- A pregnant patient suffering from edema, hypertension and increased muscle tone is likely suffering from:
Your answer:
preeclampsis
ecclampsia
PMS
postural hypotension
- A radio's squelch should be adjusted:
Your answer:
monthly
before each tranmission
every time the radio is turned on
when it is first installed
- The most common cause of airway obstruction in the unconscious victim of an unwitnessed collapse is:
Your answer:
dentures
tongue
mucous
food
- Which drug is used as both an anti-arrthmic and an anti-convulsant?
Your answer:
diazepam
lidocaine
phenytoin
physostigmine
- The preferred site for intraocceous needle placement in the field is:
Your answer:
midshaft femur
distal tibia
distal femur
proximal tibia
- A 35 year old male on bedrest got up and suddenly develoiped chest pain and severe dyspnea. His lung sounds are clear and equal. What do you suspect?
Your answer:
pulmonary embolism
spontaneous pneumothorax
acute MI
pneumonia
- A patient presents with vomiting, headache, and yellow vision. The monitor shows rapid atrial fib with frequent PVCs. The patient states that she takes a heart pill. She is most likely suffering from:
Your answer:
lasix overdose
lidocaine toxicity
influenza
lanoxin toxicity
- While administering 6 liters of O2 to a COPD patient, the patient suddenly becomes apneic. You should:
Your answer:
discontinue the O2 therapy
begin assisting ventilations with a BVM
increase the O2 flow
immediately intubate the patient
- A patient with a history of seizures is most likely to take which medications:
Your answer:
inderal and digitalis
lasix and lanoxin
theo-dur and lznoxin
dilantin and phenobarbitol
- Bleeding in the third trimester of pregnancy without pain is most likely:
Your answer:
PID
placenta previa
abruptio placenta
mittleschmertz
- Treatment of neurogenic shock should include:
Your answer:
oxygen, IV, PASG, consider vasopressors
IV, aramine, lidocaine infusion
oxygen, IC, aramine, Trendelenberg position
oxygen, IV, valium
- A 30 year old unconscious patient has an obstructed airway unrelieved by abdominal thrusts. The next therapy would be:
Your answer:
direct laryngoscopy
attempt to ventilate
positive pressure ventilation
cricothyrotomy
- Vasopressors may be indicated in which type of shock?
Your answer:
neurogenic
hypovolemic
respiratory
metabolic
- A patient receiving a unit of blood begins complaining of lower back pain, substernal chest pain, dyspnea and a headache. What do you suspect?
Your answer:
dehydration
pyrogenic reaction
hemolytic reaction
anaphylactic reaction
- A patient complaining of chest pain who is showing multifocal PVCs on the monitor should be treated with:
Your answer:
1mg/kg lidocaine bolus
1 mg/kg bretylium bolus
2-4 mcg/kg lidocaine bolus
2-4 mcg/kg lidocaine infusion
- The paramedic should know that the administration of nitrous oxide?
Your answer:
should not be used if patient has a suspected AMI
causes a decrease in intracranial pressure
should be self administered by the patient only
should not be used in trauma patients
- For every unit of blood lost in trauma, how much crystalloid must be infused?
Your answer:
twice as much
equal amount
half as much
three times the amount
- Which drug is a parasympathetic antagonist?
Your answer:
lidocaine
atropine
digoxin
dopamine
- A patient who is listless, slovenly, unkempt, is most likely suffering from:
Your answer:
depression
mania
anorexia
paranoia
- Which of the following is NOT an endpoint to the administration of procainamide?
Your answer:
the dysrhythmia is suppressed
QRS narrows by more than 50%
1 gm has been administered
hypotension develops
- A patient who is suicidal usually:
Your answer:
is also homicidal
does not transmit their intentions
tends to feel isolated
doesn't really mean it
- Which of the following solutions is hypotonic?
Your answer:
D50W
045% NSS
0.9% NSS
D5W
- A heat exhaustion patient is suffering from what type of shock?
Your answer:
cardiogenic
neurogenic
hypovolemic
metabolic
- A normal, head first delivery is termed:
Your answer:
cephalic
caudal
breech
transverse
- What hormone is secreted by the female posterior pituitary gland and causes lactation and the contraction of the uterine smooth muscle?
Your answer:
oxytocin
estrogen
progesterone
evesterone