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OEC FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely
a. be sensitive to bright light
b. have pain that indicated an infection has started.
c. Be able to open their eyes easily
d. experience no pain or discomfort - ANSWER a. be sensitive
to bright light
The major cause of death in avalanche victims is
a. severe hypothermia
b. trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. bleeding - ANSWER c. asphyxiation
Which of the following actions should you take to decrease a
patients heat loss due to radiation?
a. Put a hat on the patients head
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b. Turn off all fans in the room
c. Wipe the patients skin down with warm water
d. Apply warm packs to the patients body - ANSWER a. Put a
hat on the patients head
While a 61-year old female in cardiac arrest receives
emergency care you note that her abdomen grows larger with
each ventilation provided from a bag-valve mask. What
instructions should you provide?
a. "try delivering each ventilation quickly , and lets slow down
the rate."
b. The ventilation rate and force of ventilation need to be
increased so that air reaches the lungs
c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not
squeeze in as much air with each breath
d. I need another rescuer to apply firm pressure over the
stomach while we ventilate this patient - ANSWER c. Lets
slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze as
much air with each breath.
A 25-year old woman arrives in the aid room with her
husband. She is 37 weeks pregnant and in labor. Your exam
reveals the babys head is coming out of the mother. Have
someone call for EMS, and prepare for delivery of the baby.
Which of the following actions would you take?
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a. Tell her husband that the hospital is only 10 min away and
that he should taker her there
b. Obtain her vital signs and call for an ambulance to take her
to the hospital.
c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit.
d. Have her hold her legs together to prevent delivery until
ALS ambulance arrives - ANSWER c. Open and prepare an
obsterical kit
Special operations is a term used to denote:
a. infrequently performed activities that require specialized
training , skills and equiptment in a remote setting
b. Protocols OEC Technicians use when working with an
ambulance service in an urban setting
c. a federal team that is organized to handle mass casualty
situations involving mountainous terrain
d. a specialized procedure that is used for victims of chemical
terrorism events and that involves both decontamination and
drug injections - ANSWER a. infrequently performed
activities that require specialized training , skills and
equiptment in a remote setting
Which of the following factors that can affect shock must be
kept in mind?
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a. Signs of shock do not appear until two pints of blood is lost
b. A person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of
blood loss as a healthier
c. The amount of blood loss is easily estimated by the amount
of blood visible on the snow.
d. Adults show signs of shock much more quickly than do 6
year olds - ANSWER b. A person in poor health cannot
tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a healthier
The coccyx is
a. The neck
b. The upper back
c. the tailbone
d. the lower back - ANSWER c. the tailbone
Which of the following situations is occurring in the body of a
person in shock?
a. The cells are getting glucose and other nutrients but not
oxygen
b. The amount of oxygen reaching the cells is adequate, but
carbon dioxide is not being removed.
c. The blood contains an adequate amount of oxygen but not
enough nutrients for cells to survive.
OEC FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Questions and Answers with 100%
Complete Solutions
Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely
a. be sensitive to bright light
b. have pain that indicated an infection has started.
c. Be able to open their eyes easily
d. experience no pain or discomfort - ANSWER a. be sensitive
to bright light
The major cause of death in avalanche victims is
a. severe hypothermia
b. trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. bleeding - ANSWER c. asphyxiation
Which of the following actions should you take to decrease a
patients heat loss due to radiation?
a. Put a hat on the patients head
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b. Turn off all fans in the room
c. Wipe the patients skin down with warm water
d. Apply warm packs to the patients body - ANSWER a. Put a
hat on the patients head
While a 61-year old female in cardiac arrest receives
emergency care you note that her abdomen grows larger with
each ventilation provided from a bag-valve mask. What
instructions should you provide?
a. "try delivering each ventilation quickly , and lets slow down
the rate."
b. The ventilation rate and force of ventilation need to be
increased so that air reaches the lungs
c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not
squeeze in as much air with each breath
d. I need another rescuer to apply firm pressure over the
stomach while we ventilate this patient - ANSWER c. Lets
slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze as
much air with each breath.
A 25-year old woman arrives in the aid room with her
husband. She is 37 weeks pregnant and in labor. Your exam
reveals the babys head is coming out of the mother. Have
someone call for EMS, and prepare for delivery of the baby.
Which of the following actions would you take?
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a. Tell her husband that the hospital is only 10 min away and
that he should taker her there
b. Obtain her vital signs and call for an ambulance to take her
to the hospital.
c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit.
d. Have her hold her legs together to prevent delivery until
ALS ambulance arrives - ANSWER c. Open and prepare an
obsterical kit
Special operations is a term used to denote:
a. infrequently performed activities that require specialized
training , skills and equiptment in a remote setting
b. Protocols OEC Technicians use when working with an
ambulance service in an urban setting
c. a federal team that is organized to handle mass casualty
situations involving mountainous terrain
d. a specialized procedure that is used for victims of chemical
terrorism events and that involves both decontamination and
drug injections - ANSWER a. infrequently performed
activities that require specialized training , skills and
equiptment in a remote setting
Which of the following factors that can affect shock must be
kept in mind?
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a. Signs of shock do not appear until two pints of blood is lost
b. A person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of
blood loss as a healthier
c. The amount of blood loss is easily estimated by the amount
of blood visible on the snow.
d. Adults show signs of shock much more quickly than do 6
year olds - ANSWER b. A person in poor health cannot
tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a healthier
The coccyx is
a. The neck
b. The upper back
c. the tailbone
d. the lower back - ANSWER c. the tailbone
Which of the following situations is occurring in the body of a
person in shock?
a. The cells are getting glucose and other nutrients but not
oxygen
b. The amount of oxygen reaching the cells is adequate, but
carbon dioxide is not being removed.
c. The blood contains an adequate amount of oxygen but not
enough nutrients for cells to survive.
