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EMT Final April Exam/201 questions with Verified Answers
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EMT Final April Exam/201 questions withVerified Answers
893 - The first step an ambulance crew should take when approaching the
scene of an emergency is to: determine the scene is safe. - -determine the
scene is safe.
-833 - Your 36 y/o pt is unresponsive upon attempting to insert an OPA, the
patient gags, You should - -A. Insert a nasal airway
-894 - To protect yourself from injury when lifting a stretcher, you should - -
C. Keep the weight close to your body
-896 - You are completing a patient care report for a patient injured in a car
crash. You notice the smell of alcohol and empty beer cans in the vehicle.
The best way to document you findings in the patient care report is to: - -d.
describe the smell of alcohol and empty beer cans which were noted at the
scene.
-898 - Your ambulance is the first to arrive at the scene of a three-car crash.
After assessing potential hazards, you should: - -determine the number of
patients.
-900 - A good EMS quality improvement (QI) program includes: - -b.
education and feedback regarding patient care.
-901 - While transporting a bleeding patient you followed good infection
control procedures, including wearing gloves, a mask, protective clothing
and eye protection. Further precautions include - -a. washing your hands
with soap and water.
-903 - After air passes through the vocal cords during inhalation, which
structure does it reach next? - -Trachea
-906 - You are ventilating an apneic asthmatic patient with a BVM, but
notice there is inadequate chest rise. What should you do? - -a. Reassess the
airway for an obstruction.
-You are using a bag valve mask and oral airway on a 72 year old apneic
female. Suddenly it becomes difficult to ventilate. What should you suspect?
- -a. She has an airway obstruction.
, -909 - A 72 year old female patient is unresponsive following an ejection
from a vehicle crash. She has an open jaw fracture and a dilated right pupil.
What is the best way to open this patient's airway? - -Insert a nasal airway
-910 - A 4 year old female tracheostomy patient has pulled out her
tracheostomy tube. The opening is partially obstructed with skin. You should:
- -b. use a soft tip catheter and suction until clear.
-911 - Which of the following is the best definition of hypoperfusion? - -d.
inadequate oxygen delivery to cells.
-912 - Your patient has the following signs and symptoms: increased heart
rate, narrowing pulse pressure, rapid respirations, weak peripheral pulses,
thirst, and cool, clammy skin. The patient also states a feeling of impending
doom. This patient is most likely exhibiting which type of shock? - -
decompensated.
-913 - You are responding to a 23 year old pedestrian who is 7-months
pregnant and was struck by a motor vehicle. She is complaining of
abdominal pain, her skin is pale and cool, heart rate is 110, respirations are
20. You should: - -b. position the patient on her left side, administer oxygen
and transport emergently.
-915 - Your patient was struck on the right side of the head by a baseball.
Which sign or symptom would indicate a significant head injury? - -
decreasing mental status.
-916 - Your patient has a 2 inch laceration at the corner of the mouth with
profuse bleeding into the oropharynx. You should: - -b. suction the airway
-918 - A patient has been kicked in the chest. One section of ribs is moving
separately during respirations. You should: - -b. initiate positive pressure
ventilations.
-919 - the use of a traction splint for femur fractures is important in order to
- -D. Reduce further nerve and blood vessel damage
-920 - Which of the following is most likely to be life-threatening? - -a. femur
fracture
-921 - A 23 year old construction worker twisted his foot climbing up a
ladder. He has an obvious deformity on the right leg just below the knee. The
lower leg and foot are cyanotic and pulseless. You should: - -C. Pull gentle
traction and apply a splint
, -922 - A 16 year old football player received a blow to his left femur. You can
see deformity and the patient is in extreme pain. He does not remember how
the injury happened. You should: - -d. immediately stabilize the cervical
spine.
-923 - Which strap should you place first when securing a patient onto a
long spine board? - -Chest strap
-924 - Your patient has a gunshot wound to the anterior thigh. You should -
-a. apply direct pressure and treat for shock.
-925 - A 72 year old with heart problems fell out of bed. He is confused and
has pale and sweaty skin. You should: - -d. take spinal precautions and
rapidly transport.
-926 - Your patient was on a third floor balcony which collapsed. The patient
is semi-conscious, has an impaled piece of wood in the lower right quadrant
of the abdomen, an obvious femur fracture and multiple cuts and bruises.
You should: - -b. establish c-spine protection, open the airway and assess
breathing.
-935 - When lifting a patient on a stretcher you should: - -coordinate your
moves with your partner.
-937 - Consent to treat is implied in which of the following cases? . 21 year
old unconscious male - -21 year old unconscious male
-938 - Which of the following is a positive method to reduce stress? - -
developing regular exercise habits
-939 - you are at the scene of a MVC which of the following situations would
require rapid extrication? - -B. Your pt blocks access to critical pt
-940 - Your 90 year old nursing home patient is pulseless and apneic. The
nurse shows you a note in the patient's chart stating "Do not resuscitate".
The note is signed by a physician. You should: - -C. Call online medical
control✓
-941 - You are treating a 23 year old patient in a car crash. He is
complaining of neck, back and leg pain. He has a cut above his left eye. You
should: - -take manual stabilization of the spine. ✓
-942 - You are treating a 50 year old male with chest pain. Your written
protocol indicates that you should give nitroglycerin. - -This is known as: a
standing order.✓
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