Emt Readiness Final 200 Exam Questions With Correct Answers

who may not understand the stress put on you as an emt? - Answer friends and family in many states a minor may be considered as an adult for the purpose of consenting or refusing if the minor is - Answer emancipated : lives by themselves and self- supported when do we palate a patient's pelvis - Answer MOI suggests it what does the spinal cord pass through at the base of the cranium - Answer forena magnum what fills the entire posterior / anterior of the right upper quadrant - Answer the liver if you are doing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with no traumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs. what do you focus on - Answer chief complaint who regulates the standards for pre hospital emergency care - Answer the state office of ems why do incidents of diabetes increase with age - Answer decreased activity, weight gain, decreased insulin how would you say a person's body is laying if they're on their back/stomach - Answer supine/prone what happens in neurogenic shock - Answer widespread vasodilation, body doesn't compensate why can a child's airway be occluded if you over extend or overflow the head - Answer the occipital is proportionally larger than the trachea and flexible what does hemoglobin attach to - Answer red blood cells which carry oxygen how long do you hold the tip of an Epi auto injector in place - Answer 10 sec you have someone with lower back pain with tearing sensation. what are they experiencing - Answer aortic aneurysm what are the two functions of the liver - Answer secretion of bile and filters waste What is the atlas? - Answer 1st cervical vertebrae which articulates with the skull what is distnia - Answer difficulty breathing head trauma, stroke, poisoning or brain tumor. which one of these would cause metabolic seizure - Answer poisoning if you have a change in a patient condition, what do we reassess - Answer ABC if you have JVD, that suggests a blood problem returning to the heart, the patient is at what angle - Answer 35 degree angle how do we suction with orpharanix of a patient - Answer on the way out at our level, why do we assume that a person is having an AMI when complaining of chest pain - Answer we can't diagnose them in the field the team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation for the suck and injured - Answer the ems system the stomach, gallbladder, liver, or appendix. which one would most likely bleed profusely - Answer the liver what is the back portion of the body considered - Answer posterior weight gain, lack of appetite, weight loss, polyuria, low blood glucose levels. which sign or symptom would you most likely encounter in a patient with a new onset of type 1 diabetes - Answer weight loss and polyuria what are the finger bones called - Answer phalangies chest pain patient with a history of hypertension. you give high flow O2 and he has a Nitro patch on the right upper chest. His pressure is 78/50. what do you do - Answer with a gloved hand, take the Nitro patch off and wipe the chest off. raise the feet to treat the BP where does the blood in the inferior vena cava come from to get back to the heart - Answer legs, kidneys, abdomen, but not the brain 33yr old unresponsive patient with rapid shallow respirations. how do we treat that - Answer positive pressure ventilations if you have a patient that takes numerous meds, what is it best to do with those meds during transport - Answer take them with you what is bradycardia and tachycardia - Answer heart rate less than 60 and heart rate greater than 100 how do we administer oxygen to a hypoxic patient with chronic lung disease - Answer start at a lower flow and gradually build up until you see improvement What's a sign and symptom of acute hyperventilation syndrome - Answer tachitnia and extremities will become numb and tingly what is the best way to move a patient with a wheeled ambulance stretcher - Answer push with the head and guide with the feet if you move a patient from a bed to an ambulance stretcher, what kind of carry is that - Answer direct carry you've got an unresponsive patient that we cannot get IV access on. what's the most appropriate access to administer medications by - Answer IO what are risk factors of an MI - Answer the male sex, family history, diet, stress, diabetes why do we give aspirin to patients that are having an MI - Answer makes the platelets less sticky and the blood not able to clot how do the kidneys help regulate blood pressure - Answer sodium and water what is the substance responsible for causing an allergic reaction called - Answer an allergen What's the final stage of death and dying - Answer acceptance What's the 1st thing we do when we arrive on scene - Answer check scene safety you have an individual who is unconscious with rapid , shallow breathing and copious amounts of bloody secretions in his mouth. how do we take care of that - Answer suction on the way out for no more than 15 secs and alternate with 2 mins of oxygenation if you're going to push a wheelchair, stretcher, etc, how do you need your arms to be - Answer not extended compressions to ventilation 2 rescuer for a child - Answer 15 to 2 you have an individual who has some respiratory distress. you place him in a comfortable position, but you don't give him oxygen. what are you - Answer negligent what are crackling air bubbles under the skin called - Answer subutaneous emphasema you go to an elder couple's residence and find them unconscious in the bed. no evidence of trauma. you begin your assessment and began to smell natural gas. how do you get them out - Answer clothes drag or blanket who is responsible for authorizing you to perform on an emt level - Answer the medical director What's low blood sugar called - Answer hypoglycemia What's the most rapidly fatal cause of anaphylaxis - Answer upper airway obstruction restlessness and anxiety. rapid shallow breathing with cool, clam my skin and absent peripheral pulses. what is not a sign of compensated shock - Answer absent peripheral pulses what is unique about the diaphragm - Answer it's a voluntary and involuntary muscle Describe septic shock - Answer it causes widespread vessel deterioration which also causes blood to leak out and vasodilation the pressure that is exerted by a liquid that occurs when blood moves through an artery at relatively high pressure - Answer hydrostatic pressure you're taking care of an individual that has a small amount of vomit draining from the side of their mouth. after you protect her from further injury how do you take care of the airway - Answer manually position the head, suction, npa, and high flow oxygen the patient is on cpap and is in severe respiratory distress. his heart rate has increased by 20 beats per min. he is conscious but no longer following verbal commands. what do you do - Answer remove the CPAP and bag them with a BVM if a honey bee stinger remains in the world following staying what is important - Answer to remove the Stinger because if it remains than the Stinger will continue to pump Venom into the body for up to 20 minutes when is transfer of patient care complete - Answer after you give your patient care report to the nurse this commonly occurs in late adulthood and causes a decline in cardiac function is most often related to what - Answer atherosclerosis how do we give nitroglycerin - Answer sublingually you get to a residence and the guy isn't acting right you approached the door and he begin shouting profanities at you and your partner while holding a baseball bat what do you do - Answer leave and call for police backup what causes a decreased minute volume in an adult - Answer shallow breathing you pull up on the scene of a man in cardiac arrest you immediately recognized him as the drunk driver that killed your brother several years ago the backup ambulance is in route to the scene what do you do - Answer treat him what does the root word -melan mean - Answer black if your protocol for CPR calls for you to do a passive ventilation what does that mean - Answer you allow the chest to recoil in between compressions to draw air into the lungs you have a patient with a regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation and breath sounds are clear and equal on both sides what does it mean - Answer adequate air Exchange why do most people who experience an AMI not seek medical attention - Answer they are in denial what do you do before attempting to access a patient in a trapped motor vehicle - Answer make sure the vehicle is stable you are resuscitating a middle-aged female in cardiac arrest and because of where you are you can't get a hold of medical control what do you have to fall back on - Answer standing orders or local protocol what are your solid abdominal organs - Answer kidneys liver spleen and pancreas where are the vocal cords located - Answer in the larynx what is the inferior cartilage - Answer the xiphoid process/ the inferior cartilaginous ganglia tip of the sternum is the xiphoid process