AEMT FINAL COMPREHENSIVE COURSE
REVIEW
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of appendicitis?
Answer: Right lower quadrant pain, rebound tenderness, nausea,
vomiting, low-grade fever, loss of appetite, possible localized
guarding
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of peritonitis?
Answer: Severe abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, fever, nausea,
vomiting, decreased bowel sounds, rebound tenderness, distended
abdomen
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis?
Answer: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever,
dehydration, fatigue, loss of appetite
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of meningitis?
Answer: Severe headache, stiff neck, fever, altered mental status,
photophobia, nausea, vomiting, possible petechial rash
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of CO poisoning?
,Answer: Headache, dizziness, confusion, nausea, vomiting,
weakness, chest pain, dyspnea, altered mental status, cherry-red
skin (in severe cases)
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of a TIA?
Answer: Sudden weakness or numbness on one side of the body,
slurred speech, confusion, vision disturbances, dizziness, loss of
coordination
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of a migraine?
Answer: Severe, throbbing headache (often unilateral), nausea,
vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia, aura (visual disturbances)
◉ What is one symptom that should make you think of meningititis
if you see it in a question?
Answer: Neck pain/nuchal rigidity
◉ If your patient complains of "tearing abdominal pain", what
should you suspect first?
Answer: Aortic aneurysym
◉ What should you do if a scene becomes unsafe?
Answer: Retreat from the scene
,◉ If you see "clubbed fingers" in a question, what should you
suspect?
Answer: Think COPD
◉ Review your patient assessment algorithm and know the steps in
order
Answer: Review your patient assessment algorithm
◉ What is the treatment for chest pain?
Answer: Administer oxygen, monitor vital signs, provide
nitroglycerin if prescribed and systolic BP > 100 mmHg, aspirin,
prepare for rapid transport
◉ What is the function of the pulmonary arteries?
Answer: Carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the
lungs
◉ What is the function of the inferior vena cava?
Answer: Carry deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right
atrium
◉ What is the function of the pulmonary veins?
Answer: Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
, ◉ What is the function of the superior vena cava?
Answer: Carry deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right
atrium
◉ What nerve controls the diaphragm?
Answer: The phrenic nerve
◉ What is the definition of compliance related to ventilating a
patient?
Answer: The ease with which the lungs expand during inhalation
◉ Why do COPD patients develop polycythemia (too many red blood
cells)?
Answer: Chronic hypoxia
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis?
Answer: Persistent cough, hemoptysis, night sweats, weight loss,
fever, fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath
◉ What is hemoptysis?
Answer: Coughing up blood
REVIEW
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of appendicitis?
Answer: Right lower quadrant pain, rebound tenderness, nausea,
vomiting, low-grade fever, loss of appetite, possible localized
guarding
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of peritonitis?
Answer: Severe abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, fever, nausea,
vomiting, decreased bowel sounds, rebound tenderness, distended
abdomen
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of gastroenteritis?
Answer: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever,
dehydration, fatigue, loss of appetite
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of meningitis?
Answer: Severe headache, stiff neck, fever, altered mental status,
photophobia, nausea, vomiting, possible petechial rash
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of CO poisoning?
,Answer: Headache, dizziness, confusion, nausea, vomiting,
weakness, chest pain, dyspnea, altered mental status, cherry-red
skin (in severe cases)
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of a TIA?
Answer: Sudden weakness or numbness on one side of the body,
slurred speech, confusion, vision disturbances, dizziness, loss of
coordination
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of a migraine?
Answer: Severe, throbbing headache (often unilateral), nausea,
vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia, aura (visual disturbances)
◉ What is one symptom that should make you think of meningititis
if you see it in a question?
Answer: Neck pain/nuchal rigidity
◉ If your patient complains of "tearing abdominal pain", what
should you suspect first?
Answer: Aortic aneurysym
◉ What should you do if a scene becomes unsafe?
Answer: Retreat from the scene
,◉ If you see "clubbed fingers" in a question, what should you
suspect?
Answer: Think COPD
◉ Review your patient assessment algorithm and know the steps in
order
Answer: Review your patient assessment algorithm
◉ What is the treatment for chest pain?
Answer: Administer oxygen, monitor vital signs, provide
nitroglycerin if prescribed and systolic BP > 100 mmHg, aspirin,
prepare for rapid transport
◉ What is the function of the pulmonary arteries?
Answer: Carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the
lungs
◉ What is the function of the inferior vena cava?
Answer: Carry deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right
atrium
◉ What is the function of the pulmonary veins?
Answer: Carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
, ◉ What is the function of the superior vena cava?
Answer: Carry deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right
atrium
◉ What nerve controls the diaphragm?
Answer: The phrenic nerve
◉ What is the definition of compliance related to ventilating a
patient?
Answer: The ease with which the lungs expand during inhalation
◉ Why do COPD patients develop polycythemia (too many red blood
cells)?
Answer: Chronic hypoxia
◉ What are the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis?
Answer: Persistent cough, hemoptysis, night sweats, weight loss,
fever, fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath
◉ What is hemoptysis?
Answer: Coughing up blood
