- Which of the following is a colloid solution?
Your answer:
Ringers Lactate
Normal Saline
Dextran
All of the above
- The correct dose of epinephrine to administer through the ET tube is:
Your answer:
10 mls of a 1:10,000 solution
5 mls of a 1:10,000 solution
10 mls of a 1:1000 solution
5 mls of a 1:1000 solution
- A known diabetic who is unconscious, pale, clammy skin, with stable vital signs is suffering from:
Your answer:
insulin shock
acute AMI
diabetic coma
CVA
- Which of the following is an ectopic rhythm?
Your answer:
sinus tachcardia
first degree AV block
atrial tachycardia
bracycardia
- Uncompensated shock produces which of the following:
Your answer:
pre-capillary and post-capillary sphincter dilation
pre-capillary sphincter relaxation and post-capillary sphincter contraction
pre-capillary sphincter contraction and post-capillary sphincter
a pre-capillary and post-capillary sphincter contraction
- What does the T wave represent on the ECG?
Your answer:
ventricular depolarization
atrial depolarization
atrial repolarization
ventricular repolarization
- Kinematics of trauma; How many collisions occur?
Your answer:
one
two
three
four
- A young woman is complaining of sudden onset of right sided abdominal pain. She admits to being sexually active and states she missed her last period. What do you suspect is the patient likely diagnosis?
Your answer:
PID
ectopic pregnancy
endometriosis
mittleschmertz
- Dopamine has what effects when administered at 1-2 mcg/kg/min?
Your answer:
increased blood pressure
decreased blood pressure
renal and mesenteric dilation
decreased urine output
- A 90 year-old is at home, conscious, alert and well oriented. His family thinks he should be seen at the hospital for a liver problem. The man refuses to be transported. Who has the right to make the patient go to the hospital?
Your answer:
a judge
the EMS crew
the patient's doctor
the patient's family
- Decerevrate and decorticate posturing is an indication of:
Your answer:
diffuse cranial injury
cerebral focal cortex lesions
spine injury
seizure
- What response is seen with Cushings syndrome?
Your answer:
decreased production of cortizone
excess production of ACTH
excess production of oxytocin
decreased production of ACTH
- The best possible score for a Glascow coma scale is:
Your answer:
eye opening 6; verbal response 5; motor response 4
eye opening 5; verbal response 5; motor response 5
eye opening 4; verbal response 5; motor response 6
eye opening 3; verbal response 3; motor response 5
- The beta cells of the pancreas produce:
Your answer:
thyroxin hormone
ACTH
anti-diuretic hormone
insulin hormone
- Which is the best way to lower a patient?
Your answer:
horizontal
it doesn't matter
inverted
vertical
- The most significant sign of abdominal injury is:
Your answer:
tenderness
rigidity and guarding
pain
hematuria
- A woman is found lying in the street. When you ask her name, she moans incoherently. You report her level of consciousness as:
Your answer:
stuporous
conscious and disoriented
unconscious
semia-conscious
- Lidocaine is usually given for:
Your answer:
asystole
supreaventricular tachycardia
atrial fibrillation
ventricular tachycardia
- Chronotropic means:
Your answer:
time related
nothing
electrolytic
force related
- Before applying a PASG you must:
Your answer:
start an IV
assess lung sounds
insert an oral airway
measure the legs of teh patient
- What drug is an antianginal, calcium blocker, antiarrythmic, and vasodilator?
Your answer:
atropine
nitroglycerin
verapamil
nipride
- Patient has high blood pressure in pregnancy:
Your answer:
uterine inversion
toxemia
preeclampsia
eclampsia
- Which of the following is a calcium channel blocker?
Your answer:
verapmil
isoptin
calan
all of the above
- Anaphylaxsis following an insect sting is treated with:
Your answer:
epinephrine
aminophylline
morphine sulfate
benadryl
- The following are all potential hazards to endotrachial intubation EXCEPT:
Your answer:
damage to the teeth
regurgitation
intubation of the right mainstem bronchus
heart damage from rapidly increased oxygen