COPR PCP Practice Exam 1 Questions
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As the attending paramedic physically assesses the patient what should the partner be doing?
a) Assessing the scene
b) Gathering a history from the mother
c) Preparing the ambulance for the patient transport
d) Gathering the equipment ✔️✔️B
During the patient assessment, the concerned mother inquiries about her child's condition.
Which of the following statements gives the best response for the paramedic?
a) "your child's condition is a result of his previous infection"
b) " the streptococcal bacterial infecting in your child's lungs has resurfaces"
c) "it seems that your doctor took your child off his medication a little too early
d) "we suspect that your child has a respiratory condition that requires treatment" ✔️✔️D
While en route to the hospital, the paramedic prepares to notify the hospital. Which of the
following pieces of information would not be required in this notification?
a) Patient age
b) Treatment plan
c) APGAR score
d) Estimated time of arrival ✔️✔️C
,Paramedics arrive on scene of a motor vehicle collision with four patients. The collision site is
40 minutes by ambulance to the nearest hospital. Which of the following patients is the top
priority to use air medical transport to get to the hospital?
a) 29-year-old female with bilateral wrist fractures and neck pain
b) 27-year-old male with abdominal pain, and a fractured collar bone
c) 32-year-old male with a pelvic fracture and pressure of 70 systolic
d) 35-year-old female with a fractured radius and ulna with vitals stable ✔️✔️C
during an MCI, which of the following patients would be considered high or "red" priority?
a) 12-year-old male with no pulse
b) 35-year-old male with arm laceration
c) 42-year-old female unresponsive to voice
d) 61-year-old female unable to move her leg ✔️✔️C
A very agitated patient asks why the paramedic is taking so many notes and performing so
many different assessments. How should the paramedic most appropriately respond to the
situation?
a) Tell the patient not to worry
b) Change the situation so the patient stops asking
c) Explain the assessment as they are performed
d) Tell the patient the assessments are difficult to explain ✔️✔️C
The paramedics has responded to a call for a 72-year-old female complaining of general malaise
onset three days ago. On arrival the patient is seated on a kitchen chair, and as the paramedic
approaches, he notes the patients skin color is pink, and that she appears to be fully alert to her
surroundings and circumstances. While obtaining history the paramedic instructs an EMT
practicum student to obtain a set of vitals. Minutes later the student reports the vitals as being:
, BP 138/84
P 88
R 14
SpO2 86% on room air
Based on these finding, select the best immediate course of action the paramedic should take.
a) Start an IV of ringer's lactate KVO
b) Initiate high flow oxygen at 15 LPM via NRB
c) Immediately transport patient to the nearest medical facility
d) Reassess the SpO2 rate on an alternate finger or part of the body ✔️✔️D
When assessing a patient with an altered mental status, a paramedic will often use the
mnemonic "AEIOU-TIPS". What does this stand for ?
a) Alcohol, epilepsy, infection, overdose, uremia, trauma, insulin, psychosis, stroke
b) Anemia, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, urology, tumour, influenza, psychosis, stroke
c) Alcohol, emphysema, insulin, occlusion, uremia, trauma, infection, poison, seizure
d) Anaphylaxis, epilepsy, infection, opiates, underdose, toxins, insulin, poison, stroke ✔️✔️A
Which of the following pathologies are more common in the bariatric population that in the
non-bariatric population?
I- Hypertension
II- Ischemic heart disease
III- Diabetes
IV- Asthma
a) I,II
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As the attending paramedic physically assesses the patient what should the partner be doing?
a) Assessing the scene
b) Gathering a history from the mother
c) Preparing the ambulance for the patient transport
d) Gathering the equipment ✔️✔️B
During the patient assessment, the concerned mother inquiries about her child's condition.
Which of the following statements gives the best response for the paramedic?
a) "your child's condition is a result of his previous infection"
b) " the streptococcal bacterial infecting in your child's lungs has resurfaces"
c) "it seems that your doctor took your child off his medication a little too early
d) "we suspect that your child has a respiratory condition that requires treatment" ✔️✔️D
While en route to the hospital, the paramedic prepares to notify the hospital. Which of the
following pieces of information would not be required in this notification?
a) Patient age
b) Treatment plan
c) APGAR score
d) Estimated time of arrival ✔️✔️C
,Paramedics arrive on scene of a motor vehicle collision with four patients. The collision site is
40 minutes by ambulance to the nearest hospital. Which of the following patients is the top
priority to use air medical transport to get to the hospital?
a) 29-year-old female with bilateral wrist fractures and neck pain
b) 27-year-old male with abdominal pain, and a fractured collar bone
c) 32-year-old male with a pelvic fracture and pressure of 70 systolic
d) 35-year-old female with a fractured radius and ulna with vitals stable ✔️✔️C
during an MCI, which of the following patients would be considered high or "red" priority?
a) 12-year-old male with no pulse
b) 35-year-old male with arm laceration
c) 42-year-old female unresponsive to voice
d) 61-year-old female unable to move her leg ✔️✔️C
A very agitated patient asks why the paramedic is taking so many notes and performing so
many different assessments. How should the paramedic most appropriately respond to the
situation?
a) Tell the patient not to worry
b) Change the situation so the patient stops asking
c) Explain the assessment as they are performed
d) Tell the patient the assessments are difficult to explain ✔️✔️C
The paramedics has responded to a call for a 72-year-old female complaining of general malaise
onset three days ago. On arrival the patient is seated on a kitchen chair, and as the paramedic
approaches, he notes the patients skin color is pink, and that she appears to be fully alert to her
surroundings and circumstances. While obtaining history the paramedic instructs an EMT
practicum student to obtain a set of vitals. Minutes later the student reports the vitals as being:
, BP 138/84
P 88
R 14
SpO2 86% on room air
Based on these finding, select the best immediate course of action the paramedic should take.
a) Start an IV of ringer's lactate KVO
b) Initiate high flow oxygen at 15 LPM via NRB
c) Immediately transport patient to the nearest medical facility
d) Reassess the SpO2 rate on an alternate finger or part of the body ✔️✔️D
When assessing a patient with an altered mental status, a paramedic will often use the
mnemonic "AEIOU-TIPS". What does this stand for ?
a) Alcohol, epilepsy, infection, overdose, uremia, trauma, insulin, psychosis, stroke
b) Anemia, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, urology, tumour, influenza, psychosis, stroke
c) Alcohol, emphysema, insulin, occlusion, uremia, trauma, infection, poison, seizure
d) Anaphylaxis, epilepsy, infection, opiates, underdose, toxins, insulin, poison, stroke ✔️✔️A
Which of the following pathologies are more common in the bariatric population that in the
non-bariatric population?
I- Hypertension
II- Ischemic heart disease
III- Diabetes
IV- Asthma
a) I,II
