Test 13-18

What does a 9 month old infant do? what are the characteristics that they start to do?

they start to put objects and possibly pull them self up and move.

A properly sized blood pressure cuff should cover?

two thirds the length from the armpit to the crease at the elbow.

Which of the following is an example of closed-loop communication?

The team leader assigns the EMT a task, and the EMT repeats the request back to the team leader.

In the adult, bradycardia is defined as a pulse rate less than _______ beats/min, and tachycardia is defined as a heart rate greater than _______ beats/min.

60,100

The anterior fontanelle fuses together between the ages of?

9 and 18 months

What does "ABC" stand for when you're doing the patient assessment?

A- airway B- breathing C- circulation

Premature diagnosis during a call can be due to what error?

Anchoring

At what age does anxiety typically peak in infants and small children?

10 to 18 months

Which of the following patients has signs of an altered mental status?

A patient with a head injury who is slow to answer questions

Which type of communications equipment functions as a radio receiver and searches across several frequencies?

A scanner

Which of the following findings indicates that your patient has a patent airway?

Ability to speak

what system is responsible for releasing chemicals that regulate body activities?

Endocrine

What does GCS stand for?

Glasgow Coma Scale

Federal legislation concerning patient confidentiality is known as?

HIPAA

Which step in EMS decision making comes after a patient has been transferred?

Outcome evaluation

Which of the following would the EMT likely NOT perform on a responsive patient with a headache and no apparent life-threatening conditions?

Systematic head-to-toe examination

A patient with a head injury who is slow to answer questions has a sing of?

altered mental status

The decline in cardiac function that commonly occurs in late adulthood is MOST often related to what?

atherosclerosis

When you inspect a patient's pupils with a penlight, the pupils should normally react to the light by?

constricting.

A patient's short-term memory is MOST likely intact if they correctly answer questions regarding?

day and time.

Cyanosis of the skin is caused by?

decreased blood oxygen

Capnography is used to?

determine how much carbon dioxide is being exhaled.

when a blood pressure cuff that is too small for a patient's arm will give what kind of result?

falsely high systolic and diastolic reading.

In late adults, the amount of air left in the lungs after expiration of the maximum amount of air is that it?

increases, which hampers diffusion of gases because of the stagnant air that remains in the alveoli.

The _____ is connected to the intestine by the bile ducts.

liver

The goal of the systematic head-to-toe exam that is performed during the secondary assessment is to?

locate injuries not found in the primary assessment.

As you assess the head of a patient with a suspected spinal injury, your partner should?

maintain stabilization of the head.

What does MOI stand for?

mechanism of injury

A patient who moves and cries out only when you pinch his or her trapezius muscle is responsive to?

painful stimuli

The systematic head-to-toe assessment should be performed on?

patients with a significant MOI and unresponsive medical patients.

When performing a reassessment of your patient, you should first?

repeat the primary assessment.

A patient who moves and cries out only when you pinch his or her trapezius muscle is said to be?

responsive to painful stimuli.

An infant or small child's airway can be occluded if it is overextended or over-flexed because?

the occiput is proportionately large and the trachea is flexible.