JB LEARNING: EMT FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

A 4-year-old, 15-kg male ingested an unknown quantity of acetaminophen (Tylenol). The child's mother states that she does not know when the ingestion occurred. The child is conscious and alert and in no apparent distress. The EMT should: Correct Answer: administer 15 g of activated charcoal. A patient who has experienced a back injury, with or without spinal cord damage, would be triaged with a ___________ tag during a mass-casualty incident Correct Answer: yellow An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a supine position in case he or she: Correct Answer: requires CPR Following delivery of a pulseless and apneic infant who has a foul odor, skin sloughing, and diffuse blistering, you should: Correct Answer: Provide emotional support to the mother 2 Substance abuse is MOST accurately defined as: Correct Answer: knowingly misusing a substance to produce a desired effect. Both areas of the pons are sued to: Correct Answer: augment respiration during physical or emotional stress A transient ischemia attack (TIA) occurs when: Correct Answer: a small clot in a cerebral artery causes temporary symptoms. A decrease in blood pressure may indicate: Correct Answer: a loss of vascular tone Ketone production is the result of: Correct Answer: fat metabolization when glucose is unavailable. A partial-thickness burn involves the outer layer of skin and a portion of the: Correct Answer: dermal layer A young female experienced a laceration to her left eyeball from flying glass when her boyfriend broke a soda bottle against a wall. There is moderate bleeding and the patient states that she cannot see out of the injured eye. You should: Correct Answer: avoid applying pressure to the globe when you are covering the eye. 3 At rest, the normal adult heart rate should not exceed: Correct Answer: 100 beats/min Delivering a patient to the hospital involves all of the following activities, EXCEPT: Correct Answer: giving a verbal report to the clerk Common names for activated charcoal include all of the following, EXCEPT: Correct Answer: Fructose As the bronchus divides into smaller bronchioles, the terminal ends of these smaller passages form the: Correct Answer: alveoli