Chapter 14

Which of the following is bacterium resistant to most antibiotics and causes skin abscesses?

MRSA

In which of the following situations would it be MOST appropriate to utilize an air medical transportation service?

61 year old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and a ground transport time of 50 mins

Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for complications caused by the influenza virus?

68 year old woman with type 2 diabetes

You and your EMT partner arrive at the residence of a 50-year-old man who complains of weakness. Your primary assessment reveals that he is critically ill and will require aggressive treatment. The closest hospital is 25 miles away. You should:

manage all threats to airway, breathing and circulation and consider requesting an ALS unit

When assessing a patient with a medical complaint, which of the following would MOST likely reveal the cause of the problem?

medical history

Assessment of the medical patient is usually focused on the _________.

nature of illness

It is especially important to assess pulse, sensation, and movement in all extremities as well as pupillary reactions in patients with a suspected ___________ problem.

neurologic

In 2009, the H1N1 virus accounted for over 200,000 deaths worldwide in the form of the swine flu. In 1919, a similar outbreak of the H1N1 occurred in the form of the Spanish flu. Starting in Kansas City, the virus spread rapidly worldwide, claiming up to 50 million lives. These are both examples of:

pandemics

Which of the following conditions is NOT categorized as a psychiatric condition?

substance abuse

After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to:

take standard precautions

When forming your general impression of a patient with a medical complaint, it is important to remember that:

the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious at first

40. Ten days after treating a 34-year-old patient with tuberculosis, you are given a tuberculin skin test, which yields a positive result. This MOST likely indicates that:

you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the 34 year old patient

You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his passenger, the patient had been acting strangely while driving, then slumped forward against the steering wheel, apparently unconscious. The car drove off the road and struck a telephone pole. The patient remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals only a large hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your patient is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may have missed meals. This is an example of a:

combination of a medical and trauma emergency

Most patients with an infectious disease will have _________.

fever

The BEST way to prevent infection from whooping cough is to:

get vaccinated against diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis

Hepatitis B is more virulent than hepatitis C, which means that it:

has a greater ability to produce disease

When caring for a patient with an altered mental status and signs of circulatory compromise, you should:

limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible

Most treatments provided in the prehospital setting are intended to _________.

address the patient's symptoms

The determination of whether a medical patient is a high-priority or low-priority transport is typically made:

after the primary assessment has been completed

An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:

a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful, organisms within the body