AMLS CORE REVIEWS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔A 22-year-old female is found at a party unresponsive and breathing approximately
8 breaths/min. Her skin is gray. Which of the following signs or symptoms will confirm
your suspicion that the opioid toxidrome is causing her emergency? - ✔✔Pupils 2 mm
and equal
✔✔Your patient is reported is reported to have taken an overdose. She has a history of
anxiety disorder and depression. She is unresponsive, and vital signs are BP 110/70, P
125 bpm, R 20/min. Her ECG shows right bundle branch block. You expect she has
taken: - ✔✔Amilytriptyline
✔✔You respond to a warehouse for "multiple patients with difficulty breathing." From a
hallway, you see your patient lying in a room with two other people who don't seem to
be breathing. He calls out to you, saying he can't breathe. You should first: - ✔✔Stage
at a safe distance.
✔✔Which agency oversees the compliance, tracking and reporting, and guidelines for
preventing transmission of bloodborne pathogens in the workplace? - ✔✔OSHA
✔✔You are treating a patient who has been diagnosed with herpes simplex type 1. He
exhibits no signs or symptoms at this time. He is in which stage of the communicable
disease? - ✔✔Latent
✔✔Which of the following is an occupational exposure incident? - ✔✔Blood sprays in
your face when a child with a face laceration sneezes
✔✔Antibodies that are produced from lymphocytes are known as what kind of
immunity? - ✔✔Humoral
✔✔Hepatitis A (HAV) is transmitted by which route? - ✔✔Oral-fecal
, ✔✔The best measures you can take to reduce your risk of acquiring hepatitis C from an
occupations exposure is to: - ✔✔Use standard precautions
✔✔Which sign or symptom can help diagnose headache from meningococcal
meningitis? - ✔✔Petechial rash
✔✔A patient infected with which disease should be assessed for pneumonia,
encephalitis, and myocarditis? - ✔✔Rubeola
✔✔While treating a trauma patient, you lacerate your hand. Your bleeding hand comes
in contact with the blood of the patient. What action is most important to increase your
chance of appropriate follow-up? - ✔✔Notify the receiving facility and your designated
infection control officer immediately.
✔✔Your adolescent patient presents with a fever, malaise, sneezing, and paroxysmal
spasmodic coughing phases. Which infectious disease would you suspect? -
✔✔Pertussis
✔✔A 33-year-old male has right lower quadrant abdominal pain and vomiting. Five
minutes after you administer a dose of ondansetron, he vomits forcefully. His vitals are
now BP 102/72, P 52, R 20. The alteration in his vital signs is likely related to: -
✔✔Vagal stimulation
✔✔Your patient is complaining of a cramping pain around her umbilical area that "won't
let up." This is most suggestive of disease involving the: - ✔✔Appendix
✔✔A 43-year-old male with diffuse abdominal pain and vomiting has a yellowish
discoloration of his sclera. This indicates he has excess serum: - ✔✔Bilirubin
✔✔A 42-year-old male complains of a gnawing, sever pain in the epigastric area that
radiates to his back. His vital signs are T 102*F, BP 94/68, P 128, R 24. Your highest
priority intervention would be to administer: - ✔✔Normal saline, 250 mL bolus
✔✔A 22-year-old patient at a restaurant is complaining of abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Her skin is flushed, and she feels faint. Her vital signs are: BP 98/50, P 124, R 24.
Which finding in her SAMPLER history is most likely to guide your differential diagnosis
for this patient? - ✔✔Illness began about 10 minutes after eating
✔✔A 45-year-old female complains of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. To help
confirm your differential if you suspect cholecystitis you should: - ✔✔Ask her to take a
deep breath as you press upward into her right upper quadrant
SET A+
✔✔A 22-year-old female is found at a party unresponsive and breathing approximately
8 breaths/min. Her skin is gray. Which of the following signs or symptoms will confirm
your suspicion that the opioid toxidrome is causing her emergency? - ✔✔Pupils 2 mm
and equal
✔✔Your patient is reported is reported to have taken an overdose. She has a history of
anxiety disorder and depression. She is unresponsive, and vital signs are BP 110/70, P
125 bpm, R 20/min. Her ECG shows right bundle branch block. You expect she has
taken: - ✔✔Amilytriptyline
✔✔You respond to a warehouse for "multiple patients with difficulty breathing." From a
hallway, you see your patient lying in a room with two other people who don't seem to
be breathing. He calls out to you, saying he can't breathe. You should first: - ✔✔Stage
at a safe distance.
✔✔Which agency oversees the compliance, tracking and reporting, and guidelines for
preventing transmission of bloodborne pathogens in the workplace? - ✔✔OSHA
✔✔You are treating a patient who has been diagnosed with herpes simplex type 1. He
exhibits no signs or symptoms at this time. He is in which stage of the communicable
disease? - ✔✔Latent
✔✔Which of the following is an occupational exposure incident? - ✔✔Blood sprays in
your face when a child with a face laceration sneezes
✔✔Antibodies that are produced from lymphocytes are known as what kind of
immunity? - ✔✔Humoral
✔✔Hepatitis A (HAV) is transmitted by which route? - ✔✔Oral-fecal
, ✔✔The best measures you can take to reduce your risk of acquiring hepatitis C from an
occupations exposure is to: - ✔✔Use standard precautions
✔✔Which sign or symptom can help diagnose headache from meningococcal
meningitis? - ✔✔Petechial rash
✔✔A patient infected with which disease should be assessed for pneumonia,
encephalitis, and myocarditis? - ✔✔Rubeola
✔✔While treating a trauma patient, you lacerate your hand. Your bleeding hand comes
in contact with the blood of the patient. What action is most important to increase your
chance of appropriate follow-up? - ✔✔Notify the receiving facility and your designated
infection control officer immediately.
✔✔Your adolescent patient presents with a fever, malaise, sneezing, and paroxysmal
spasmodic coughing phases. Which infectious disease would you suspect? -
✔✔Pertussis
✔✔A 33-year-old male has right lower quadrant abdominal pain and vomiting. Five
minutes after you administer a dose of ondansetron, he vomits forcefully. His vitals are
now BP 102/72, P 52, R 20. The alteration in his vital signs is likely related to: -
✔✔Vagal stimulation
✔✔Your patient is complaining of a cramping pain around her umbilical area that "won't
let up." This is most suggestive of disease involving the: - ✔✔Appendix
✔✔A 43-year-old male with diffuse abdominal pain and vomiting has a yellowish
discoloration of his sclera. This indicates he has excess serum: - ✔✔Bilirubin
✔✔A 42-year-old male complains of a gnawing, sever pain in the epigastric area that
radiates to his back. His vital signs are T 102*F, BP 94/68, P 128, R 24. Your highest
priority intervention would be to administer: - ✔✔Normal saline, 250 mL bolus
✔✔A 22-year-old patient at a restaurant is complaining of abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Her skin is flushed, and she feels faint. Her vital signs are: BP 98/50, P 124, R 24.
Which finding in her SAMPLER history is most likely to guide your differential diagnosis
for this patient? - ✔✔Illness began about 10 minutes after eating
✔✔A 45-year-old female complains of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. To help
confirm your differential if you suspect cholecystitis you should: - ✔✔Ask her to take a
deep breath as you press upward into her right upper quadrant
