Advanced Medical Life Support AMLS Review test questions fully solved
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Advanced Medical Life Support AMLS
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Advanced Medical Life Support AMLS
As you obtain historical information regarding your patient, you note that the patient's presentation and responses are very similar to several patient complaints you have treated in the past. Integrating this information from past experience to this current experience is known as:
Pattern recogni...
Advanced Medical Life Support
AMLS Review test questions
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As you obtain historical information regarding your patient, you
note that the patient's presentation and responses are very similar
to several patient complaints you have treated in the past.
Integrating this information from past experience to this current
experience is known as: - answer Pattern recognition
In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been
reduced most significantly? - answer A barking dog has been
secured in a kennel in the yard.
You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for: - answer all
of the above; Safety concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
An unresponsive patient has a needle in his arm when you arrive.
His pupils are pinpoint, and he is breathing four times per minute.
You are preparing to administer naloxone. At this point, opioid
overdose is your initial: - answer Differential diagnosis
An 18-year-old male had a tonic-clonic seizure. Coworkers report no
known seizure history. You can arouse him to voice. P 118, R 20, BP
102/68. The diagnostic test most likely to narrow your differential
diagnosis would be: - answer Blood glucose analysis
A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You
should investigate which of the following regarding her pain? -
answer Dysuria
, When you use an interpreter to question a 42-year-old female about
her abdominal pain, what is the best way to ensure information has
been conveyed accurately and completely? - answer Let the patient
write her answers, and have the interpreter restate them so you will
have a recored of her statements for your report. (yeah right)
After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to: - answer
Rule out immediate life threats
Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to
increased intracranial pressure? - answer Respiratory rate is 8 and
irregular.
You are transferring a 65-year-old female with renal failure from the
nursing home. She has a history of "abnormal lab values" and is
drowsy and weak. You note the following lab values: serum calcium
10.0 mg/dL (0.55 mmol/L), pH 7.28, potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The
patient goes into cardiac arrest after you load her into the
ambulance. After epinephrine, you should first consider giving her: -
answer Magnesium sulfate
Which of the following describes a behavior that represents normal
mental status? A person who: - answer Is drowsy and slow to
respond to questions after awakening from a nap.
Which assessment evaluates at least one aspect of cranial nerve
function? - answer Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale
A 72-year-old male had a syncopal episode in church. His wife said
he has been complaining of a headache for about a week. He has
early Alzheimer's disease. Home medicines include Lipitor and
Exelon (rivastigmine). Which of the following questions may help
narrow your differential diagnosis? - answer Did he fall or hit his
head recently?
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