- Which structure is located in the mediastinum?
Your answer:
alveoli
bronchiols
trachea
all of the above
- What is the most common adverse side effect of IV push valium?
Your answer:
increased urine output
seizures
hypertension
respiratory depression
- Aminophyline may be given in a dosage range of ______ and it's main action is________?
Your answer:
250-500 mg slowly; bronchial dilation
300 mg slowly; increased cardiac output
250-500 mg rapidly; bronchial dilation
500 mg rapidly; decreased urinary output
- What device transmits specific tones that other receivers will recognize?
Your answer:
repeater
modulator
encoder
transponder
- Your patient is a conscious and rational adult. Failure to get consent to treat and transport could lead to what type of liability?
Your answer:
assault
battery
false imprisonment
all of the above
- Who has the ultimate authority over the paramedic in the field?
Your answer:
standing orders
protocols
on-line medical control
scene physician
- Which of the following is one of the earliest signs of hypoxia:
Your answer:
thirst
restlessness
cyanosis
weak and rapid pulse
- A deviation from the accepted standards of care is called:
Your answer:
malpractice
negligence
abandonment
incompetence
- A 23 year old male has a history of seizures. You find him having recurrent seizures without return to consciousness. His color is poor and he is suffering arrythmias. He is suffering from:
Your answer:
focal motor seizures
grand mal seizures
petit male seizures
status epilepticus
- Which of the following is NOT a method of tranmission of the hepatitis virus?
Your answer:
saliva
sexual contact
blood
feces
- Your patient is unconscious and in apparent respiratory distress. The permission to treat her is given by the concept of:
Your answer:
actual consent
implied consent
applied consent
replied consent
- An overdose of Oil of Wintergreen will present similar to:
Your answer:
amphetamines
tricyclic antidepressants
opiate derivatives
salicylates
- What is the first step in the secondary survey?
Your answer:
check for hemorrhage
obtain a set of vital signs
check for open fractures
head to toe survey
- Aminophylline is given:
Your answer:
IV over 20-30 minutes
IV push slowly
IV over 8-10 minutes
IV push rapidly
- The most common cause of seizures in the child is:
Your answer:
ventricular fibrillation
bronchitis
elevated temperature
inadequate tissue perfusion
- You have been called to a party for a 20 year old male who bystanders state had a seizure activity before you arrived. The patient is conscious and agitated, BP 132/96, pulse 132, resp. 28. He is diaphoretic and his pupils are dilated. He denies any drug or alcohol ingestion. What do you suspect?
Your answer:
delirium tremens
grand mal seizure
heroin
cocaine
- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is usually caused by:
Your answer:
suffocation
the cause is unknown
overheating the infant
underfeeding the infant
- Which of the following is NOT a predisposing factor to hypothermia?
Your answer:
old age
diabetes
alcoholism
AMI
- Lactated Ringer's solution is a(n)
Your answer:
hypotonic solution
hypertonic solution
isotonic balanced buffered electrolyte solution
isotonic solution
- Ions that carry a negative charge are:
Your answer:
electrolytes
megahertz
anions
cations
- In a posterior dislocation of the hip, the leg will appear:
Your answer:
lengthened and rotated outward
flexed to about 90 degrees
abducted and slightly flexed
shortened and rotated inward
- Verapamil has what effects on the myocardium?
Your answer:
negative chronotropic
negative inotropic
positive inotropic
positive chronotropic
- Injuries that result in partial tearing of a ligament are called:
Your answer:
dislocations
fractures
sprains
strains
- What is the chief extracellular electrolyte?
Your answer:
calcium
sodium
potassium
hydrogen
- A hypotonic solution is defined as a solution having:
Your answer:
a concentration the same as that in the cells
a concentration higher than that in the cells
a concentration lower than that in the cells
none of the above adequately defines the term