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WEST COAST EMT CHAPTER 20 QUIZ EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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WEST COAST EMT CHAPTER 20 QUIZEXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A 28-year-old female patient is found to be responsive to verbal stimuli only Her
roommate states that she was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and has had
difficulty controlling her blood sugar level. She further tells you that the patient had been
urinating excessively and has progressively worsened over the last 24 to 36 hours. On
the basis of this patients clinical presentation, you should suspect that she: - Answer-is
significantly hyperglycaemic.
Classic signs and symptoms of hypoglycaemia include: - Answer-cool, clammy skin;
weakness; tachycardia; and rapid respiration's.
Diabetes is MOST accurately defined as a (n) - Answer-disorder of glucose metabolism
Diabetic Ketoacidosis occurs when: - Answer-insulin is not available in the body.
Excessive eating caused by cellular "hunger" is called: - Answer-polyphagia
Haemoglobin is: - Answer-Found within the red blood cells and is responsible for
carrying oxygen.
In general, oral glucose should be given to any patient who: - Answer-has an altered
mental status and a history of diabetes
Patients with thrombophilia are at increased risk for: - Answer-pulmonary embolism
Patients with type 2 diabetes usually control their disease with all of the following,
EXCEPT: - Answer-supplemental insulin
Patients with uncontrolled diabetes experiences polyuria because: - Answer-excess
glucose in the blood is excreted by the kidneys.
Proper procedure for administering oral glucose to a patient includes all of the following,
EXCEPT: - Answer-ensuring the absence of a gag reflex.
Symptomatic hypoglycaemia will MOST likely develop if a patient: - Answer-takes too
much of his or her prescribed insulin
The normal blood glucose is between: - Answer-80 and 120 mg/dL
To which of the following diabetic patients should you administer oral glucose? -
Answer-A confused 55-year-old male with tachycardia and pallor
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