Volume 5 Chapter 7

What type of deafness is said to occur when sound waves cannot be transmitted to the middle ear from the outer ear​ canal?

Conductive deafness

If a​ hearing-impaired patient is having difficulty understanding you while you are seated behind the patient in the​ ambulance, what should you​ do?

Move to where the patient can see your face.

What is another name for cystic​ fibrosis?

Mucoviscidosis

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding culturally diverse​ patients' choice whether to receive emergency care by​ paramedics?

They have the right to make care decisions for themselves.

Which of the following statements is true regarding treatment of obese​ patients?

They may blame unrelated signs and symptoms on their weight.

You are treating a patient with AIDS for mild hypothermia. What precautionary measures should you​ take?

Those required by departmental policy

You are dispatched to assist a​ 21-year-old female who was shot in the left arm as she sat in her car in a parking lot. The police are already on the scene. When you approach the​ patient, she indicates that she is deaf. What is the best way for a health care provider who does not sign to communicate with this​patient?

Use​ hand-written notes.

You are taking the history of a morbidly obese patient who tells you he has chronic hypoxemia. This is likely a result​ of:

inadequate ventilation.

A person who cannot understand spoken or written communication has a disorder​ involving:

language.

If a patient has a severe cognitive​ disability, you may need​ to:

rely on others to obtain the chief complaint and history.

Your patient has a body mass index of 42 kg/m2. In completing the PCR, which medical expression would be an appropriate way to document that the patient is overweight?

​"The patient is morbidly​ obese."

Which one of the following is not a type of​ aphasia?

Articulation

The greatest numbers of immigrants are coming to the United States​ from:

Asia and Latin America.

Which of the following statements regarding bariatric patients is​ accurate?

An obese person has an abnormal amount of body fat.

You have a patient who is dependent on a home ventilator to stay alive. You were called to the scene by family members because the alarm on the​ patient's ventilator was sounding. The entire time you are​there, the ventilator is operating normally. You advise the patient to go to the hospital and have the ventilator​ checked, but the patient refuses to go. The patient is alert and understands the situation. What should you​ do?

Remain on scene until someone from the ventilator company arrives to test and possibly replace the ventilator.

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the paramedic treating a patient from a different ethnic​ background?

You are required to care for all patients in the same manner as you would a patient from your own background.

Which of the following statements is true regarding communication with developmentally disabled ​patients?

You may not immediately recognize the disability.

A condition in which chemotherapy creates a dangerously low level of neutrophils is​ called:

neutropenia.

For a patient with muscular dystrophy​ (MD):

note the particular muscle groups that the patient cannot move.

An obese patient presents with chest pain. You attempt to apply ECG​ pads, but the​ patient's adipose tissue presents an obstruction. You​ should:

place ECG monitoring electrodes on the arms and thighs instead of on the chest.