Respiratory Emergency
A patient who has shallow, slow, irregular, gasping breaths is said to have, what type of respiration
Agonal
An artery is a blood vessel that only blood _____ heart
carries blood away from the heart.
Systemic poison causes harm to which part of the body
1. Entire body
2. Stomach and intestine
3. Specific organs
4. Localized areas of tissue
Entire body
The hormone called Insulins secreted by the?
Islets of langerhans in the pancreas
Most cases of accidental poisoning involve which of the following?
1. Adults
2. Young children
3. Infants
4. Adolescents
Young Children
All of the following are elements of adult high-performance CPR, EXCEPT:
1 - compressing the patient's chest to no more than 1 inch in depth before allowing full relaxation.
2 - maintaining a 2:30 ratio of ventilations to compressions.
3 - compression rate of at least 100 per minute.
4 - placing the heel of one hand on the center of the victim's chest.
compressing the patient's chest to no more than 1 inch in depth before allowing full relaxation.
Assuming your protocol allows the administration of nitroglycerin when certain conditions exist, what is the maximum number of tablets to be administered in the prehospital setting?
Three (3)
The term poison is best described as any substance that can do (what) _______ to the body
Harm the body
The condition in which there is an insufficient amount of sugar in the blood is called:
hypoglycemia
On which of the following types of calls should you bring your portable suction unit to the patient's side upon arrival on the scene?
1. Cardiac arrest
2. Seizure
3. Motor vehicle collision
4. All of the above
All of the above
In which of the following situations would it be preferable to determine blood pressure by palpation rather than by auscultation?
1. The patient has a low systolic blood pressure.
2. The patient is less than 3 years old.
3. There is too much noise to use a stethoscope.
4. There is no place for the patient to sit or lie down.
There is too much noise to use a stethoscope.
Blunt and penetrating injuries can damage chambers of the heart or cause conditions like:
pericardial tamponade.
ventricular fibrillation.
ventricular tachycardia.
asphyxial cardiac arrest.
pericardial tamponade.
There are two types of seizures; if your patient is having a seizure that affects only one body part and does not cause him or her to lose consciousness, it is called a ______ seizure
partial seizure.
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Which abdominal quadrant contains the appendix?
Right lower
Pain that originates in an organ, such as the intestines, is called ________ pain.
Visceral pain
Once an EMT has begun resuscitative efforts, when may the EMT cease those efforts?
1. Spontaneous circulation and breathing occur.
2. No other rescuer is available to relieve the EMT.
3. The patient has no pulse after 1 minute.
4. The EMT's partner gives the order to cease.
Spontaneous circulation and breathing occur.
In which of the following vessels does the vital exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and wastes take place?
1. Capillaries
2. Veins
3. Venules
4. Arterioles
Capillaries
Volatile chemicals are agents that are able to change easily from a ________ into a ________.
1. gas; liquid
2. solid; liquid
3. solid; vapor
4. liquid; gas
liquid; gas
Which of the following is the role of glucose in the body?
1. It provides energy for brain cells and other cells in the body.
2. It is an essential building block for body tissues, such as muscle and bone.
3. It allows the body to use insulin.
4. It assists the pancreas in the manufacture of insulin.
It provides energy for brain cells and other cells in the body.
Pain that the patient feels in a body part or area of the body that has nothing to do with a diseased organ is termed ______ pain
Referred pain
What is the purpose of the red blood cells?
They are responsible for the delivery of oxygen to the cells.
Nitroglycerin (Nitro) is used for patients with recurrent chest pain or a history of heart attack. Nitro is most commonly supplied in what two forms?
1. Aerosol and spray
2. Pills and injectable
3. Ointment and pills
4. Pills and spray
Pills and Spray
Which BEST describes status epilepticus?
Two or more seizures with tonic-clonic activity without an intervening period of consciousness
If the blood sugar level is very high, which of the following may result?
1. Excessive insulin, excessive glucose, and excessive urination
2. Excessive urination, excessive thirst, and excessive hunger
3. Polyuria and hyperactivity
4. Hyperactivity, excessive thirst, and polyuria
Excessive urination, excessive thirst, and excessive hunger
The death of brain tissue due to deprivation of oxygen because of a blocked or ruptured artery in the brain is known as a _______
Stroke