- What is pH?
Your answer:
the phosphorus level
the oxygen saturation
the hydrogen ion concentration
the hemoglogin level
- Which is the most important in evaluating a patient with all illness causing abdominal pain?
Your answer:
appearance of the patient
palpitation
vital signs
patient history
- What heart valve prevents the backflow of blood into the right atrium?
Your answer:
aortic valve
tricuspid valve
bicuspid valve
mitral valve
- In some people, congenitally weakened areas of the lungs may rupture causing:
Your answer:
alveolar pneumonia
pulmonary edema
spontaneous pneumothorax
hemothorax
- If a radial pulse is present, systolic blood pressure is at least:
Your answer:
70
100
80
60
- Uncompensated shock is evidenced by:
Your answer:
rising temperature
falling blood pressure
cold, clammy skin
rising pulse rate
- A patient who is hyperventilating may have which acid-base condition?
Your answer:
respiratory acidosis
metabolic acidosis
metabolic alkalosis
respiratory alkalosis
- A 31 year old male is involved in a MVA. Vital signs are 90/68, 100, and 40. Trachea is deviated to the right, breath sounds are absent on the left, hyperresonance is noted on the left side on percussion. What is mostly likely the problem?
Your answer:
simple pneumothorax
pericardial tamponade
hemothorax
tension pneumothorax
- A patient has an IV established and suddenly goes into V-fib. You will:
Your answer:
synchronized cardiovert
begin CPR
give lidocaine immediately
defibrillate
- What is the name for alveolar collapse?
Your answer:
pulmonary edema
tension pneumothroax
pneumonia
atelectasis
- The signs of epiglottitis are:
Your answer:
fever and chills
dysphagia and drooling
rales and dyspnea
aphasia and fever
- Your 25 year old female patient is complaining of vaginal discharge and abdominal pain which increased with intercourse. The patient relates that she may have been exposed to gonorrhea. The patient is most likely suffering from:
Your answer:
uterine rupture
ectopic pregnancy
PID
AIDS
- The APGAR score evaluates:
Your answer:
pulse, reflex ability, appearance, BP
pulse, respirations, BP, activity, color
pulse, respirations, activity, color, grimace
BP, pulse, gestation, color, respiration
- The rescuer's initial ventilation of a requiring CPR should be:
Your answer:
four quick breaths
one quick breath
two full breaths
five full breaths
- Which drug is contraindicated in asthma patients?
Your answer:
CaCl
digitalis
inderal
epinephrine
- The proper rate for rescue breathing for an adult is:
Your answer:
8 breaths/minute
12 breaths/minute
5 breaths/minute
20 breaths/minute
- Which drug must be given cautiously to patients currently taking digitalis?
Your answer:
D50
diazepam
epinephrine
CaCl
- The death which occurs at the moment the heart stops is:
Your answer:
irreversible death
DRT
biological death
clinical death
- The physician orders 5 mcg/kg/min of dopamine for an 80 kg patient. You put 400mg of Dopamine in 250 ml D5W. What is the correct rate using microdrip tubing?
Your answer:
15 gtts/min
120 gtts/min
30 gtts/min
40 gtts/min
- The rate of adult compressions in CPR is:
Your answer:
5-2
80-100
100 plus per minute
15-1
- What is the action of insulin?
Your answer:
transfers glucose into cells
stimulates alpha receptors
produces hemolysis of RBCs
produces glucagon
- The term that which describes normal respirations is:
Your answer:
orthopnea
eupena
bradypnea
dyspnea
- The joint action of two drugs where the combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effect is called:
Your answer:
antagonism
synergism
idiosycrasy
potentiation
- The problem with communciation of the elderly is most often due to:
Your answer:
a hearing loss
confusion
senility
organic brain syndrome
- In a COPD patient the respiratory drive is triggered by?
Your answer:
hypocarbia
hypoxia
hypovolemia
hypercarbia