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EMS 1055 Final Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Signs of shock
Ans: Pale, cool, diaphoresis, cyanosis
Symptoms of shock
Ans: Anxiety, nervousness, diiness, weakness, nausea and vomiting (dependent on
type)zz
Different types of shock
Ans: Cardiogenic, hypovolemic, distributive (septic, toxic, anaphylactic, neurogenic,
endocrinologic, toxic), obstructive, insulin, hyperglycemic
Beck's triad
Ans: Acute cardiac tamponade: muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins (JVD),
hypotension
Cushing's triad
Ans: Increased ICP/cerebral hemorrhage:
hypertension, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure
Waddell's
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Ans: Associated with high velocity vehicle accidents involving children:
femur fracture, intraabdominal/intrathoracic injury, head injury
Common diseases of geriatric patients
Ans: Diabetes, arthritis, kidney/bladder problems, dementia, parkinson's disease, lung
disease, osteoporosis, depression, cardiovascular disease, alzheimer's disease
Signs and symptoms of a basilar skull fracture
Ans: Signs: raccoon eyes, positive HALO test, injury (trauma) to the side of the head
Symptoms: pain, head injury, headache
Two rhythms that an AED will "shock"
Ans: Cardiac arrhythmias: ventricular tachycardia (v-tach) and ventricular fibrilation (v-
fib)
How many weeks for a viable neonate?
Ans: 23 weeks
Two types of posturing and what do they indicate
Ans: Decorticate: at the "core"; arms point up = high brain injury
Decerebrate: the arms point down = low brain injury
Cardiac output formula
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Ans: CO = HR x SV
Normal: 5L / min
Stroke volume is made up of preload, contractility, and afterload
Hematochezia
Ans: Fresh, bright red blood in the stool, indicates bleeding on the lower end of the
digestive tract
Melena
Ans: Black stool, blood digested in the stool, indicates GI hemorrhage has taken place
in the beginning to middle of the digestive system; most likely stomach or duodenum
AMI presentation in men
Ans: Pressure/tightness in the chest, pain in the chest, back, jaw, and other areas of
the body that lasts for more than a few minutes or that goes away and comes back;
shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, cough, diiness, tachycardiazz
AMI presentation in women
Ans: Shortness of breath, jaw pain, upper back pain, lightheadedness, nausea,
vomiting, flu-like symptoms
Diabetes
Ans: No pain due to neuropathy
Treatment of impaled objects*
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EMS 1055 Final Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Signs of shock
Ans: Pale, cool, diaphoresis, cyanosis
Symptoms of shock
Ans: Anxiety, nervousness, diiness, weakness, nausea and vomiting (dependent on
type)zz
Different types of shock
Ans: Cardiogenic, hypovolemic, distributive (septic, toxic, anaphylactic, neurogenic,
endocrinologic, toxic), obstructive, insulin, hyperglycemic
Beck's triad
Ans: Acute cardiac tamponade: muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins (JVD),
hypotension
Cushing's triad
Ans: Increased ICP/cerebral hemorrhage:
hypertension, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure
Waddell's
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Ans: Associated with high velocity vehicle accidents involving children:
femur fracture, intraabdominal/intrathoracic injury, head injury
Common diseases of geriatric patients
Ans: Diabetes, arthritis, kidney/bladder problems, dementia, parkinson's disease, lung
disease, osteoporosis, depression, cardiovascular disease, alzheimer's disease
Signs and symptoms of a basilar skull fracture
Ans: Signs: raccoon eyes, positive HALO test, injury (trauma) to the side of the head
Symptoms: pain, head injury, headache
Two rhythms that an AED will "shock"
Ans: Cardiac arrhythmias: ventricular tachycardia (v-tach) and ventricular fibrilation (v-
fib)
How many weeks for a viable neonate?
Ans: 23 weeks
Two types of posturing and what do they indicate
Ans: Decorticate: at the "core"; arms point up = high brain injury
Decerebrate: the arms point down = low brain injury
Cardiac output formula
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Ans: CO = HR x SV
Normal: 5L / min
Stroke volume is made up of preload, contractility, and afterload
Hematochezia
Ans: Fresh, bright red blood in the stool, indicates bleeding on the lower end of the
digestive tract
Melena
Ans: Black stool, blood digested in the stool, indicates GI hemorrhage has taken place
in the beginning to middle of the digestive system; most likely stomach or duodenum
AMI presentation in men
Ans: Pressure/tightness in the chest, pain in the chest, back, jaw, and other areas of
the body that lasts for more than a few minutes or that goes away and comes back;
shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, cough, diiness, tachycardiazz
AMI presentation in women
Ans: Shortness of breath, jaw pain, upper back pain, lightheadedness, nausea,
vomiting, flu-like symptoms
Diabetes
Ans: No pain due to neuropathy
Treatment of impaled objects*
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