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| You are assessing a 72yr old man with abdominal pain. The patient is sitting in a chair; he is concious, alert, and calm. As you are talking to the patient, your partner discreetly directs your attention to a handgun, which is located on a nearby table. You should: |
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| Position yourself in between the patient and the gun ask your partner to request law enforcement assisstance. |
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| The most effective way to determine whether your patient's problem is medical or traumatic in origin is to: |
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| Perform a careful and thorough assessment. |
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| During an EMS call, you should take standard precautions. |
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| Upon exiting the ambulance, but before actual patient contact. |
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| You have responded to the scene of a car accident and are currently assessing your patient's level of consciousness. Her short term memory is most likely intact if she correctly answers the question? |
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| Supplemental oxygen via nonrebreathing mask should be administered to patients: |
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| With difficulty breathing and adequate tidal volume. |
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| During the primary assessment, circulation is evaluated by assessing: |
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| Pulse quality, external bleeded, and skin |
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| What part of the patient assessment process focuses on obtaining additional information about the patient's chief complaint and any medical problems he or she may have? |
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| The goal of the full-body scan that is performed during the secondary assessment is to: |
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| Locate injuries not found in the primary assessment. |
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| You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, you find the driver a young female, sitting on the curb. She is confused, is in obvious respirtatory distress, and has pale, moist skin. As your partner manually stabilizes her head, you perform a primary assessment. After performing any immediate lifesaving treatment, you should |
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| Perform a rapid scan of her entire body and prepare for immediate transport. |
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| In the mnemonic OPQRST the best question to ask related to timing is: |
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| Has the pain been constant or does it come and go |
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| Which of the following statements regarding normal gas exchange in the lungs is correct? |
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| Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across the alveolar walls and capillaries |
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| Hypoxia is the MOST accurately defined as? |
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| Inadequate oxygen to the tissues and cells |
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| A ventilation/perfusion VQ ratio mismatch occurs when: |
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| A disruption in the blood flow inhibits the exchange of oxygen and carbon diooxide in the lungs, even though the alveoli are filled with fresh oxygen. |
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| You respond to the home of an unconcious female lying supine with snoring respirations. The most likely cause of the her airway compromise is |
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| The relaxation of her tongue into the back of her throat. |
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| You have inserted an oral airway and are ventilating an apneic woman with a bag-mask device. She suddenly begins regurgiating large amounts of vomit. You should: |
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| Roll her onto her side and remove the oral airway |
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| Prior to applying a nonrebreathing mask on a patient, you must ensure that the: |
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| Reservoir bag is fully inflated |
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| What occurs when a patient is breathing very rapidly and shallowly? |
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| Air moves primarily in the anatomic dead space and does not participate in pulmonary gas exchange. |
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| You and your partner are treating a 66yr old man who experienced a sudden onset of respiratory distress. He is conscious but is unable to follow simple verbal commands. Further assessment reveals that his breathing is severely labored and his oxygen saturation is 80%. You should: |
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| Assist his ventilations with a bag mask device. |
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| Which of the following statements regarding the one-person bag mask device techinque is correct? |
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| Adequate tidal volume is often difficult to achieve when on emt is operating the bag mask device. |
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| The lear-shaped structure located superior to the larynx is called the? |
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| You and your partner arrive at the side of a 60yr woman who suddenly collasped about 7 minutes ago. She is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless. You should: |
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| Perform CPR for about 2 minutes and then apply the AED. |
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| Which of the following statements regarding ventricular fibrillation is MOST correct? |
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| Survival rates decrease by 7% to 10% for each minute that V-fib persists. |
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| You should deliver chest compressions to an unconsicous adult patient in cardiac arrest. |
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| Compressing the sternum between the nipples. |
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| The main benefit of using a mechanical piston or load-distributing band device for the chest compressions is? |
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| The elimination of rescuer fatigue that results from manual compressions. |
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| An Apneic infant or child should be ventilated a maximum of ______ times per minute. |
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| Abdominal thrusts in a conscious child or adult with a severe upper airway obstruction are performed: |
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| Until he or she loses consciousness. |
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| Which of the following techniques should you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese? |
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| Basic life support is best defined as: |
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| Noninvasive emergency care that is used to threat conditions such as airway obstuction, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest. |
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| After establishing that an adult patient is unresponsive, you should: |
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| Several attempts to adequately open a trauma patient's airway with the jaw-thrust? |
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| Carefully perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver? |
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