- Which of the following is NOT an indication for sodium bicarbonate?
Your answer:
metabolic alkalosis
tricyclic antidepressant overdose
known hyperkalemia
phenobarbital overdose
- With an AED (automated external defibrillator) you will need to:
Your answer:
place the "quick look" paddles
apply a conductive medium
attach adnesive electrodes and cables
identify a shockable rhythm
- The chief extracellular cation that regulates body fluid distribution is:
Your answer:
bicarbonate
sodium
potassium
magnesium
- Which statment best illustrates the Frank-Starling mechanism?
Your answer:
The less the preload, the greater the afterload
The greater the afterload, the greater the stroke volume
The less the stroke volume, the less the afterload
The greater the preload, the greater the stroke volume
- A condition characterized by a lowered pH level caused by abnormal retention of CO2 is:
Your answer:
respiratory acidosis
respiratory alkalosis
metabolic alkalosis
metabolic acidosis
- An advantage of using an oropharyngeal airwya is that it:
Your answer:
allow air to pass around and through the device
can be used in the presence of a gag reflex
prevents gastric distention and regurgitation
isolates the trachea
- A significant drop in blood pressure or increase in pulse rate when the patient is brought from a lying to a sitting position indicates hypovalemia (serious loss of blood or other fluids). This measurement of "orthostatic vital signs" is known as a:
Your answer:
vital signs test
pulse pressure tst
systolic test
tilt test
- Your pateint is suffering congestive heart failure. To reduce the workload of the heart, you would:
Your answer:
start an infusion of lactated Ringer's or normal saline
administer a vasodilator to increase venous capacitance
administer a vasocontrictor to increase peripheral resistance
administer epinephrine to increase contractile force
- Most blood glucose determination machines require that excess blood be wiped off the strip after a specified period of time, ususally ________.
Your answer:
10 seconds
15 seconds
30 seconds
60 seconds
- Prehospital care providers should access the Hickman catheter when:
Your answer:
the patient's bladder is distended
routine IV access is varranted
stomach evacuation is indicated
vascular access is required in a life-threatening situation
- The depression between the epiglottis and the base of the tongue is the:
Your answer:
arytenoid fold
pyriform fossa
vallecula
hyoid
- Protocols are designed by off-line medical control to provide a standardized approach to prehosital care in the following areas: triage, treatment, transport, and:
Your answer:
transfer
trauma
transfusion
transition
- Which of the following is NOT correct regarding the pathway of normal blood flow into and through the heart?
Your answer:
The right ventricle sends blood to the lunds via the pulmonary veins
Blood passes from the left atrium to the left centricle through the mitral valve
Blood is returned by the venae cavae to the right atrium of the heart
The left ventricle sends oxygenated blood to the body via the aorta
- Which of the following is NOT a purpose for which use of the PASG is normally considered?
Your answer:
to control pulmonary edema
to splint lower extremity fractures
to help the body compensate for shock
to control blood losee
- The name of a drug that is usually an abbreviated version of the chemical name is the:
Your answer:
generic name
official name
trade name
brand name
- The lungs receive deoxygenated blood from the:
Your answer:
left heart
right heart
aortic arch
pulmonary veins
- Which of the following is NOT true of colloid solutions
Your answer:
They tend to remain in the intravascular space for an extended time
The attract water into the intravascular space
They are sub-classified as isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic solutions
They are rarely administered in the prehospital setting
- What is the FIRST pieve of information you need to obtain when taking a history from the patient?
Your answer:
where the pain is located
the chief complaint
past illnesses
the quality of the pain
- Your medical patient suffers from gastric ulcers and admits to having been taking an unusually large quantity of antacids. As a result, she may also be suffering:
Your answer:
metabolic acidosis
metabolic alkalosis
respiratory alkalosis
respiratory acidosis
- A standard format for transmission of patient assessment information to the hospital is usually used. All of the following are advantages of using a standard format EXCEPT:
Your answer:
it is efficient
it assures that medical information provided is complete
it helps the physician assimilate the information
it ensures that all EMS systems follow the same protocols
- Medical control orders a lidocaine IV for your patient at 1.5 mg.kg. Your patient weights 210 pounds. Your initial dose of lidocaine will be:
Your answer:
143 mg
69 mg
14.3 mg
693 mg
- The pulse oximeter measures the amount of oxygen:
Your answer:
present in the plasma
dropped off in the capillary beds
bound on hemoglobin
in the alveoli
- When administered to a normally hydrated patient, a hypertonic solution will cause fluid to move in which direction?
Your answer:
A hypertonic solution will cause no significant fluid shift
from the extracellular to the intracellular compartment
from the extracellular to the intravascular compartment
from the intracellular to the extracellular compartment
- An accurate blood glucose test reading requires:
Your answer:
capillary blood
either arterial or venous blood
arterial blood
venous blood
- When sodium is transported out of a myocardial cell against the osmotic gradient, the process is caid to be a form of:
Your answer:
facilitated diffusion
active diffusion
active trainsport
facilitated tramsport