correct answer -Facial droop, severe headache, slurred speech, one
sided weakness/ numbness etc, vision problems
What vital sign is important to check when stroke symptoms present? Why? -
correct answer -Blood glucose level because hyperglycemia can present similarly
to stroke
,TIA - correct answer -transient ischemic attack
- thrombis causes intermittent blockage or spasm of blood vessel
- symptoms appear same as stroke but resolve within 24 hours
Syncope (and common causes) - correct answer -- Brief LOC due to transient
cerebral hypoxia
- lasts less than 30 seconds
- usually immediately A&O
- Causes: vagal stimulation, lack of O2, hypoglycemia
Seizures - correct answer -random, uncoordinated, chaotic discharges or cerebral
neurons
Convulsions - correct answer -tonic-clonic movement
T: rigid)
C: shaking
Generalized seizure stages - correct answer -1: aura (smell, visual sense of a
seizure coming on)
, 2: Tonic-clonic stage
3: posictal: exhausted stage, coming out of seizure (can be short of breath, give
O2)
Generalized absent seizure - correct answer -"lights on but nobody's home"
- brief loss of consciousness
Focal seizure - correct answer -one part of body is shaking
- aware (no loss of consciousness)
- weakness/dizziness
Impaired awareness seizure - correct answer -- altered mental status
- lip smacking, eye blinking, isolated convulsions
Seizure treatment - correct answer -- don't put anything in their mouth
- make sure they are in a safe place
- let patient have their seizure
- therapeutic talking and O2 in postictal stage
and verified Answers |Already Graded
A+| 2026 Brand New Version!!!
Hemorrhagic stroke causes - correct answer -- hypertension
- ruptured aneurysm
- bleeding disorder
Hemorrhagic stroke treatment - correct answer -- need a CT immediately
- get to a stroke center
- know how long the person has been acting this way (when they were last seen
normal)
s/s of stroke - correct answer -Facial droop, severe headache, slurred speech, one
sided weakness/ numbness etc, vision problems
What vital sign is important to check when stroke symptoms present? Why? -
correct answer -Blood glucose level because hyperglycemia can present similarly
to stroke
,TIA - correct answer -transient ischemic attack
- thrombis causes intermittent blockage or spasm of blood vessel
- symptoms appear same as stroke but resolve within 24 hours
Syncope (and common causes) - correct answer -- Brief LOC due to transient
cerebral hypoxia
- lasts less than 30 seconds
- usually immediately A&O
- Causes: vagal stimulation, lack of O2, hypoglycemia
Seizures - correct answer -random, uncoordinated, chaotic discharges or cerebral
neurons
Convulsions - correct answer -tonic-clonic movement
T: rigid)
C: shaking
Generalized seizure stages - correct answer -1: aura (smell, visual sense of a
seizure coming on)
, 2: Tonic-clonic stage
3: posictal: exhausted stage, coming out of seizure (can be short of breath, give
O2)
Generalized absent seizure - correct answer -"lights on but nobody's home"
- brief loss of consciousness
Focal seizure - correct answer -one part of body is shaking
- aware (no loss of consciousness)
- weakness/dizziness
Impaired awareness seizure - correct answer -- altered mental status
- lip smacking, eye blinking, isolated convulsions
Seizure treatment - correct answer -- don't put anything in their mouth
- make sure they are in a safe place
- let patient have their seizure
- therapeutic talking and O2 in postictal stage
