Module 2 Test 1

During a 20-minute transport of a critical patient, you should make a concerted effort to reassess the patient ___ times.

4

An adult patient breathing at 12 breaths/min and 500 mL/breath would have a minute volume of:

6,000 mL

Which of the following patients would be considered a priority patient requiring immediate transport?

A 36 yo pt with difficulty breathing and hypoxia

The term supraventricular refers to:

Above the ventricles

Which of the following conditions or situations is an example of a critical life threat that needs immediate care?

Acute presentation of a chronic condition

Movement of an extremity toward the midline of the body is called:

Adduction

During your assessment of a trauma patient, you note the presence of bilateral femur fractures. This means that:

Both femurs are broken

A patient with a blood pressure of 210/100 mm Hg would be expected to have a pulse that is:

Bounding

The combining form of encephala/o refers to the:

Brain

If a physician insists that you perform an intervention that you are not properly trained to perform, it would be appropriate to:

Ask the physician if he or she can suggest another alternative

Synthesizing information about a patient with multiple medical conditions involves:

Assessing each condition's potential for having a life-threatening impact

When assessing the head and face during a full body exam, you should:

Avoid palpating an cranial depressions

Which of the following conditions would likely cause mottled skin?

Decreased perfusion

Poor skin turf or in an infant or child is indicative of

Dehydration

If a patient's clinical presentation is not addressed in a specific algorithm, the paramedic must:

Determine what is in the patient's best interest

A deformed steering wheel in conjunction with a deployed air bag indicates that the:

Driver was not wearing a seat belt

A patient who rolls up his or her sleeve so that you can take his or her blood pressure has given you which type of consent?

Expressed

Asymmetry of the face could indicate

Facial nerve palsy

One of the major differences between laws and ethics is that laws:

Have sanctions for violation that are enforceable

Patients with decision-making capacity:

Have the right to refuse all or part of the emergency medical care offered to them

You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle crash in which a small passenger car struck a bridge pillar. The patient, a conscious young woman, is still seated in her car. The scene is safe and law enforcement is directing traffic. Upon initial contact with the patient, you should:

Have your partner manually stabilize her head as you assess her mental status

Pulse oximetry measures the percentage of

Hemoglobin saturation

A patient experiencing a stroke involving the left cerebral hemisphere has contralateral hemispheric. This means that the patient cannot move:

His right side

The topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are closer to the midline is:

Medial

Which of the following findings is most indicative of abuse or domestic violence?

Multiple injuries that are in various stages of healing

Eupnea is a medical term that means

Normal breathing

Which of the following would have the least impact on the care you provide to a patient who fell?

Object from which the patient fell

Compared to the frontal region of the skull, the occiput is:

Posterior

Once you determine that your patient is sick, you must next:

Quantify how sick the patient is

Which of the following occurs after a call is over and is commonly associated with the fun review or critique?

Reflection on action

When reading the scene, the paramedic must remember that:

Scene information becomes unavailable once transport is initiated

A patient sitting in the Fowler position would be in which position?

Sitting with their head elevated

Every decision regarding patient care that a paramedic makes should be based on the:

Standards of good medical care

More often than not, the paramedic will form a general impression of a patient based on:

The initial presentation and chief complaint

If you cannot narrow the differential diagnosis to a working diagnosis by the end of your assessment, then provide care based on

The patient's presenting signs and symptoms

If the body is sliced so the result is a top and bottom portion, this is referred to as the:

Transverse plane

If a mentally competent adult refuses emergency medical treatment, your first action should be to:

Try to determine why her or she is refusing treatment

Which of the following directional terms describes the front surface of the body?

Ventral

When a patient presents with two seemingly unrelated complaints, it is MOST important for the paramedic to determine:

Which complain has a higher priority

An advance directive is defined as a:

Written document that expresses the wants, needs, and desires of a patient in reference to his or her future medical care

When caring for any patient, it is important to remember that:

Your moral standards may conflict with the patient's best interests

A pathological fracture occurs when:

normal forces are applied to abnormal bone structures.

An unresponsive patient who has been breathing slowly and shallowly for an extended period of time would likely have skin that is:

Cyanotic

Scope of practice is defined as:

Care that a paramedic is permitted to perform under the certifying state

A multisystem trauma patient opens his eyes in response to pain, moans when you ask him his name, and withdraws from painful stimuli. From this information you should:

Conclude he has severe neurological dysfunction

After addressing any life threats in the order in which you find them, you should next:

Consider the worst-case scenario that could be causing the patient's symptoms and either rule it out or rule it in

Which plane describes slicing the body vertically, from ear to ear, dividing it into front and back portions?

Coronal

An imaginary plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal portions is called the:

Coronal plane

A patient in shock due to internal bleeding will benefit most from:

Limited scene time and rapid transport

How should you position an unresponsive patient to help maintain a clear airway

Lying on their left side with their head resting on their bottom arm