EMT Chapter 12 - 14 Quiz (Emergency Care 13th Edition)

Which of the following would aooear in the secondary of a medical pt. w/ no signs of trauma or signifcant mechanism of

Asses histort of present illness

An EMT should be most concerned with a pulse rate maintained above:

120 beats per minute 60 beats per min: bradycadica 100 beats per min: tachycardica

Using the AVPU scales, patient who will respond only to brisk rubbing of the sternum would receive a rating

Painful

The skin color that indicates poor circulation is:

Pale- anemia or stress/ blood loss/ shock/ hytertension Mottled- pt in shock Flushed- Exposure to heat Jaundiced- abnormalities to liver

For the unresponsive medical patient, the EMTs would begin by:

Preforming a rapid phyical examination

The portion of the assessment that is designed to identify and treat immediately life - threatening conditions is called the:

Primary assessment

Paradoxical motion is most commly associated with:

chest injury

In distinguishing signs from systems, am example of a system would be:

chest pain

When an EMT-B feels that a patient just "doesn't look right" this is called:

interventoin

All of the following are signs of labored breathing Expect:

palpation

In case of shock or latee stages of blood loss, EMT would expect the pluse top be:

rapid and thready

When deflating the BP cuff, the systolic BP is the:

First sound Distolic- last sound

Action taken to correct a patient's problem are know as:

Interventions

In any pt. with with suspected spinal injury, am EMT should apply manual stabilization:

On first contact with the pt.

Action taken to correct a pt. problems are know as

Clinical judgement

The vital sign that is least useful in adults is:

Capillary refill- more reliable in children

All of the following are examples of intervention Except:

Checking a carotid pulse

After the rapid trauma assessment, the more thorough assessment that an EMT performs is the

Detailed physical exam

You should obtain the first vital signs:

During the focused hisory and physical exam

The patient's statement "I feel like just cant get enough air when i breath" best relates to what letter of the SAMPLE mnemonic?

S-signs L- last oral intake M- meds P- past med history E- events that took place when this happened

Crepitation refers to the

Sounds or feels of broken rubbing

If a patient is not alert and is breathing less than 8 breaths per minute, the EMT-B should:

Ventilate with positive presure device (100% 02)

The respiratory sound that point towards medical problems as asthma is:

Wheezing