EMT chap 14

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:

overlooking a potentially serious medical condition.

The greatest danger in displaying a personal bias or labeling a patient who frequently calls EMS is:

Medical history

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

MERS-CoV

Your patient's symptoms include high fever, cough, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and shortness of breath. Which of the following should you suspect?

you exclude certain possibilities for the patient's condition

"Tunnel vision" occurs when ___________.

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

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:

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:

nature of illness

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

jaundice and abdominal pain.

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

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:

pandemics.

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:

Recent travel

In addition to obtaining a SAMPLE history and asking questions related to the chief complaint, what else should you specifically inquire about when assessing a patient with a potentially infectious disease?

is focused on the nature of illness, the patient's chief complaint, and his or her symptoms.

In contrast to the assessment of a trauma patient, assessment of a medical patient:

61-year-old man with signs and symptoms of a stroke and a ground transport time of 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.

Infectious Diseases

Most patients with an infectious disease will have _________.

address the patient's symptoms

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

get vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis

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

identify factors that may complicate the patient's condition or your treatment

The acronym "TACOS" is used to _________.

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

The primary prehospital treatment for most medical emergencies:

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:

fever, rash, nausea, and difficulty breathing.

Typical chief complaints in patients with an infectious disease include:

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

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

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

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

Substance abuse

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

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?

MRSA

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

68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes

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

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?

Medical emergencies can appear to be traumatic in nature.

Which of the following statements regarding medical emergencies 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:

combination of a medical and trauma emergency.

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:

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: