unknown quantity of acetaminophen
(Tylenol). The child's mother states that she
does not know when the ingestion occurred.
The child is conscious and alert and in no
apparent distress. The EMT should:
A patient who has experienced a back injury, yellow
with or without spinal cord damage, would
be triaged with a ___________ tag during a mass-
casualty incident
An unconscious patient found in a prone requires CPR
position must be placed in a supine position
in case he or she:
Following delivery of a pulseless and apneic Provide emotional support to the mother
infant who has a foul odor, skin sloughing,
and diffuse blistering, you should:
Substance abuse is MOST accurately defined knowingly misusing a substance to produce a desired effect.
as:
Both areas of the pons are sued to: augment respiration during physical or emotional stress
A transient ischemia attack (TIA) occurs a small clot in a cerebral artery causes temporary symptoms.
when:
,A decrease in blood pressure may indicate: a loss of vascular tone
Ketone production is the result of: fat metabolization when glucose is unavailable.
A partial-thickness burn involves the outer dermal layer
layer of skin and a portion of the:
A young female experienced a laceration to avoid applying pressure to the globe when you are covering the eye.
her left eyeball from flying glass when her
boyfriend broke a soda bottle against a wall.
There is moderate bleeding and the patient
states that she cannot see out of the injured
eye. You should:
At rest, the normal adult heart rate should 100 beats/min
not exceed:
Delivering a patient to the hospital involves giving a verbal report to the clerk
all of the following activities, EXCEPT:
Common names for activated charcoal Fructose
include all of the following, EXCEPT:
As the bronchus divides into smaller alveoli
bronchioles, the terminal ends of these
smaller passages form the:
Common signs and symptoms of AMI pain exacerbated by breathing
include all of the following EXCEPT:
,Breathing occurs as the result of a(n): increase in carbon dioxide, which decreases the pH of the CSF
During the alert and dispatch phase of EMS discouraging the caller from providing care until the EMS unit arrives
communications, the dispatcher's
responsibilities include all of the following,
EXCEPT:
Initial signs and symptoms associated with headache and sore throat
viral hemorrhagic fevers include:
Bile is produced by the liver and gallbladder
concentrated and stored in the:
The MOST appropriate treatment for a administering oxygen and transporting immediately
patient with a mild upper airway obstruction
includes:
A 22 year-old female patient is complaining provide reassurance and give oxygen as needed.
of dyspnea and numbness and tingling in her
hands and feet after an argument with her
fiancé. Her respirations are 40 breaths/min.
You should:
, A 37 year-old male is found unresponsive in asthma
his car. His airway is patent and his
respirations are rapid and labored. As you
and your partner are assessing and treating
the patient, a police officer hands you a
medication named Alupent, which he found
in the backseat of the patient's car. This
medication suggests that the patient has a
history of:
A positive TB skin test indicates that: you have been exposed to TB
Kussmaul respirations are an indication that attempting to eliminate acids from the blood.
the body is:
A patient with a history of schizophrenia Request a police officer to accompany you in the ambulance.
called EMS because he was experiencing
abdominal pain. When law enforcement
arrived, the patient became violent,
necessitating the placement of handcuffs.
When you assess the patient, he tells you
that killing someone will make his abdominal
pain go away. His vital signs are stable. How
should you manage the situation?
A blood pressure cuff that is too small for a falsely high systolic and diastolic reading.
patient's arm will give a: