MEDICAL UCLA EMT Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Risk factors for esophageal varices
Answer: - severe cirhosis/liver failure - excessive alcohol use - excessive vomiting - portal hypertension
Question 2: Esophageal varices
Answer: enlarged veins in the esophagus
Question 3: Meningitis
Answer: inflammation of the meninges - quick onset (12-24 hrs) - s/s fever, headache, stiff neck, altered
mental status - Very contagious and very deadly once symptoms are present
Question 4: PPE for a pt. with Meningitis
Answer: - Both you and your pt. should wear N-95 masks
Question 5: Tuberculosis s/s
Answer: bloody sputum, night sweats, fevers, sudden weight loss
Question 6: Only contagious form of TB
Answer: Respiratory
Question 7: Measles s/s
Answer: Koplik spots: start on head and shower down body (also seen in mouth)
Question 8: MRSA
Answer: - bacteria that causes infections - resistant to many antibiotics - can be transferred in hospitals
between patients
Question 9: Ebola
Answer: - viral hemorrhagic fever - pt. loses a lot of fluids - fatality can be as high as 70% without prompt
treatment
Question 10: Important travel medicine questions
Answer: - Is anyone else in your party sick? - Where did you drink water from? - What types of food did
you eat? - Did you receive any vaccinations before the trip?
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, Question 11: Fistula
Answer: medical device that connects vein and artery system (used a lot for dialysis)
Question 12: Port
Answer: medical device under the skin for easy access with a needle
Question 13: Shunt
Answer: Medical device that relieves pressure caused by excess fluid in body by redirecting it (commonly
moves CFS in brain)
Question 14: left ventricular assist device
Answer: Maintains cardiac function without the heart - pt. with this will not have a pulse
Question 15: Sickle cell disease
Answer: - 10-20% of RBCs are sickle shaped - pt. will present with abdominal pain (secondary to spleen
working very hard to filter out deformed RBCs) - joint pain: caused by RBCs getting caught in tight spaces
(joints) - Treatment: take to hospital
Question 16: Thrombophilia
Answer: tendency to develop blood clots
Question 17: Hemophilia
Answer: congenital disease: impaired ability to form clots
Question 18: Peritonitis
Answer: inflammation of the peritoneum (by illness or injury)
Question 19: Hematemisis
Answer: vomiting blood
Question 20: Coffee ground emesis
Answer: vomit digested old blood
Question 21: hematochezia
Answer: blood in stool
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Question 1: Risk factors for esophageal varices
Answer: - severe cirhosis/liver failure - excessive alcohol use - excessive vomiting - portal hypertension
Question 2: Esophageal varices
Answer: enlarged veins in the esophagus
Question 3: Meningitis
Answer: inflammation of the meninges - quick onset (12-24 hrs) - s/s fever, headache, stiff neck, altered
mental status - Very contagious and very deadly once symptoms are present
Question 4: PPE for a pt. with Meningitis
Answer: - Both you and your pt. should wear N-95 masks
Question 5: Tuberculosis s/s
Answer: bloody sputum, night sweats, fevers, sudden weight loss
Question 6: Only contagious form of TB
Answer: Respiratory
Question 7: Measles s/s
Answer: Koplik spots: start on head and shower down body (also seen in mouth)
Question 8: MRSA
Answer: - bacteria that causes infections - resistant to many antibiotics - can be transferred in hospitals
between patients
Question 9: Ebola
Answer: - viral hemorrhagic fever - pt. loses a lot of fluids - fatality can be as high as 70% without prompt
treatment
Question 10: Important travel medicine questions
Answer: - Is anyone else in your party sick? - Where did you drink water from? - What types of food did
you eat? - Did you receive any vaccinations before the trip?
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, Question 11: Fistula
Answer: medical device that connects vein and artery system (used a lot for dialysis)
Question 12: Port
Answer: medical device under the skin for easy access with a needle
Question 13: Shunt
Answer: Medical device that relieves pressure caused by excess fluid in body by redirecting it (commonly
moves CFS in brain)
Question 14: left ventricular assist device
Answer: Maintains cardiac function without the heart - pt. with this will not have a pulse
Question 15: Sickle cell disease
Answer: - 10-20% of RBCs are sickle shaped - pt. will present with abdominal pain (secondary to spleen
working very hard to filter out deformed RBCs) - joint pain: caused by RBCs getting caught in tight spaces
(joints) - Treatment: take to hospital
Question 16: Thrombophilia
Answer: tendency to develop blood clots
Question 17: Hemophilia
Answer: congenital disease: impaired ability to form clots
Question 18: Peritonitis
Answer: inflammation of the peritoneum (by illness or injury)
Question 19: Hematemisis
Answer: vomiting blood
Question 20: Coffee ground emesis
Answer: vomit digested old blood
Question 21: hematochezia
Answer: blood in stool
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