- The use of accessory muscles and nasal flaring are all signs of
Your answer:
shallow breathing
noisy breathing
labored breathing
normal breathing
- The most serious problem to consider with an electrical burn is
Your answer:
hyperthermia
brain damage
cardiac dysrhythmia/arrest
shock
- Your patient is a 13-year-old female. Witnesses tell you her behavior changed suddenly. She has sweaty skin and complains of feeling hungry. Of the following, she is most likely to be suffering a/an:
Your answer:
allergic reaction
diabetic emergency
respiratory emergency
cardiac emergency
- Lack of oxygen in blood cells and tissues resulting from inadequate breathing or heart function will cause the skin to be:
Your answer:
cyanotic
yellow
red
jaundiced
- You are called to assist a 3-year-old male patient who pulled a pot of hot water from the stove spilling hot it onto his upper chest. The skin is red and painful, but no other signs or symptoms are present. This childs burn would be classified as
Your answer:
critical
severe
superficial
full thickness
- A 20-year-old patient appears dazed and seems to have lost contact with reality. The mucous membranes of his nose and mouth are swollen. He complains of a "funny numb feeling" inside his head. This patient is exhibiting signs and symptoms of drug abuse, most likely from
Your answer:
volatile chemicals
hallucinogens
uppers
downers
- The definition of absorbed poisons is those that are
Your answer:
injected
taken into the body through unbroken skin
inhaled
swallowed
- Your patient is a conscious 16-year-old female who has ingested an unknown number of sleeping pills. You should ask all of the following questions EXCEPT
Your answer:
"How much do you weigh?"
"Over how long a period did you take the pills?"
"Has anyone tried to treat you with anything?"
"Who gave you the pills?"
- You suspect that your nearly unconscious male patient has ingested sleeping pills and alcohol. He is breathing inadequately. You should immediately
Your answer:
manage the airway
administer syrup of ipecac
give oxygen by nasal cannula
administer activated charcoal
- An adult patient who is breathing at a rate of 6 breaths per minute needs to be cared for by:
Your answer:
monitoring respirations only
providing high concentration oxygen by a nonrebreather mask
beginning a cycle of chest compressions
providing positive pressure ventilation with 100% oxygen
- Your first concern in treating a conscious patient who has received partial thickness burns to the face is treating
Your answer:
for hypovolemia shock
airway related problems
the burned area by applying a dressing
for relative hypothermia
- What is the recommended dose of activated charcoal for a 5-year-old child?
Your answer:
100 grams activated charcoal
12.5 grams activated charcoal/kg of body weight
1 gram activated charcoal/kg of body weight
50 grams activated charcoal
- Acceptable care for a 7% superficial burn may include all of the following EXCEPT
Your answer:
cool the burn with water
keep the patient warm
keep the burn site clean
apply a burn ointment
- Which of the following is a trade name for activated charcoal
Your answer:
Charcough
Actidose
Dopamine
Poison-X
- Your patient has splashed dry cleaning fluid into his eyes. What treatment should you provide first
Your answer:
Irrigate eyes with a weak acid solution
Dilute with vinegar and water
Cover eyes with sterile gauze
Irrigate eyes with clean water
- Your 49 year old male patient is sleepy and suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Your treatment includes:
Your answer:
asking the patient to breathe into a paper bag
administering oral glucose
administering oxygen
administering activated charcoal
- You are called to a less savory neighborhood for a "man down" on the sidewalk. You find a male patient, approximately 50 years old, shabbily dressed, unshaven and has a variety of strong odors emitting from him. The strongest aroma is alcohol. There are no obvious signs of injury. Bystanders can only say he has been lying there for quite awhile. Which of the following statements about him is not true
Your answer:
he is drunk and needs no specific treatment
he should receive oral glucose
he is in imminent danger of airway obstruction
he is at risk for aspiration pneumonia
- Altered mental status is less likely to be caused by which one
Your answer:
head trauma
chest pain
drug overdose
low blood sugar
- A 6 year old female has splashed liquid ammonia into her eyes. Irrigation of her eyes should be continued for how many minutes:
Your answer:
20
5
10
15
- In caring for the patient suffering a severe allergic reaction, you must obtain permission from medical direction to
Your answer:
provide artificial respirations, if needed
administer oxygen by nonrebreather mask
help the patient administer his epinephrine auto-injector
transport the patient to the hospital
- Which of the following is a contraindication to the use of an oropharyngeal airway?
Your answer:
the patient has a gag reflex
the patient has tongue lacerations
the patient has vomited
the patient is unconscious
- In an adult, a full thickness burn that involves 2% to 10% of the body surface is classified as
Your answer:
moderate burn
circumferential burn
critical burn
minor burn
- A superficial burn is characterized by
Your answer:
lack of pain
blisters
charred black areas
reddening of the skin
- Your patient has been exposed to an unknown chemical which has soaked his clothing. You should immediately flush the patient with
Your answer:
water
neutralizing solution
alcohol
vinegar
- Blisters should be cared for by
Your answer:
opening and disinfecting
sealing with burn ointment
opening and draining
leaving intact and covering loosely
- Protection, temperature regulation, and excretion are major functions of the
Your answer:
blood vessels
skin
muscles
liver
- A burn characterized by intense pain, reddening, and blisters is called a
Your answer:
full thickness burn
partial thickness burn
critical burn
superficial burn
- A 42-year-old male patient was involved in a house fire. His arms are charred black but the patient states he has little pain. This burn would be classified as
Your answer:
full thickness
minor
partial thickness
superficial
- The outer layer of the skin is called the
Your answer:
epidermis
subdura
subcutaneous layer
dermis
- Signs that an adult, conscious patient has adequate respirations include:
Your answer:
pale or cyanotic skin.
respiratory rate of 8 to 24/min.
retractions on inspiration.
respiratory rate of 12 to 20/min.
- Which of the following conditions is considered the most serious?
Your answer:
Ventricular tachycardia
Atrial fibrillation
Ventricular fibrillation
Asystole