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The mnemonic AVPU is used to evaluate which of the following?
Patient's level of responsiveness
Which of the following indicates a possible circulatory problem?
Slow pulse
Weak, thready pulse that is normal in rate
Rapid pulse
All of the above
All of the above
You enter a room to find a 16-year-old female sitting upright in a chair with her back straight, leaning forward, and her arms supporting her. She is having a hard time talking to you. You should suspect:
respiratory distress
Which of the following BEST describes an EMS provider's "sixth sense"?
Clinical judgment
Which of the following is NOT considered a principle of proper radio usage in EMS?
Use plain English.
Make sure the radio is on before speaking.
Speak as quickly and as loud as possible.
Speak with your lips 2 to 3 inches from the microphone.
Speak as quickly and as loud as possible.
You are at the scene where a 19-year-old female college student has been drinking large quantities of alcohol throughout the evening. On your arrival, the patient is lying on her back with no signs of trauma, has vomited, and has slow, wet-sounding respirations. Which of the following should you do next?
Check for carotid and radial pulses.
Assist respirations with a bag-valve-mask device.
Determine the respiratory rate.
Open the patient's airway using a head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver.
Open the patient's airway using a head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver.
You have responded to a patient with shortness of breath. He reports that his breathing problems began this morning and have gotten worse over the last few hours. You ask if he has taken anything to help his symptoms and he tells you that he has used his inhaler several times in the last hour. The information you have just gathered can be classified as:
the history of present illness.
You are called for an alert patient with respiratory distress. As part of your primary assessment, you place the patient on oxygen via nasal cannula at 2 liters per minute. You continue with the rest of your assessment including taking a set of vital signs. During your reassessment, you notice that the patient's respiratory rate has increased to 24 times per minute and he is having increasing trouble breathing. You should:
switch your patient to a nonrebreather mask at 15 liters per minute.
When using the memory aid OPQRST, which of the following questions would help you find out about P?
Does anything make the pain better or worse?
Which of the following BEST describes a mobile radio?
A two-way radio that is mounted in a vehicle
Which of the following patients is a high priority for transport?
Adult male with a headache
Adult male with difficulty breathing
Adult male with sharp lower back pain
Adult male with dull abdominal pain
Adult male with difficulty breathing
You are on the scene of a patient who is the victim of an assault. The scene is safe. You find a 22-year-old male patient responsive to painful stimuli only. His blood pressure is 180/80, the pulse is 60, his respirations are 12, and his oxygen saturation is 95% on room air. How would you classify this patient?
Stable. The patient's pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation are within normal limits.
Stable. The patient does not have hypotension.
Unstable. The patient is responsive to painful stimuli only.
Unstable. The patient is hypertensive.
Unstable. The patient is responsive to painful stimuli only.
________ is reassessing and recording findings of the reassessment so they can be compared to earlier findings.
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Which of the following techniques of physical examination must an EMT master?
Auscultation, observation, and percussion
Visualization, percussion, and auscultation
Observation, palpation, and auscultation
Percussion, inspection, and palpation
Observation, palpation, and auscultation
Which of the following does NOT need to be documented regarding a patient refusal of treatment
That you advised the patient to call back if he changed his mind
That you informed the patient of the consequences of refusing care
Patient's mental status
Any insulting remarks the patient made to you
Any insulting remarks the patient made to you
Mrs. Butler is a 66-year-old woman who is complaining of chest pain. Which of the following questions would be best in helping you determine if the pain is radiating?
Are you having pain anywhere besides your chest?
Which of the following methods should be used to have a patient rate the amount of pain he is having?
Have the patient rate the pain on a scale of 1 (least) to 10 (worst).
During the primary assessment of a responsive adult patient, where should the pulse be checked?
At the radial artery
Your patient is a 15-year-old female complaining of shortness of breath. Which of the following is NOT appropriate during the focused exam?
A.Listening to her breath sounds
Checking her pupils for reactivity to light
Looking at her nail beds
Looking at the use of her neck muscles
Checking her pupils for reactivity to light
During reassessment you notice that your patient is making gurgling sounds. What should you do immediately?
Suction the airway
Your patient's initial vital signs were a pulse of 120 per minute and weak, a blood pressure of 90/50 mmHg, and a respiratory rate of 24 per minute. Upon reassessment, you note that the patient now has a weak pulse of 100 per minute, a blood pressure of 110/60 mmHg, and a respiratory rate of 20 per minute. What can you conclude from this information?
The patient's condition may be improving.
You are responding to a nursing home for an 85-year-old patient complaining of difficulty breathing. How would you initiate contact with this patient?
Place yourself at eye-level, identify yourself, and ask the patient what she would like to be called.
You are transporting a 20-year-old soccer player who injured his ankle during a match. His injury appears to be isolated and he has no significant past medical history. How frequently should you perform a reassessment on this patient?
15 minutes
You are dispatched for a patient with chest pain. Your patient tells you that she has had shortness of breath and chest pain for about 20 minutes. Which of the following will give you the best information regarding your patient's chest pain symptoms?
Describe how the pain feels.
You are on a call of a minor vehicle accident. Your patient is a 22-year-old male who was the driver of a moderate T-Bone collision. The patient was not wearing a seat belt and there was spidering of the windshield. The patient complains of neck pain and has a scalp laceration. After performing the primary assessment, you take vital signs and bandage the patient's scalp. When you tell him you need to apply a C-Collar, he refuses care and ambulance transport. Because the person is alert and oriented to time, place, and person, you have the patient sign the separate patient refusal form provided by your service. How should you document this incident in your EMS report?
You should document everything including all patient care, all of your attempts to persuade the patient to go by ambulance, and who witnessed the patient refusal.