EMT-B Sustainment Quiz 4

The goal of emergency response is:

Your answer:
BLS response in less than 2 minutes, ALS response in less than 4 minutes
BLS response in less than 3 minutes, ALS response in less than 6 minutes
BLS response in less than 4 minutes, ALS response in less than 8 minutes
BLS response in less than 5 minutes, ALS response in less than 10 minutes

After you have opened your unconscious patient's airway, any of the following are acceptable ways of keeping the airway open EXCEPT"

Your answer:
insert a nasopharyngeal airway if the patient does not tolerate an oropharyngeal airway
insert an oropharyngeal airway if the patient has facial trauma
insert a nasopharyngeal airway if the patient has a gag reflex
insert an oropharyngeal airway if the patient has no gag reflex

Complications from aerosol theray may include any of the following EXCEPT:

Your answer:
hypertension
bronchospasm
bardycardia
laryngospasm

On auscultating your patient's lungs, you hear breath sounds on both sides. You would document this as breath sounds that are:

Your answer:
semilateral
perilateral
bilateral
hemilateral

All of the following may result in a false blood glucose reading EXCEPT:

Your answer:
forgetting to match the code numbers
using outdated test strips
pricking the side of the finger
failing to calibrate the machine

Which of the following organizations is responsible for testing EMTs and paramedics on a national level?

Your answer:
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
National Association of Search and Rescue Organizations
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
National Associaton of Emergency Medical Services Physicians

The percentage of blood made up of red blood cells is known as the:

Your answer:
hematocrit
hematuria
hemoglobin
hematoma

A correct needle size for administering a medication intramuscularly would be:

Your answer:
16 gauge, 3 inch
27 gauge, 1/2 inch
19 gauge, 1 1/2 inch
10 gauge, 2 inch

Water makes up approximately ______ of total body weight.

Your answer:
30 percent
40 percent
60 percent
80 percent

Which of the following is NOT a route of drug administration?

Your answer:
intramuscular
subdermal
endotracheal
intraosseous

Your patient is experiencing paralysis to one side of her body. You would refer to this as:

Your answer:
hemiplegia
semiflexion
unilaterality
dysphasia

While at the hospital you hear the doctor state that your patient may have a pneumothorax. You know that this is:

Your answer:
an abnormal presence of air in the thorax
a fractured sternum
an abnormal presence of blood in the thorax
adjacent ribs broken in two or more places

When body fluid levels drop, all of the following occur EXCEPT:

Your answer:
more urine is secreted
water shifts into the intravascular compartment
the kidneys reabsorb water
ADH is secreted

Insulin and pitocin are examples of medications obtained from:

Your answer:
synthetics
minerals
animals
plants

Minute volume is calculated as:

Your answer:
alveolar volume / dead air space
tidal volume x respiratory rate
tidal volume - dead air space
respiratory rate x dead air space

Approximately 97 percent of the oxygen that enters the bloodstream:

Your answer:
binds with hemoglobin
is transported as bicarbonate
is exhaled into the atmosphere
is dissovled in plasma

Red blood cells make up what percentage of total blood volume in the healthy adult?

Your answer:
20 percent
45 percent
55 percent
60 percent

Just before delivering a shock during defibrillation, always:

Your answer:
yell "Clear!" to be sure no one is touching the patient.
obtain consent from the patient's next of kin
call medical control for permission to defibrillate
transmit the patient's ECG readings to the hospital

In the metric system, 1 gram equals:

Your answer:
1000 centigrams
1000 micrograms
1000 kilograms
1000 milligrams

Your patient presents with unequal pupils. You know that this sign is associated with:

Your answer:
narcotic overdose
diabetes
cardiac arrest
severe brain injury

Using a bag-valve mask without supplemental oxygen delivers oxygen at a concentration of:

Your answer:
17 percent
21 percent
50 percent
60 percent

A high-pitched screeching sound when the patient inhales may be due to:

Your answer:
lower airway obstruction due to infection
lower airway obstruction due to trauma
upper airway obstruction by a foreign body
upper airway obstruction by the tongue

The term "pulse pressure" refers to:

Your answer:
palpation of the radial pulse
taking the blood pressure by palpation
the difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure
the systolic blood pressure

Which sign will you see very early in a patient suffering from decreased perfusion (decreased circulation and oxygenation)?

Your answer:
seizures
low blood pressure
confusion
fainting

The intravenous drug administration route has the greatest potential for producing adverse effects because:

Your answer:
the intravenous line can easily become dislodged
drugs administered intravenously tend to be more toxic
there is the possibility of damaging underlying muscles
it produces the most rapid onset of drug action