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The partial rebreather mask is like the non-rebreather mask except: - correct
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answer✔✔There is no one-way valve between the mask and the reservoir. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are off duty and having lunch at a shopping mall's food court when you notice a young
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woman who appears to be choking. As you approach her, you observe she is very pregnant.
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You have identified yourself and she consents to your assistance. You should: - correct
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answer✔✔If possible, have the patient stand and administer chest thrusts. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The pathophysiological changes associated with Anaphylactic shock are: - correct
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answer✔✔Widespread vascular dilation, increased vessel permeability and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
bronchoconstriction.
You are assessing a 57-year-old male patient who presents with general weakness that he
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says has been going on for 3 hours. He denies chest pain and difficulty breathing. Vital
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signs are BP: 106/78, P: 118 week and irregular, Respirations 16. His lung sounds are clear
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and equal bilaterally with skins that are ashen, cool, and diaphoretic. You are suspecting: -
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correct answer✔✔Cardiogenic shock. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The Venturi mask is intended deliver what concentration of oxygen? - correct
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answer✔✔24% - 40% ||\\//|| ||\\//||
In situations where the patient is deemed as a high priority, the time on scene should be
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limited to a maximum of how long? - correct answer✔✔10 minutes. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is a major advantage of a load-distributing band device? - correct answer✔✔It frees
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up the EMS provider to accomplish other tasks.
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, What route is used when administering medication by a mucosal atomizer? - correct
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answer✔✔Intranasal
The nasal canula will deliver an oxygen concentration of between 24% and ______%. -
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correct answer✔✔44% ||\\//||
Which of the following conditions would be least likely to cause Obstructive shock? -
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correct answer✔✔Congestive Heart Failure. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Following the administration of nitroglycerin, the patient complains of a headache. You ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
should: - correct answer✔✔Explain to the patient this is a normal side effect of the
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medication.
Your unit has been dispatched to a pediatric cardiac arrest. As your partner is exiting the
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ambulance a young woman drops a limp 6-month-old into his / her arms. After assessing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the baby's level of consciousness what actions should immediately follow? - correct
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answer✔✔Begin chest compressions. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The tongue and ___________ are considered as the fastest absorption routes in the body. -
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correct answer✔✔Rectum. ||\\//||
Your patient informs you they have ProAir. Based up this medication you suspect the
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patient has a history of: - correct answer✔✔Asthma. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The diaphragm will contact when stimulated by: - correct answer✔✔The Phrenic nerves.
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You and your partner have been dispatched for a 25-year-old roofer has fallen off a 25-foot
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extension ladder. You arrive to find the patient in a supine position, unconscious with ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
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The partial rebreather mask is like the non-rebreather mask except: - correct
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answer✔✔There is no one-way valve between the mask and the reservoir. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are off duty and having lunch at a shopping mall's food court when you notice a young
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woman who appears to be choking. As you approach her, you observe she is very pregnant.
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You have identified yourself and she consents to your assistance. You should: - correct
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answer✔✔If possible, have the patient stand and administer chest thrusts. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The pathophysiological changes associated with Anaphylactic shock are: - correct
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answer✔✔Widespread vascular dilation, increased vessel permeability and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
bronchoconstriction.
You are assessing a 57-year-old male patient who presents with general weakness that he
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says has been going on for 3 hours. He denies chest pain and difficulty breathing. Vital
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signs are BP: 106/78, P: 118 week and irregular, Respirations 16. His lung sounds are clear
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and equal bilaterally with skins that are ashen, cool, and diaphoretic. You are suspecting: -
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correct answer✔✔Cardiogenic shock. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The Venturi mask is intended deliver what concentration of oxygen? - correct
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answer✔✔24% - 40% ||\\//|| ||\\//||
In situations where the patient is deemed as a high priority, the time on scene should be
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limited to a maximum of how long? - correct answer✔✔10 minutes. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is a major advantage of a load-distributing band device? - correct answer✔✔It frees
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up the EMS provider to accomplish other tasks.
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, What route is used when administering medication by a mucosal atomizer? - correct
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answer✔✔Intranasal
The nasal canula will deliver an oxygen concentration of between 24% and ______%. -
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correct answer✔✔44% ||\\//||
Which of the following conditions would be least likely to cause Obstructive shock? -
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correct answer✔✔Congestive Heart Failure. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Following the administration of nitroglycerin, the patient complains of a headache. You ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
should: - correct answer✔✔Explain to the patient this is a normal side effect of the
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medication.
Your unit has been dispatched to a pediatric cardiac arrest. As your partner is exiting the
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ambulance a young woman drops a limp 6-month-old into his / her arms. After assessing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the baby's level of consciousness what actions should immediately follow? - correct
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answer✔✔Begin chest compressions. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The tongue and ___________ are considered as the fastest absorption routes in the body. -
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correct answer✔✔Rectum. ||\\//||
Your patient informs you they have ProAir. Based up this medication you suspect the
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patient has a history of: - correct answer✔✔Asthma. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The diaphragm will contact when stimulated by: - correct answer✔✔The Phrenic nerves.
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You and your partner have been dispatched for a 25-year-old roofer has fallen off a 25-foot
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extension ladder. You arrive to find the patient in a supine position, unconscious with ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
