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A 75-year-old female complains of burning pain in her arms. She was working in her garden and spilled a dry powder on them. After you remove the powder, you observe circumferential blistered and mottled skin of both her forearms and hands. What percentage of her Total Body Surface Area should you estimate is burned? - ANSWER 9 A 36-year-old female was struck by a car and thrown eight feet. She complains of pain in her left hip, and her leg is externally rotated. When you press on her iliac cr...

NREMT Practice Questions Answered Perfectly What differences in a child's airway might make airway management more difficult than in an adult? A. smaller jaw, smaller teeth B. longer airway and small tongue C. a smaller jaw and a proportionally larger tongue D. There are no anatomic differences that affect airway management in children versus adults. - ANSWER C. Smaller Jaw and proportionally larger tongue A normal respiratory rate for an adult is ____ while a normal respiratory rat...

Factors that affect a person's ability to compensate for internal or external blood loss include all of the following, EXCEPT: - ANSWER high cholesterol in the blood During your assessment of a patient who experienced blunt facial trauma, you note the presence of a hyphema. This indicates: - ANSWER directs trauma to the eyeball Which of the following factors would reduce the blood's natural ability to clot, thus worsening internal or external bleeding? - ANSWER hypothermia In which of...

Decreased Afterload Effects - ANSWER Decreased Arteriole Pressure = Decreased Aortic Pressure = Left Ventricle Works Better Cushing's Triad - ANSWER SxS of Increased Intracranial Pressure Increased Systolic Pressure Widened Pulse Pressure Decreased Pulse and Respiratory Rate PAT: Pediatric Assessment Triangle - ANSWER General Appearance Work of Breathing Circulation to the Skin Beck's Triad - ANSWER Indicates Cardiac Tamponade HoTN, JVD, Muffled Heart Tones Tuberculosis SxS -...

You arrive to find a 48 year old male complaining that his chest feels heavy. The patient is awake and talking to you. During your assessment, you note that his skin is pale, cool, and clammy. Your first step is to: A. apply your AED B. administer supplemental oxygen C. obtain a past medical history D. assist the patient in taking his neighbor's nitroglycerin - ANSWER-B (Your first step is to administer supplemental oxygen. When treating chest pain, it is important to get oxygen to the pat...

You arrive to find a 48 year old male complaining that his chest feels heavy. The patient is awake and talking to you. During your assessment, you note that his skin is pale, cool, and clammy. Your first step is to: A. apply your AED B. administer supplemental oxygen C. obtain a past medical history D. assist the patient in taking his neighbor's nitroglycerin - ANSWERSB (Your first step is to administer supplemental oxygen. When treating chest pain, it is important to get oxygen to the pat...

NREMT EMT Cognitive Final Exam Already Passed!! When assessing a conscious patient with an MOI that suggests spinal injury, you should: - ANSWER determine if the strength in all extremities is equal. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You should: - ANSWER allow him time to think about the question and respond to it. While at the scene of a motor vehicle cras...

NREMT - Everything you need to know is Here!! Medical Direction - ANSWER Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director. Protocols - ANSWER lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system Offline Direction - ANSWER consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures w...

hemorrhage - ANSWER severe bleeding; major cause of shock in trauma arterial bleeding - ANSWER bright red blood, rapid, profuse, difficult to control venous bleeding - ANSWER dark red/maroon blood, steady, easy-to-control flow

You are on the scene w/ a 28-year-old female patient complaining of chest pain. A 12-lead shows normal sinus rhythm with a pulse of 88 bpm. What structure of the cardiac conduction system is responsible for this rhythm and rate? - ANSWER SA Node *"Primary pacemaker"- intrinsic rate of 60-100bpm. In the human heart, the right ventricle pumps what? - ANSWER Deoxygenated blood to pulmonary circulation Why must you question a patient about ED drug use prior to administration of nitroglyce...