Advanced EMT 2nd Edition (Alexander/Belle)
Chapter 14 Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
1. A systematic process of collecting relevant patient information in order to
determine a patient's medical condition and establish priorities for
treatment and transport would be known as:: patient assessment
2. Giving oxygen to a patient without having to have a specific diagnosis of
the underlying cause of difficulty breathing would be an example of
using:: assessment-based management
3. An AEMT engaging in a systematic reasoning process to explain the
assessment findings would be exercising:: clinical problem solving
4. An AEMT provider's provisional diagnosis of a patient's medical problem
upon which the medical treatment plan is based would be referred to as::
field impression
5. The means by which energy, often mechanical forces, is transmitted to the
body, producing the potential for trauma would be defined as the::
mechanism of injury
6. What question is NOT a goal of the patient assessment process?: "What
kind of insurance does the patient have?"
7. Successful patient assessment requires that you FIRST establish:: trust
and rapport with the patient
8. Patient assessment consists of four essential components. These
components in order from beginning to end of the call would be:: scene
size-up, primary assessment, secondary assessment, and reassessment
9. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
monitor the patient's condition for changes, assess the effects of
treatment, and make adjustments in treatment as needed?: reassessment
10. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
collect vital signs, obtain a medical history, and look for additional signs
of injury and illness?: secondary assessment
11. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
determine the safety of the scene and formulate a general impression of
the nature of the situation?: scene size-up
12. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
look for and manage any immediate threats to the patient's life and
establish priorities for treatment and transport?: primary assessment
13. What is NOT part of the scene size-up phase of the patient assessment?:
patient vital signs
14. What mnemonic represents the components of the primary assessment
for all patients?: ABCD
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15. A patient having a decreased level of awareness and ability to respond to
stimuli would be correctly referred to as:: obtunded
16. The mnemonic used to determine the patient's BEST response to stimuli
would be:: AVPU
17. Those patients who need or are on the verge of needing emergent
interventions are considered:: critical
18. Which of the following patients is considered to be a non-critical patient?
A) Patient with symptoms of cardiac chest pain
B) Patient with signs and symptoms of stroke
C) Patient with a mental status that is not altered
D) Patient with a significant mechanism of injury: patient with mental status that
is not altered
19. With critically injured patients the complete secondary survey is BEST
performed:: during the transport to the hospital
20. Which of the following is NOT a step of the secondary assessment?
A) Obtaining a medical history from the patient
B) Determining the patient's chief complaint
C) Measuring baseline vital signs
D) Conducting a physical examination: determining the patient's chief complaint
21. A quick physical exam performed on critical medical or trauma patients
to identify potentially life-threatening conditions NOT found in the primary
would be called a:: rapid physical exam
22. The link between the primary assessment and secondary assessment can
be remembered by the mnemonic:: ABCDE
23. For a critically ill or injured patient, you will reassess at least every:: 5
minutes
24. Finding the answers to the questions guiding the patient assessment
process requires a process of problem solving that is called:: clinical
problem solving
25. Accurate ________ requires an adequate knowledge base of the facts and
principles of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology,
and other information.: problem solving
26. What is the main disadvantage to using the hypothetico-deductive
approach to problem solving in the prehospital setting?: the hypothetico-
deductive approach requires the luxuries of the time and information
27. Experts often use a problem-solving process in which similarities to
previous experiences are considered. This is called:: pattern recognition
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Chapter 14 Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
1. A systematic process of collecting relevant patient information in order to
determine a patient's medical condition and establish priorities for
treatment and transport would be known as:: patient assessment
2. Giving oxygen to a patient without having to have a specific diagnosis of
the underlying cause of difficulty breathing would be an example of
using:: assessment-based management
3. An AEMT engaging in a systematic reasoning process to explain the
assessment findings would be exercising:: clinical problem solving
4. An AEMT provider's provisional diagnosis of a patient's medical problem
upon which the medical treatment plan is based would be referred to as::
field impression
5. The means by which energy, often mechanical forces, is transmitted to the
body, producing the potential for trauma would be defined as the::
mechanism of injury
6. What question is NOT a goal of the patient assessment process?: "What
kind of insurance does the patient have?"
7. Successful patient assessment requires that you FIRST establish:: trust
and rapport with the patient
8. Patient assessment consists of four essential components. These
components in order from beginning to end of the call would be:: scene
size-up, primary assessment, secondary assessment, and reassessment
9. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
monitor the patient's condition for changes, assess the effects of
treatment, and make adjustments in treatment as needed?: reassessment
10. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
collect vital signs, obtain a medical history, and look for additional signs
of injury and illness?: secondary assessment
11. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
determine the safety of the scene and formulate a general impression of
the nature of the situation?: scene size-up
12. During which essential component of patient assessment does the AEMT
look for and manage any immediate threats to the patient's life and
establish priorities for treatment and transport?: primary assessment
13. What is NOT part of the scene size-up phase of the patient assessment?:
patient vital signs
14. What mnemonic represents the components of the primary assessment
for all patients?: ABCD
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Chapter 14 Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
15. A patient having a decreased level of awareness and ability to respond to
stimuli would be correctly referred to as:: obtunded
16. The mnemonic used to determine the patient's BEST response to stimuli
would be:: AVPU
17. Those patients who need or are on the verge of needing emergent
interventions are considered:: critical
18. Which of the following patients is considered to be a non-critical patient?
A) Patient with symptoms of cardiac chest pain
B) Patient with signs and symptoms of stroke
C) Patient with a mental status that is not altered
D) Patient with a significant mechanism of injury: patient with mental status that
is not altered
19. With critically injured patients the complete secondary survey is BEST
performed:: during the transport to the hospital
20. Which of the following is NOT a step of the secondary assessment?
A) Obtaining a medical history from the patient
B) Determining the patient's chief complaint
C) Measuring baseline vital signs
D) Conducting a physical examination: determining the patient's chief complaint
21. A quick physical exam performed on critical medical or trauma patients
to identify potentially life-threatening conditions NOT found in the primary
would be called a:: rapid physical exam
22. The link between the primary assessment and secondary assessment can
be remembered by the mnemonic:: ABCDE
23. For a critically ill or injured patient, you will reassess at least every:: 5
minutes
24. Finding the answers to the questions guiding the patient assessment
process requires a process of problem solving that is called:: clinical
problem solving
25. Accurate ________ requires an adequate knowledge base of the facts and
principles of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology,
and other information.: problem solving
26. What is the main disadvantage to using the hypothetico-deductive
approach to problem solving in the prehospital setting?: the hypothetico-
deductive approach requires the luxuries of the time and information
27. Experts often use a problem-solving process in which similarities to
previous experiences are considered. This is called:: pattern recognition
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