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OEC FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE | 100 QUESTIONS | WITH COMPLETE 2024/25 ANSWERS!!
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OEC FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE | 100QUESTIONS | WITH COMPLETE 2024/25
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Patients who have a foreign body in their eye will likely
a. be sensitive to bright light
b. have pain that indicated an infection has started.
c. Be able to open their eyes easily
d. experience no pain or discomfort Answer - a. be sensitive to bright light
The major cause of death in avalanche victims is
a. severe hypothermia
b. trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. bleeding Answer - c. asphyxiation
Which of the following actions should you take to decrease a patients heat loss
due to radiation?
a. Put a hat on the patients head
b. Turn off all fans in the room
c. Wipe the patients skin down with warm water
d. Apply warm packs to the patients body Answer - a. Put a hat on the patients
head
,While a 61-year old female in cardiac arrest receives emergency care you note
that her abdomen grows larger with each ventilation provided from a bag-valve
mask. What instructions should you provide?
a. "try delivering each ventilation quickly , and lets slow down the rate."
b. The ventilation rate and force of ventilation need to be increased so that air
reaches the lungs
c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per minute and not squeeze in as much
air with each breath
d. I need another rescuer to apply firm pressure over the stomach while we
ventilate this patient Answer - c. Lets slow the ventilation rate to 12 per
minute and not squeeze as much air with each breath.
A 25-year old woman arrives in the aid room with her husband. She is 37 weeks
pregnant and in labor. Your exam reveals the babys head is coming out of the
mother. Have someone call for EMS, and prepare for delivery of the baby.
Which of the following actions would you take?
a. Tell her husband that the hospital is only 10 min away and that he should
taker her there
b. Obtain her vital signs and call for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.
c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit.
d. Have her hold her legs together to prevent delivery until ALS ambulance
arrives Answer - c. Open and prepare an obsterical kit
Special operations is a term used to denote:
a. infrequently performed activities that require specialized training , skills and
equiptment in a remote setting
b. Protocols OEC Technicians use when working with an ambulance service in
an urban setting
c. a federal team that is organized to handle mass casualty situations involving
mountainous terrain
, d. a specialized procedure that is used for victims of chemical terrorism events
and that involves both decontamination and drug injections Answer - a.
infrequently performed activities that require specialized training , skills and
equiptment in a remote setting
Which of the following factors that can affect shock must be kept in mind?
a. Signs of shock do not appear until two pints of blood is lost
b. A person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a
healthier
c. The amount of blood loss is easily estimated by the amount of blood visible
on the snow.
d. Adults show signs of shock much more quickly than do 6 year olds Answer -
b. A person in poor health cannot tolerate the same amount of blood loss as a
healthier
The coccyx is
a. The neck
b. The upper back
c. the tailbone
d. the lower back Answer - c. the tailbone
Which of the following situations is occurring in the body of a person in shock?
a. The cells are getting glucose and other nutrients but not oxygen
b. The amount of oxygen reaching the cells is adequate, but carbon dioxide is
not being removed.
c. The blood contains an adequate amount of oxygen but not enough nutrients
for cells to survive.
d. The cells are not getting enough oxygen and nutrients. Answer - d. The cells
are not getting enough oxygen and nutrients.
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