EMT Exam 4 JB Learning Questions With Complete Solutions

SAMPLE stands for correct answer: Signs and symptoms Allergies Medication Past medical history Last oral intake Events leading up to A patient has cool skin, shallow breathing and a diminished LOC. Your interventions would be: correct answer: Increase depth of respirations, high flow oxygen, and transport ASAP Initial Assessment includes correct answer: Forming a general impression A fall patient has discoloration and tenderness to the left side of the chest. Upon auscultation, you hear diminished breath sounds on the affected side. You should: correct answer: Classify the patient as major trauma and immediately transport Traumatic Asphyxia presents as correct answer: bulging eyes and discoloration of the body above the shoulders What are the quickest ways to assess perfusion? correct answer: Capillary refill and pulse A patient with diminished level of consciousness, abdominal bleeding and a swollen and deformed arm is an example of: correct answer: Major Trauma If your patient has develops severe dyspnea after you have already sealed their sucking chest wound, you should correct answer: Lift the occlusive dressing upon exhalation to release the air and then re-seal it. If your patient gags when trying to insert an OPA, you should correct answer: remove the oropharyngeal airway and prepare for the patient to vomit. When a patient has dyspnea and paradoxical movement on a side of their chest, you should suspect: correct answer: that the patient has Flail Chest When securing a patient to a back board you correct answer: Apply a c-collar, maintain manual stabilization of the head until secured to the backboard, and secure the axial skeleton to the backboard before the head. Unequal breath sounds and/or unequal chest expansion are signs and symptoms of correct answer: a closed chest wall injury If someone has an impaled object in their chest you should correct answer: stabilize the object, provide high flow oxygen, monitor vital signs, and provide rapid transport During a Rapid Trauma Assessment, when assessing the pelvis, you should correct answer: apply gentle pressure to the iliac crests downwards and and then inwards. When communicating patient information over the radio or to the hospital destination, you should include the patient's correct answer: level of consciousness (LOC), age, sex, and chief complaint. spontaneous pneumothorax correct answer: A pneumothorax that occurs when a weak area on the lung ruptures in the absence of major injury or trauma, allowing air to leak into the pleural space. Patient assessment always begins with correct answer: scene size up When treating an amputation that is bleeding profusely you should correct answer: apply a pressure dressing to the bleeding, provide high flow oxygen, and transport ASAP The chest cavity and abdominal cavity are separated by the correct answer: diaphragm Dyspnea and trcheal deviation are signs of a correct answer: tension pneumothorax The thoracic cavity contains the correct answer: lungs and heart Your trauma patient presents with a sucking chest wound. You should correct answer: seal the wound with an occlusive dressing, provide high flow O2 and consider spinal immobilization. You have a 45 y/o male involved in a major MVA. He c/o pain to the chest and dyspnea. The anterior chest wall is bruised and tender, weak radial pulses are present and the last three blood pressure measurements show narrowing pul