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OEC Chapter 16 Test Questions and
Answers with 100% Complete Solutions
A young patient is complaining of severe lower right quadrant
pain with rebound tenderness. You would advise them to do
which of the following? - ANSWER Go to the hospital by
ambulance
In which position should most patients complaining of GI/GU
pain be transported? - ANSWER On their back with their
knees flexed
When you are obtaining information for a medical history,
which of the following items would be significant for a patient
with suspected cholecystitis? - ANSWER The patient ate fried
chicken and potato salad for dinner.
When assessing a patient with a potential acute abdomen, the
OECT should do all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER
A.
Offer the patient small sips of water to determine whether or
not doing so decreases pain or nausea.
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(Answer A is Correct)
B.
Assess all vital signs, including blood pressure, at 5-minute
intervals.
C.
Assess the patient's femoral pulses, bilaterally.
D.
Palpate all four abdominal quadrants
Which one of the following statements regarding an acute
abdomen is true? - ANSWER OEC technicians should be able
to make a diagnosis that the patient is ill enough to warrant
transport to a hospital
Colic is best described as: - ANSWER intermittent severe
abdominal pain caused by the obstruction and distension of a
hollow organ.
Which of the following statements regarding abdominal pain
would lead you to suspect appendicitis? - ANSWER "The pain
started around my belly button and slowly spread down to the
right side of my belly."
OEC Chapter 16 Test Questions and
Answers with 100% Complete Solutions
A young patient is complaining of severe lower right quadrant
pain with rebound tenderness. You would advise them to do
which of the following? - ANSWER Go to the hospital by
ambulance
In which position should most patients complaining of GI/GU
pain be transported? - ANSWER On their back with their
knees flexed
When you are obtaining information for a medical history,
which of the following items would be significant for a patient
with suspected cholecystitis? - ANSWER The patient ate fried
chicken and potato salad for dinner.
When assessing a patient with a potential acute abdomen, the
OECT should do all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER
A.
Offer the patient small sips of water to determine whether or
not doing so decreases pain or nausea.
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(Answer A is Correct)
B.
Assess all vital signs, including blood pressure, at 5-minute
intervals.
C.
Assess the patient's femoral pulses, bilaterally.
D.
Palpate all four abdominal quadrants
Which one of the following statements regarding an acute
abdomen is true? - ANSWER OEC technicians should be able
to make a diagnosis that the patient is ill enough to warrant
transport to a hospital
Colic is best described as: - ANSWER intermittent severe
abdominal pain caused by the obstruction and distension of a
hollow organ.
Which of the following statements regarding abdominal pain
would lead you to suspect appendicitis? - ANSWER "The pain
started around my belly button and slowly spread down to the
right side of my belly."
