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after the primary assessment has been completed

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

medical history

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

take all of the patient's medications with you to the hospital and document them on your patient care report.

When caring for a patient who takes numerous medications, it is best to:

administer oxygen with the appropriate device.

Your primary assessment of an elderly woman reveals that she is conscious and alert, but is experiencing difficulty breathing. She has a history of emphysema, hypertension, and congestive heart failure. As you assess the patient's circulatory status, you should direct your partner to:

meningitis

A patient who presents with a headache, fever, confusion, and red blotches on his or her skin should be suspected of having:

take standard precautions

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

your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.

An index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:

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

An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:

jaundice and abdominal pain

Early signs and symptoms of viral hepatitis include all of the following, EXCEPT:

respiratory distress

End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring is clearly indicated for patients who present with

prolonged hospitalization, especially in an intensive care unit.

Factors that increase the risk for developing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) include:

has a greater ability to produce disease.

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

checking the radial pulse and noting the color, temperature, and condition of the skin.

In addition to looking for severe bleeding, assessment of circulation in the conscious patient should involve:

is not a communicable disease

In contrast to viral hepatitis, toxin-induced hepatitis:

61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and your ground transport time is 50 minutes

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

neurologic

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

cough

Patients with tuberculosis pose the greatest risk for transmitting the disease when they:

get vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.

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

addresses the patient's symptoms more than the actual disease process

The primary prehospital treatment for most medical emergencies:

is not practical if the patient is critically ill or your transport time is short.

The secondary assessment of a medical patient:

influenza

Three months after returning home from West Africa, a 50-year-old man begins experiencing a fever, cough, and muscle aches. The EMT should suspect:

attempt to elicit a verbal response by talking to the patient.

Upon initial contact with a patient who appears to be unconscious, you should:

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

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

focus on her chief complaint

When performing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with nontraumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs, you should:

Jugular venous distention

Which of the following assessment findings is MOST indicative of a cardiovascular problem?

stroke and heart attack

Which of the following conditions often requires transport to a hospital with specialized capabilities that may not be available at the closest hospital?

Is anyone else in your travel party sick?

Which of the following questions would be the MOST pertinent to ask a patient who recently returned from Europe and is now ill?

Hepatitis A can only be transmitted by a patient who has an acute infection.

Which of the following statements regarding hepatitis A is correct?

MRSA is a bacterium that causes infections and is resistant to most antibiotics.

Which of the following statements regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) is correct?

the risk of HIV infection is greatest when deposited on a mucous membrane or directly into the bloodstream

Which of the following statements regarding the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is correct?

asking questions related to the chief complaint

Which of the following will MOST reliably allow you to determine the nature of a patient's illness?

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

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:

prepare the patient for immediate transport

You have just completed your primary assessment of a 48-year-old man with crushing chest pain and difficulty breathing. The patient has been given 324 mg of aspirin and is receiving supplemental oxygen. As you begin your secondary assessment, you note that his mental status has deteriorated and he is now bradycardic. You should:

fever, rash, nausea, and difficulty breathing

typical chief complaints in patients with an infectious disease include