1. How does a nasopharyngeal airway maintain a patent airway?
A. Displaces the jaw forward
B. Keeps the tongue in an anterior position
C. Ensures complete dilation of the nares
D. Blocks salivary and secretion glands ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
2) A 28 year old officer was struck in the head while entering a hostile
environment. Upon assessment, you note that he has an irregular
respiratory pattern, elevated blood pressure, and a decreased pulse. At
what level should you maintain this patient's capnography?
A) 45-50 mmHg
B) 36-40 mmHg
C) Less than 30 mmHg
D) 30-35 mmHg ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
3) An unconscious casualty has suffered multiple injuries as a result of
an IED blast. Vital signs P 132, R 22. During the Indirect Threat Care
phase, what should you do to ensure the patient has a patent airway?
A) Insert an oropharyngeal airway
B) Place the patient in the recovery position
,C) Perform a surgical cricothyroidotomy
D) Perform endotracheal intubation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
4) An adult patient only responds to painful stimuli. She is bleeding
from multiple entrance and exit wounds. She has a weak moan and is
writhing in pain. Several attempts at peripheral IV access was
unsuccessful. What should you do?
A) Administer morphine per oral
B) Attempt IV access for a 3rd time
C) Establish external jugular
D) Establish I/0 access ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓D.
5) A 41 year old male has suffered a gunshot wound to the right
shoulder. The bleeding is controlled but he begins to present with
difficulty breathing and decreased chest rise on the right side. What
should you suspect?
A) Airway obstruction
B) Hemothorax
C. Tension pneumothorax
D) Hypoperfusion ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
6) Applying direct pressure to a wound is an appropriate intervention
for which of the following casualties?
, A) Conscious victim with heavy bleeding during Indirect Threat Care
B) Unconscious victim with no visible bleeding during Indirect Threat
Care
C) Conscious victim with trickling bleeding during Direct Threat Care
D) Conscious victim with heavy bleeding during Direct Threat Care
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A.
7) A 30 ear old female has partial-thickness burns on 60% of her total
body surface area. Vital signs are BP 76/50, P 140, R 26. When should
fluid resuscitation be initiated?
A) As soon as venous access is obtained
B) Only en route to the hospital
C) After analgesia administration
D) When the patient becomes unconscious ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A.
8) What is the most immediate threat to a patient with burns covering
greater than 20% total body surface area?
A) Infection
B) Massive fluid shifts
C) Hypothermia
D) Compartment syndrome ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓C.
A. Displaces the jaw forward
B. Keeps the tongue in an anterior position
C. Ensures complete dilation of the nares
D. Blocks salivary and secretion glands ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
2) A 28 year old officer was struck in the head while entering a hostile
environment. Upon assessment, you note that he has an irregular
respiratory pattern, elevated blood pressure, and a decreased pulse. At
what level should you maintain this patient's capnography?
A) 45-50 mmHg
B) 36-40 mmHg
C) Less than 30 mmHg
D) 30-35 mmHg ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
3) An unconscious casualty has suffered multiple injuries as a result of
an IED blast. Vital signs P 132, R 22. During the Indirect Threat Care
phase, what should you do to ensure the patient has a patent airway?
A) Insert an oropharyngeal airway
B) Place the patient in the recovery position
,C) Perform a surgical cricothyroidotomy
D) Perform endotracheal intubation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
4) An adult patient only responds to painful stimuli. She is bleeding
from multiple entrance and exit wounds. She has a weak moan and is
writhing in pain. Several attempts at peripheral IV access was
unsuccessful. What should you do?
A) Administer morphine per oral
B) Attempt IV access for a 3rd time
C) Establish external jugular
D) Establish I/0 access ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓D.
5) A 41 year old male has suffered a gunshot wound to the right
shoulder. The bleeding is controlled but he begins to present with
difficulty breathing and decreased chest rise on the right side. What
should you suspect?
A) Airway obstruction
B) Hemothorax
C. Tension pneumothorax
D) Hypoperfusion ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B.
6) Applying direct pressure to a wound is an appropriate intervention
for which of the following casualties?
, A) Conscious victim with heavy bleeding during Indirect Threat Care
B) Unconscious victim with no visible bleeding during Indirect Threat
Care
C) Conscious victim with trickling bleeding during Direct Threat Care
D) Conscious victim with heavy bleeding during Direct Threat Care
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A.
7) A 30 ear old female has partial-thickness burns on 60% of her total
body surface area. Vital signs are BP 76/50, P 140, R 26. When should
fluid resuscitation be initiated?
A) As soon as venous access is obtained
B) Only en route to the hospital
C) After analgesia administration
D) When the patient becomes unconscious ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A.
8) What is the most immediate threat to a patient with burns covering
greater than 20% total body surface area?
A) Infection
B) Massive fluid shifts
C) Hypothermia
D) Compartment syndrome ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓C.
