Volume 5 Chapter 7
What is another name for cystic fibrosis?
Mucoviscidosis
Which of the following statements regarding bariatric patients is accurate?
An obese person has an abnormal amount of body fat.
A condition in which chemotherapy creates a dangerously low level of neutrophils is called:
neutropenia.
Which one of the following is not a type of aphasia?
Articulation
The greatest numbers of immigrants are coming to the United States from:
Asia and Latin America.
What type of deafness is said to occur when sound waves cannot be transmitted to the middle ear from the outer ear canal?
Conductive deafness
If a hearing-impaired patient is having difficulty understanding you while you are seated behind the patient in the ambulance, what should you do?
Move to where the patient can see your face.
You have a patient who is dependent on a home ventilator to stay alive. You were called to the scene by family members because the alarm on the patient's ventilator was sounding. The entire time you arethere, the ventilator is operating normally. You advise the patient to go to the hospital and have the ventilator checked, but the patient refuses to go. The patient is alert and understands the situation. What should you do?
Remain on scene until someone from the ventilator company arrives to test and possibly replace the ventilator.
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding culturally diverse patients' choice whether to receive emergency care by paramedics?
They have the right to make care decisions for themselves.
Which of the following statements is true regarding treatment of obese patients?
They may blame unrelated signs and symptoms on their weight.
You are treating a patient with AIDS for mild hypothermia. What precautionary measures should you take?
Those required by departmental policy
You are dispatched to assist a 21-year-old female who was shot in the left arm as she sat in her car in a parking lot. The police are already on the scene. When you approach the patient, she indicates that she is deaf. What is the best way for a health care provider who does not sign to communicate with thispatient?
Use hand-written notes.
Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the paramedic treating a patient from a different ethnic background?
You are required to care for all patients in the same manner as you would a patient from your own background.
Which of the following statements is true regarding communication with developmentally disabled patients?
You may not immediately recognize the disability.
You are taking the history of a morbidly obese patient who tells you he has chronic hypoxemia. This is likely a result of:
inadequate ventilation.
A person who cannot understand spoken or written communication has a disorder involving:
language.
For a patient with muscular dystrophy (MD):
note the particular muscle groups that the patient cannot move.
An obese patient presents with chest pain. You attempt to apply ECG pads, but the patient's adipose tissue presents an obstruction. You should:
place ECG monitoring electrodes on the arms and thighs instead of on the chest.
If a patient has a severe cognitive disability, you may need to:
rely on others to obtain the chief complaint and history.
Your patient has a body mass index of 42 kg/m2. In completing the PCR, which medical expression would be an appropriate way to document that the patient is overweight?
"The patient is morbidly obese."