Caroline-Paramedicine Ch 11 Quiz

Serial vital signs: A) are of no value unless they are repeated every 5 minutes. B) provide definitive information about the patient's problem. C) provide comparative data regarding the patient's condition. D) establish a baseline to which further vital signs are compared.

C) provide comparative data regarding the patient's condition.

At 3:00AM you receive a call for a "man down". While en route to the scene, you ask the dispatcher to provide additional information, but the dispatcher advises you the caller was abrupt on the phone and then hung up. You should: ask the dispatcher if law enforcement is en route to the scene assume the caller was panicked because the patient is critically ill advise the dispatcher to send a second paramedic crew to the scene stage in a safe area until contact with the caller can be reestablished

ask the dispatcher if law enforcement is en route to the scene

When assessing the head and face during the full-body exam, you should remove any dentures if they are present apply pressure to the eyes to elicit pain avoid palpating any cranial depressions pack the ears if blood drainage is present

avoid palpating any cranial depressions

Which of the following reassessment findings is MOST significant in a patient with penetrating chest trauma? symmetrical chest rise and fall loud heart tones to auscultation blood pressure of 90/76 mm HG heart rate of 78 beats/minute

blood pressure of 90/76 mmHg

An unresponsive patient who has been breathing slowly and shallowly for an extended period of time would MOST likely have (blank) skin? pale mottled flushed cyanotic

cyanotic

Asymmetry of the face could indicate: oculomotor nerve injury server hyperglycemia a spinal cord injury facial nerve palsy

facial nerve palsy

During a 20 minute transport of a critical patient you should make a concerted effort to reassess the patient (blank) times one three four two

four

On most runs, the two most important pieces of patient history information that you need to obtain initially are the: chief complaint and the patient's sex chief complaint and patients address patient' name and family physician patients name and chief complaint

patient's name and chief complaint

When examining the anterior abdomen of a patient who complains of abdominal pain: you should first percuss over the four quadrants it is often necessary to administer analgesia first routinely palpate the least painful area(s) first auscultate bowel sounds for at least 5 minutes

routinely palpate the least painful area(s) first

A patient with dysarthria has: severe stuttering slurred speech a flat affect painful joints

slurred speech

When assessing any patient, the paramedic should remember that: the past medical history is of even greater importance if the patient has a traumatic injury it is extremely common for patients with a medical complaint to have an underlying injury some patients with a traumatic injury could also have an underlying medical component the patient's underlying medical problem can usually be identified by a rapid assessment

some patients with a traumatic injury could also have an underlying medical component

The most reliable means of attempting to determine an unresponsive patient's problem is: pulse oximetry, capnography, and serial vital signs information provided by the patients family members cardiac monitoring and blood glucose assessment a thorough head-to-toe physical examination

a thorough head-to-toe physical examination

Gathering a patient's medical history and performing a secondary assessment should occur: immediately after you form your visual general impression of the patient shortly after making patient contact and determining his or her complaint after initial treatment has been rendered and you are en route to the hospital after life threats have been identified and corrected in the primary assessment

after life threats have been identified and corrected in the primary assessment

Sonorous respirations are MOST likely caused by: an anatomic airway obstruction severe inflammation of the epiglottis secretions or blood in the airway swelling of the upper airway structures

an anatomic airway obstruction

Your entire assessment of a patient should yield a definitive field diagnosis not deviate at all from a strict format appear to be a seamless process only focus on his or her complaint

appear to be a seamless process

The paramedic should address a patient: by using the patient's formal name in a manner that the paramedic deems most professional as the patient wishes to be addressed by the patients first name whenever possible

as the patient wishes to be addressed

The general type of illness a patient is experiencing is called the: differential diagnosis chief complaint nature of illness general impression

nature of illness

Objective patient information cannot be quantified is perceived by the patient is observed by the patient is based on fact or observation

is based on fact or observation

An empathetic attitude: will put your patient at ease quickly is often offensive to the patient puts you in your patient's shoes allows to you feel sorry for the patient

puts you in your patient's shoes

Other than overall appearance, the patient's (blank) is/are the MOST objective data for determining his or her status vital signs medical history medications chief complaint

vital signs