COPR PCP Practice Exam 2
Questions and Answers
1. Your patient is on a pulse oximeter and the reading is A
100% saturation. What does this value represent?
a. That 100% of hemoglobin is bound
b. That the patient is on 100% oxygen by mask
c. That the blood will not carry any more oxygen
d. That the partial pressure of oxygen is 100mmHg in
the arterial blood
2. How often should a paramedic conduct on going exam D
for a trauma patients?
a. Every 5 minutes for all patients
b. Every 10 minutes for all patients
c. Every 5 minutes for unstable patient and 10 minutes
for stable patients
d. Every 5 minutes for unstable patient and 15 minutes
for stable patients
3. A paramedic is assessing a mutli-system trauma pa- A
tient involving chest and abdominal injuries and frac-
tures to the left clavicle and the lower extremities.
The paramedic determines that rapid transportation
to hospital is required due to suspected hypo olefin
shock. Which of the following methods is most appro-
priate for transporting this patient?
A. Log roll the patient to a back board, complete full
spinal immobilization and the transport
B. Extremity lift the patient to the stretcher, maintain-
ing neutral alignment and then transport.
C. Utilize a traction splint to immobilized he lower ex-
, COPR PCP Practice Exam 2
Questions and Answers
tremity fractures, then log roll the patient to a back
board, complete full spinal immobilization and then
transport
D. Sling the left arm and immobilize the lower extremi-
ties together with broad bandage, then log roll the pa-
tient to a backboard, complete spinal immobilization
and the transport.
4. It is a cold snowy winter day and paramedics are trans- D
porting a critically injured female from a motor vehicle
accident to the nearest trauma Centre. The paramedic
attending to the patient in the back of the ambulance
says to the driver, "you had better get us there soon;
her condition is deteriorating" when of the following
statements best explains what the driver should do?
a. Continue at current speed but activate lights and
sirens
b. Pull over and ask the attending paramedic to drive
the rest of the way
c. Increase speed as patients condition is worsening
and move to centre of highway
d. Operate the ambulance in a safe manner and ad-
here to local traffic laws and road conditions
5. Paramedics are treating a female asthmatic patient C
with audible wheezing. The paramedics are certified to
administer salbutamol to the patient either by nebuliz-
er or MDI. The patient has her own expired Ventolin in-
haler and thinks she should take her own. How should
the paramedics proceed?
, COPR PCP Practice Exam 2
Questions and Answers
a. Consult with online medical control for advice
b. Allow the patient to take their own inhaler to prevent
upsetting them
c. Advise the patient that you would like to administer
your medication to them as per your protocol
d. Administer oxygen while moving the patient to the
stretcher and then re-evaluate the need for any med-
ication
6. Which of the following would be consider a mass casu- D
alty incident (MCI) ?
a. A call involving at least two patients
b. A call involving more patients than the number of
ambulances on the scene
c. A call involving two or more vehicles in an area where
there is no tiered response
d. A call where the available resources are insufficient
to manage the number of patients
7. Febrile seizures typically occur in children in which of D
the following age ranges
a. 1 month to 1 year of age
b. 1 month to 5 years of age
c. 6 months to 2 years of age
d. 6 months to 5 years of age
8. An EMS crew is having lunch at a restaurant when a B
six month old child starts choking. Upon assessment,
the paramedics find that the child is conscious and has
an airway obstruction that is not visible. Which of the
following actions should the paramedics take?
Questions and Answers
1. Your patient is on a pulse oximeter and the reading is A
100% saturation. What does this value represent?
a. That 100% of hemoglobin is bound
b. That the patient is on 100% oxygen by mask
c. That the blood will not carry any more oxygen
d. That the partial pressure of oxygen is 100mmHg in
the arterial blood
2. How often should a paramedic conduct on going exam D
for a trauma patients?
a. Every 5 minutes for all patients
b. Every 10 minutes for all patients
c. Every 5 minutes for unstable patient and 10 minutes
for stable patients
d. Every 5 minutes for unstable patient and 15 minutes
for stable patients
3. A paramedic is assessing a mutli-system trauma pa- A
tient involving chest and abdominal injuries and frac-
tures to the left clavicle and the lower extremities.
The paramedic determines that rapid transportation
to hospital is required due to suspected hypo olefin
shock. Which of the following methods is most appro-
priate for transporting this patient?
A. Log roll the patient to a back board, complete full
spinal immobilization and the transport
B. Extremity lift the patient to the stretcher, maintain-
ing neutral alignment and then transport.
C. Utilize a traction splint to immobilized he lower ex-
, COPR PCP Practice Exam 2
Questions and Answers
tremity fractures, then log roll the patient to a back
board, complete full spinal immobilization and then
transport
D. Sling the left arm and immobilize the lower extremi-
ties together with broad bandage, then log roll the pa-
tient to a backboard, complete spinal immobilization
and the transport.
4. It is a cold snowy winter day and paramedics are trans- D
porting a critically injured female from a motor vehicle
accident to the nearest trauma Centre. The paramedic
attending to the patient in the back of the ambulance
says to the driver, "you had better get us there soon;
her condition is deteriorating" when of the following
statements best explains what the driver should do?
a. Continue at current speed but activate lights and
sirens
b. Pull over and ask the attending paramedic to drive
the rest of the way
c. Increase speed as patients condition is worsening
and move to centre of highway
d. Operate the ambulance in a safe manner and ad-
here to local traffic laws and road conditions
5. Paramedics are treating a female asthmatic patient C
with audible wheezing. The paramedics are certified to
administer salbutamol to the patient either by nebuliz-
er or MDI. The patient has her own expired Ventolin in-
haler and thinks she should take her own. How should
the paramedics proceed?
, COPR PCP Practice Exam 2
Questions and Answers
a. Consult with online medical control for advice
b. Allow the patient to take their own inhaler to prevent
upsetting them
c. Advise the patient that you would like to administer
your medication to them as per your protocol
d. Administer oxygen while moving the patient to the
stretcher and then re-evaluate the need for any med-
ication
6. Which of the following would be consider a mass casu- D
alty incident (MCI) ?
a. A call involving at least two patients
b. A call involving more patients than the number of
ambulances on the scene
c. A call involving two or more vehicles in an area where
there is no tiered response
d. A call where the available resources are insufficient
to manage the number of patients
7. Febrile seizures typically occur in children in which of D
the following age ranges
a. 1 month to 1 year of age
b. 1 month to 5 years of age
c. 6 months to 2 years of age
d. 6 months to 5 years of age
8. An EMS crew is having lunch at a restaurant when a B
six month old child starts choking. Upon assessment,
the paramedics find that the child is conscious and has
an airway obstruction that is not visible. Which of the
following actions should the paramedics take?
