EMT-B: Chapter 14 eBook Quiz

overlooking a potentially serious medical condition.

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

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 _________.

meningitis

A patient who who presents with a headache, fever, confusion, and red blotches on his or her skin should be suspected of having:

Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.

An index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:

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

The acronym "TACOS" is used to____________.

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:

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:

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:

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?

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?

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: