EMT Ch 15 Chapter Test

Where might you find a​ patient's medical alert identification​ jewelry?

All of the above (Ankle bracelet, Bracelet, Necklace)

You respond to a motor vehicle collision and find a patient with an altered mental status and angulated left​ femur; the other driver is deceased. Your closest trauma center is 45 minutes away. Which of the following would you do​ next?

Request ALS personnel.

When assessing a patient who has been​ stabbed, which of the following information should the EMT gain​ first?

Size and type of the knife

In which of the following patients should you check for the possibility of spinal​ injury?

An unresponsive diabetic who appears to have fallen down

For which of the following patients is a focused physical examination​ appropriate?

A​ 25-year-old female with a history of asthma and who is complaining of difficulty breathing

The ambulance is called for an assaulted patient. While transporting the patient to the​ hospital, the EMT notes the​ patient's jugular veins are flat​ (nondistended). Which of these is most likely the cause of this​ finding?

Blood loss

What is a surgical opening in the wall of the abdomen with a plastic bag in place to collect digestive​ waste?

Colostomy

You are called for a patient who was discovered unconscious in his bed this morning. You immediately complete a primary assessment and determine that he is breathing and has a good pulse. What should you do​ next?

Complete a rapid physical exam.

You are performing a rapid trauma assessment on an unresponsive​ 30-year-old male. As you evaluate his​ head, which of the following should you check​ for?

Crepitation

Your patient is a​ 45-year-old female who complains of​ "twisting her​ ankle" when she slipped on a patch of ice. Which of the following is not​ appropriate?

Detailed physical exam

Your patient has been hit in the arm with a baseball during practice. He is alert and​ oriented, complaining of pain to his left arm with obvious black discoloration of the skin. What type of assessment is called for in this​ situation?

Focused exam

You are assessing a patient who has been involved in a motor vehicle crash. Which of the following questions would be the most important to ask​ him?

How fast was the vehicle​ going?

What does distention refer to when describing your​ patient's abdomen?

Larger than normal

Your patient is a​ 24-year-old female who swallowed a handful of pills of unknown type. Although she was initially alert and oriented with no​ complaints, you note that she is now beginning to slur her words and is becoming progressively lethargic. What is the highest priority in dealing with this​ patient?

Maintaining an open airway

You have performed a rapid trauma assessment on a patient with multiple​ long-bone injuries. Your next assessment step should be which of the​ following?

Obtain baseline vital signs and past medical history.

Immediately following a rapid physical exam on an unresponsive medical​ patient, which of the following should you do​ next?

Obtain baseline vital signs.

If a patient complains of abdominal pain localized to a specific area of the​ abdomen, which of the following techniques should be used to assess the​ abdomen?

Palpate the painful area last.

The patient was a driver in a lateral impact motor vehicle collision. During the assessment of his​ chest, the EMT notes a segment of the chest wall moving in the opposite direction from the rest of the chest. Which of the following best describes this​ finding?

Paradoxical motion

Your patient is an unresponsive​ 40-year-old woman. Which of the following should you do​ first?

Perform a rapid physical exam.

Your patient is the​ 18-year-old male driver of a vehicle that struck a tree. He is conscious and complaining of neck pain. The passenger is obviously dead. You have performed your primary assessment. Which of the following is the next​ step?

Perform a rapid trauma assessment.

When checking breath sounds in a trauma​ patient, what should the EMT assess for​ first?

Presence and equality

Which of the following situations is most likely to result in hidden or unsuspected​ injury?

Seat belt use by the vehicle occupants

You are assessing a​ 76-year-old male patient who has been involved in a fall from a standing position. You have completed the scene​ size-up and primary assessment. What should you do​ next?

Secondary assessment

When assessing a​ 14-year-old male patient that has been involved in a bicycle​ accident, you notice that he has a small amount of blood coming from his left forearm. This observation is known as which of the​ following?

Sign

What term describes a permanent surgical opening in the neck through which a patient​ breathes?

Stoma

You are called for a patient who is complaining of being weak and dizzy. He reports that he does not have enough money to pay for his medications so he has not gotten them refilled. Your service has an automatic blood pressure machine and you use it to measure the​ patient's blood pressure while you count his respirations. The blood pressure machine reports a blood pressure of​ 280/140. What should you do​ next?

Take a manual blood pressure.

Which of the following is not a purpose of a rapid trauma​ assessment?

To focus care on specific injuries

What term describes a surgical incision in the neck that is held open by a metal or plastic tube through which a patient can breathe or be placed on a​ ventilator?

Tracheostomy

You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle crash to find a​ middle-aged man on a long spine board being cared for by first responding firefighters. He appears to be bleeding from his head and he is unconscious. You should check the car​ for:

a bent steering wheel or starred windshield.

The term priapism means​ ________ and may be found in injuries of the​ ________.

a persistent penile​ erection; spine

You are assessing a​ 21-year-old female who was assaulted by an unknown person. She is complaining of abdominal pain. As you perform a rapid assessment of her​ abdomen, you should check for all of the following ​except:

bowel sounds.

In medical​ terms, bruises are known as which of the​ following?

contusion

Your patient is a​ 14-year-old male who was run over by a tractor and is now unresponsive. During the rapid​ assessment, you should look for clear drainage coming from the​ patient's ________ indicating a serious injury.

ears

Which of the following is another term for​ trauma?

injury

In the assessment of a responsive medical​ patient, which of the following will provide you with the most important​ information?

patient medical history

An unconscious trauma patient should always be assumed to have which of the following types of​ injury?

spine

Your patient was struck in the chest with a baseball bat during a bar fight. A crackling or crunching sensation that is felt when air escapes from its normal passageways and is trapped under the skin is​ called:

subcutaneous emphysema.

When a patient describes how he​ feels, he is telling you which of the​ following?

symptoms