b
When the EMT checks the pupils he or she is checking for what three things?
A. color, equality, and reactivity
B. size, equality, and reactivity
C. movement, gaze, and equality
D. reactivity, gaze, and equality
b
Which of the following represents the correct order of assessment for the EMT during the primary
assessment from start to end?
A. Patient priority, general impression, mental status, airway, breathing, circulation
B. General impression, mental status, airway, breathing, circulation, patient priority
C. mental status, general impression, airway, breathing circulation, patient priority
D. none of the above
c
To calculate the minute volume, you need to multiply what two measurments?
A. tidal volume and dead space
B. alveolar ventilation and res. rate
C. tidal volume and res. rate
D. res. rate and bronchial dilation
, b
The abbreviation mmHg indicates that the blood pressure is measured by which of the following
comparisons?
A. Millimeters of water
B. Millimeters of mercury
C. Atmospheric pressure
D. Minimum heart rate
b
Which of the following is NOT determine in a scene-size up?
A. Need for additional resources
B. Chief compliant
C. MOI
D. potential hazards to EMS
c
The normal stimulus to breath is stimulated by the chemoreceptors that measure the change of what
two gases?
A. high hydrogen and low carbon dioxide
B. high carbon monoxide and low oxygen
C. high carbon dioxide and low oxygen
D. low hydrogen and high carbon monoxide