EMT final 2

forceful coughing

Signs of a sudden severe upper airway obstruction include all of the following except

one third the diameter of the chest or about 1 1/2"

The proper depth of chest compressions on a 9-month-old infant is

100

To ensure that you will deliver that appropriate number of chest compressions during one-rescuer adult cpr, you should compress the patient's chest at a rate of _____ per minute.

ask him if he took his viagra within the past 24 hours

A 49-year-old male with an extensive cardiac history presents with 2 hours of crushing chest pain and shortness of breath. He is pale and diaphoretic and tells you that he feels like he is going to die. His medications include nitroglycerin, sildenafil (viagra), and enalapril (vasotec). His blood pressure is 140/90 mm hg and his heart rate is 110 beats/min. In addition to administering 100% oxygen, you should

alternate 15 seconds of oral suctioning within 2 minutes of assisted ventilations

A 23-year-old male experienced severe head trauma after his motorcycle collided with an oncoming truck. He is unconscious, has rapid and shallow breathing, and has copious bloody secretions in his mouth. How should you manage his airway?

open his airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver

A 40-year-old male crashed his motorcycle into a tree. He is semiconscious, has snoring respirations, and has a laceration to the forearm with minimal bleeding. You should

begin cpr until an aed is available

A 60-year-old male is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. you should

20

An apneic infant or child should be ventilated a maximum of ___ times per minute.

airway, breathing, and circulation

An elderly patient has fallen and hit her head. You assess her level of consciousness as unresponsive using the AVPU scale. Your initial care should focus on

requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

An unconscious patient found in a prone position must be placed in a supine position in case he or she

30:2

In two-rescuer adult cpr, you should deliver a compression to ventilation ratio of

a cardiac arrhythmia

Most prehospital cardiac arrest occur as the result of

100

What is the minimum number of chest compressions that should be delivered per minute to a 4-month-old infant?

transport at once and consider requesting a paramedic unit

When assessing a 62-year-old female with crushing chest pain, you note that her pulse is rapid and irregular. In addition to administering oxygen, you should

seesaw breathing

Which of the following signs of respiratory distress is seen most commonly in pediatric patients?

Brachial

When assessing the pulse of an unresponsive infant, you should palpate the ___ artery.

Intraosseous (IO)

Which of the following medication routes would be the most appropriate to use in an unconscious patient when intravenous access cannot be obtained?

confirm the information with law enforcement personnel at the scene

While en route to the scene of a shooting, the dispatcher advises you that the caller states that the perpetrator has fled the scene. You should

begin ventilations using the mouth-to-mask technique

You and your partner are caring for a critically injured patient. Your partner is controlling severe bleeding from the patient's lower extremities as you attempt ventilations with a bag-mask device. After repositioning the mask several times, you are unable to effectively ventilate the patient. You should

assist his ventilations with a bag-mask device (BVM)

You and your partner are treating a 66-year-old man who experienced a sudden onset of respiratory distress. He is conscious but unable to follow simple verbal commands. Further assessment reveals that his breathing is severely labored and his oxygen saturation is 80% you should

begin CPR and apply the AED as soon as it is available

You and your partner arrive at the side of a 60-year-old woman who suddenly collapsed about 7 minutes ago. She is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless. you should:

log roll him as a unit to a supine position

You are dispatched to a residence where a middle-aged man was found unconscious in his front yard. There are no witnesses who can tell you what happened. You find him in a prone position; his eyes are closed and he is not moving. Your first action should be to

administer epinephrine to the patient, begin immediate transport, and attempt to contact medical control en route to the hospital

You are dispatched to a state park for a young female experiencing an allergic reaction. Your assessment reveals that her breathing is severely labored and her blood pressure is very low. You carry epinephrine auto-injectors on your ambulance and you have been trained and approved by your medical director to administer them. as your partner gives the patient high-flow oxygen, you attempt to contact medical control but do not have a signal from your cell phone, you should

perform 30 chest compressions

Your initial attempt to ventilate an unresponsive apneic 30-year-old man is met with resistance and you do not see the chest rise. Your second ventilation attempt is also unsuccessful. You should

move the patch to another area of the patient's chest and then properly apply the aed pads

Your partner is performing one-rescuer cpr on a middle-aged woman in cardiac arrest. When you apply the AED pads, you note that she has a medication patch over the same area where one of the aed pads will be placed, you should