OEC LATEST UPDATED EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Children have a smaller..? (think blood) - ✔✔blood volume than adults
✔✔A patient loses heat sitting on the snow, because of... - ✔✔conduction, which is
transfer of heat
✔✔Blood pressure is an objective finding made during...? - ✔✔a patient assessment
✔✔A hearing-impaired patient wearing a hearing aid is having a great deal of difficulty
hearing your questions. What do you do? - ✔✔Ensure that their hearing aid is turned on
first, if that doesn't resolve the issue consider writing your questions done
✔✔A breech in the skin and damage to soft tissue underneath is called. - ✔✔Open
Injury
✔✔Drowning is defined as - ✔✔suffocation by submersion in a liquid
✔✔To reduce an OEC Technician's legal risk you need to - ✔✔Act within the "standard
of training"
✔✔The care for a patient with a joint injury is similar to that... - ✔✔for a fracture
✔✔In children, respiratory failure is the most common cause of what? - ✔✔cardiac
arrest
✔✔A conscious patient with a GI/GU complaint is most often comfortable... - ✔✔in a
supine position with the knees slightly flexed
✔✔For any fracture what should you do before and after applying a splint? - ✔✔distal
CMS should be checked
✔✔You are in the aid room with a patient who is unresponsive and has hot, dry skin.
His friends state that he has been drinking and passed out in the hot sun for several
hours.. what treatment would you start? - ✔✔ventilating the patient with a bag-valve
mask attached to high-flow oxygen. You should place cold packs on the patient's groin
and armpits to add with cooling the patients core temperature.
✔✔Prehospital care for a patient with a spinal injury involves... - ✔✔correcting life-
threatening injuries and limiting secondary injury.
✔✔The best strategy for wearing clothing in the cold weather is to... - ✔✔wear three
layers referred to as a base and middle and outer layers
, ✔✔When taking the pulse of an elderly patient, it is recommended that OEC
Technicians... - ✔✔take the pulse on both sides of the body for regularity and equality
✔✔A woman who is 36 weeks pregnant has fallen and is complaining of sharp
abdominal pain. She is also experiencing vaginal bleeding. She has tenderness on
palpation just right of the midline of her abdomen. Her pulse is 122, respirations are 22,
and blood pressure is 118/82 mmHg. What should you do? - ✔✔You should administer
high-flow oxygen and immediately transport her.
✔✔The finding that a patient's skin is warm, pink, and dry during a primary assessment
suggests... - ✔✔normal circulation
✔✔Distribution of a poisonous substance in the body occurs primarily through the... -
✔✔circulatory system
✔✔A green tag triage tag indicates... - ✔✔the lowest priority for care for a patient at a
multiple-casualty incident.
✔✔Best way to open an airway in a patient with a possible cervical spine injury -
✔✔Jaw thrust maneuver
✔✔Missing a meal may result in... - ✔✔hypoglycemia in a diabetes patient
✔✔A snowboarder sustained a penetrating injury when he crashed into a tree on a
Friday night. It was reported that he was clearly out of control while traveling at a high
rate of speed down the expert trail. What had the greatest impact on the extent of his
injuries? - ✔✔The speed the skier was going
✔✔Yelling is ... - ✔✔never an acceptable behavior
✔✔In a SAMPLE interview what letter indicates that a patient has a history of seizures. -
✔✔The letter P (past pertinent medical history)
✔✔You are reassessing a patient who has sustained blunt trauma to the chest. Finding
blood pressure of 88/50 during reassessment indicates that the patient - ✔✔is
deteriorating and is in the decompensating phase of shock.
✔✔An intoxicated patient will not leave the oxygen mask on. How would this best be
documented on the prehospital care report? - ✔✔"The patient continually removes the
oxygen mask despite continued reapplication."
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Children have a smaller..? (think blood) - ✔✔blood volume than adults
✔✔A patient loses heat sitting on the snow, because of... - ✔✔conduction, which is
transfer of heat
✔✔Blood pressure is an objective finding made during...? - ✔✔a patient assessment
✔✔A hearing-impaired patient wearing a hearing aid is having a great deal of difficulty
hearing your questions. What do you do? - ✔✔Ensure that their hearing aid is turned on
first, if that doesn't resolve the issue consider writing your questions done
✔✔A breech in the skin and damage to soft tissue underneath is called. - ✔✔Open
Injury
✔✔Drowning is defined as - ✔✔suffocation by submersion in a liquid
✔✔To reduce an OEC Technician's legal risk you need to - ✔✔Act within the "standard
of training"
✔✔The care for a patient with a joint injury is similar to that... - ✔✔for a fracture
✔✔In children, respiratory failure is the most common cause of what? - ✔✔cardiac
arrest
✔✔A conscious patient with a GI/GU complaint is most often comfortable... - ✔✔in a
supine position with the knees slightly flexed
✔✔For any fracture what should you do before and after applying a splint? - ✔✔distal
CMS should be checked
✔✔You are in the aid room with a patient who is unresponsive and has hot, dry skin.
His friends state that he has been drinking and passed out in the hot sun for several
hours.. what treatment would you start? - ✔✔ventilating the patient with a bag-valve
mask attached to high-flow oxygen. You should place cold packs on the patient's groin
and armpits to add with cooling the patients core temperature.
✔✔Prehospital care for a patient with a spinal injury involves... - ✔✔correcting life-
threatening injuries and limiting secondary injury.
✔✔The best strategy for wearing clothing in the cold weather is to... - ✔✔wear three
layers referred to as a base and middle and outer layers
, ✔✔When taking the pulse of an elderly patient, it is recommended that OEC
Technicians... - ✔✔take the pulse on both sides of the body for regularity and equality
✔✔A woman who is 36 weeks pregnant has fallen and is complaining of sharp
abdominal pain. She is also experiencing vaginal bleeding. She has tenderness on
palpation just right of the midline of her abdomen. Her pulse is 122, respirations are 22,
and blood pressure is 118/82 mmHg. What should you do? - ✔✔You should administer
high-flow oxygen and immediately transport her.
✔✔The finding that a patient's skin is warm, pink, and dry during a primary assessment
suggests... - ✔✔normal circulation
✔✔Distribution of a poisonous substance in the body occurs primarily through the... -
✔✔circulatory system
✔✔A green tag triage tag indicates... - ✔✔the lowest priority for care for a patient at a
multiple-casualty incident.
✔✔Best way to open an airway in a patient with a possible cervical spine injury -
✔✔Jaw thrust maneuver
✔✔Missing a meal may result in... - ✔✔hypoglycemia in a diabetes patient
✔✔A snowboarder sustained a penetrating injury when he crashed into a tree on a
Friday night. It was reported that he was clearly out of control while traveling at a high
rate of speed down the expert trail. What had the greatest impact on the extent of his
injuries? - ✔✔The speed the skier was going
✔✔Yelling is ... - ✔✔never an acceptable behavior
✔✔In a SAMPLE interview what letter indicates that a patient has a history of seizures. -
✔✔The letter P (past pertinent medical history)
✔✔You are reassessing a patient who has sustained blunt trauma to the chest. Finding
blood pressure of 88/50 during reassessment indicates that the patient - ✔✔is
deteriorating and is in the decompensating phase of shock.
✔✔An intoxicated patient will not leave the oxygen mask on. How would this best be
documented on the prehospital care report? - ✔✔"The patient continually removes the
oxygen mask despite continued reapplication."
