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EMTs should wear high-efficiency B. Tuberculosis
particulate air (HEPA) respirators when they
are in contact with contact with patients HEPA respirators are worn when in contact with patients airborne infections such as
who have which of the following? TB. HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B are both blood-borne pathogens. Contaminants from
A. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) or open wounds would also be blood-borne.
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome)
B. Tuberculosis (TB)
C. Open Wounds
D. Hepatitis B
You are called to assist a 60-year-old C. Remove the patient from the house to your ambulance.
female who complains of a severe
headache. Upon entering the home, you Your first action should be to remove your crew and the patient from the possible
smell a strong odor of natural gas. What is noxious gas and to notify the gas company of the leak. You may also be required to
your first reaction? alert hazardous material response team. Treatment for the patient will begin with an
A. Check the patient's airway, breathing, ABC assessment and management of any problems you might encounter.
and circulation.
B. Insert a nasopharyngeal airway and
assess vital signs.
C. Remove the patient from the house to
your ambulance.
D. Open all windows and determine the
source of the gas leak.
The most common electrical rhythm B. Ventricular Fibrillation
disturbance that results in sudden cardiac
arrest. Because ventricular fibrillation is the most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest.,
A. Pulseless Electrical Activity it is critical to apply an AED on an unconscious apneic and pulseless patient as
B. Ventricular Fibrillation quickly as possible. The other rhythms can also cause a patient to be in cardiac
C. Ventricular Tachycardia arrest, but they do not occur as frequently as "V-fib".
D. Asystole
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, A. 57-year-old male with chest pain and systolic blood pressure of 80.
Which of the following is the highest
priority patient?
The patient with chest pain and systolic blood pressure less than 100 is the highest
A. 57-year-old male with chest pain and
priority patient of the four. A leg injury may be life-threatening if the femoral artery is
systolic blood pressure of 80.
injured, but most often, a single extremity injury is not a threat to life. The elderly
B. 40-year-old female with moderate pain
gentleman may be exhibiting his normal mental status, or he may be having
from a leg injury.
problems due to an ongoing health problem. You need more information before you
C. 75-year-old male who appears confused
can make that determination, but he is not in any imminent danger right now. Labor
but responds to commands.
with contractions 6 minutes apart is not considered imminent delivery. If you have
D. 25-year-old female in labor with
any questions, however, you should continue assessing this patient as well by asking
contractions six minutes apart.
pertinent questions and checking for crowning.
Of the following, which body fluid has the C. Amniotic Fluid
most potential to transmit blood-borne
diseases? Fluids containing blood have the highest potential for disease transmission.
A. Nasal Discharge
B. Vomitus
C. Amniotic Fluid
D. Feces
Your patient is an 11-month-old female. C. She will attempt to locate her parents' voices when they speak.
How can you determine if she has a
decreased mental status and is responsive An infant who is alert to verbal stimuli will still try to locate the parents' voices;
to verbal stimuli? choice A describes an alert infant; choice D describes an infant who is responsive to
A. She will be upset when you take her painful stimuli; choice B is incorrect because infants of this age are not developed
from her mother's arms. enough to tell you their age regardless of their mental status.
B. She will be unable to tell you how old
she is if you ask her.
C. She will attempt to locate her parents'
voices when they speak.
D. She will try to pull away from a painful
stimulus on her toe.
B. Palpate the brachial pulse.
What is the best method to assess
circulation in an infant?
Assess circulation in an infant by palpating the brachial pulse in the upper arm. The
A. Palpate the carotid pulse.
carotid and radial pulses are difficult to locate in infants. Capillary refill time shows
B. Palpate the brachial pulse.
that the patient has impaired circulation, but it is not the first tool to use in assessing
C. Palpate the radial pulse.
circulation because it is affected by external factors (like the environment) as well as
D. Observe capillary refill time.
internal factors like poor perfusion.
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, A 45-year-old male is experiencing chest C. Administer oxygen by rebreather mask at 15 L/min.
discomfort. After placing him in his position
of comfort, your next action should be? There is no information to indicate that the patient requires ventilatory support. Any
A. Ventilate the patient with a patient experiencing chest discomfort should receive the highest possible
nonrebreather mask at 15 L/min. concentration of oxygen.
B. Ventilate the patient with the bag-valve
mask at 15 L/min.
C. Administer oxygen by rebreather mask
at 15 L/min.
D. Administer oxygen by the nasal cannula
at 6 L/min.
Which patient should receive a rapid A. Alert 2-year-old child in a car seat who was in a medium speed crash.
trauma survey to determine hidden
injuries? The rapid trauma survey is used when you are unsure of the presence of hidden
A. Alert 2-year-old child in a car seat who injuries or f the mechanism of injury (MOI) is unclear or severe enough to suggest the
was in a medium speed crash. need for a rapid assessment. A 2-year-old child could be severely injured by a
B. Alert 20-year-old male who fell 10 feet medium speed collision, even if he or she appears alert and was properly restrained.
off of a ladder. The other choices do not represent MOIs considered to be high risk for hidden
C. Alert 65-year-old female who fell in the injury.
bathtub and is complaining of wrist pain.
D. Alert 11-year-old female who tripped
while roller skating and fell down three
steps.
C. Distended jugular veins
Which of the following is a sign of
increased pressure in the circulatory A supine patient may or may not have jugular veins that are prominent enough to
system? palpate. However, even if the neck veins are normally present when an individual is
A. Flat neck veins supine, they will not be engorged with blood and overly firm to the touch. This is
B. Palpable carotid pulse what is meant by the phrase distended neck veins. Distended neck veins (in any
C. Distended jugular veins position) are a sign of increased circulatory pressure. The carotid pulse should
D. Decreased radial pulse always be palpable. A decreased radial pulse may indicate hypovolemic shock or an
injured extremity.
An automated external defibrillator (AED) C. Ventricular Fibrillation
will shock which if the following rhythms?
A. Sinus Rhythm The other rhythms do not benefit from an electrical shock. The purpose of early
B. Asystole defibrillation is to stop a highly chaotic, disorganized electrical rhythm such as
C. Ventricular Fibrillation ventricular fibrillation, with the hope that an organized rhythm will begin and
D. Pulseless Electrical Activity generate a pulse.
To assess the motor function in the lower B. Ask the patient to wiggle his toes
extremities of a responsive patient, you
would... Assess the motor function by asking the patient to wiggle his toes; moving the leg or
A. Ask the patient to bend his knee having the patient bend the knee can compromise spinal stability; option D
B. Ask the patient to wiggle his toes describes assessment of sensation, not motor function.
C. Carefully move the patient's leg
D. Touch the skin of the patient's foot
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