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EMT Medical Exam|50 Questions with Complete Solutions
EMT Medical Exam|50 Questions with Complete Solutions
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EMT Medical Exam|50 Questions withComplete Solutions
You are transporting a 33-year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle
crash. You have addressed all immediate and potentially life-threatening
conditions and have stabilized his condition with the appropriate treatment.
With an estimated time of arrival at the hospital of 20 minutes, you should:
A) reassess his condition in 5 minutes
B) repeat your secondary assessment
C) take his vital signs in 15 minutes
D) arrange for an ALS rendezvous - -A) reassess his condition in 5 minutes
Ch 12 Patient Assessment for Shock pg 499
-Common side effects of nitroglycerin include all of the following except:
A. hypotension
B. bradycardia
C. hypertension
D. severe headache - -C. hypertension
ch 16 Emergency Medical Care for Chest Pain or Discomfort pg 648
-You are assessing a 49-year-old man who complains of chest pressure that
began the night before. He is conscious, but anxious, and tells you he has a
history of angina and hypertension. After applying high-flow oxygen, you
expose his chest to auscultate his lungs and note that he has a nitroglycerin
patch on his right upper chest. His skin is cool and pale, his blood pressure is
78/50 mm Hg, and his pulse is 110 beats/min and irregular. You should:
Choose one answer.
A. remove the nitroglycerin patch, place him in a supine position and elevate
his lower extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.
B. immediately remove the nitroglycerin patch, apply the AED in case he
develops cardiac arrest, and transport to the closest hospital.
C. move the nitroglycerin patch to the other side of his chest in case you
need to apply the AED, keep him warm, and transport without delay.
D. ask him if the nitroglycerin patch he - -A. remove the nitroglycerin patch,
place him in a supine position and elevate his lower extremities, and prepare
for immediate transport.
ch 16 pathophysiology - pg 641
, - remove nitro because it can worsen the hypotension; elevate LE so blood
doesn't pool
-You are assessing a 49-year-old man who, according to his wife,
experienced a sudden, severe headache and then passed out. He is
unresponsive and has slow, irregular breathing. His blood pressure is 190/94
mm Hg and his pulse rate is 50 beats/min. His wife tells you that he has
hypertension and diabetes. He has MOST likely experienced:
A) a ruptured cerebral artery *****
B) an occluded cerebral artery
C) acute hypoglycemia
D) a complex partial seizure - -A) a ruptured cerebral artery
chapter 17 stoke pg 679
-To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from
the:
A) corner of the mouth to the superior ear
B) corner of the mouth to the earlobe
C) center of the mouth to the posterior ear
D) angle of the jaw to the center of the mouth - -B) corner of the mouth to
the earlobe
Ch 10 Basic Airway Adjuncts pg 412-413
-A 71-year-old male is semiconscious following a sudden, severe headache.
There is vomitus around his mouth and his respirations are slow and shallow.
The EMT must immediately:
A) apply oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask.
B) insert a nasopharyngeal airway
C) perform oropharyngeal suctioning
D) begin assisting the patient's ventilations - -C) perform oropharyngeal
suctioning
Ch 10 Suctioning pg 408
-A 60-year-old man complains of chest pain. He is conscious and alert and
denies shortness of breath. Which of the following questions would be the
MOST appropriate to ask him?
A) "Does the pain in your chest feel like a stabbing sensation?"
B) "Does the pain in your chest move to either of your arms?"
C) "Were you exerting yourself when the chest pain began?"'
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