EMT Medical Exam Actual Questions Verified

EMT Medical Exam / Actual Questions & Verified Answers, / .Terms in this set (50) You are transporting a 33- year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle crash. You have addressed all immediate and potentially life- threatening conditions and have stabilized his condition with the appropriate treatment.With an estimated time of arrival at the hospital of 20

minutes, you should:

• reassess his condition

in 5 minutes

• repeat your secondary

assessment

• take his vital signs in 15

minutes

• arrange for an ALS

rendezvous

• reassess his condition in 5 minutes

Ch 12 Patient Assessment for Shock pg 499 1 / 4

Common side effects of nitroglycerin include all of

the following except:

A.hypotension B.bradycardia C.hypertension D.severe headache

• hypertension

ch 16 Emergency Medical Care for Chest Pain or Discomfort pg 648 2 / 4

You are assessing a 49- year-old man who complains of chest pressure that began the night before. He is conscious, but anxious, and tells you he has a history of angina and hypertension. After applying high-flow oxygen, you expose his chest to auscultate his lungs and note that he has a nitroglycerin patch on his right upper chest. His skin is cool and pale, his blood pressure is 78/50 mm Hg, and his pulse is beats/min and110

irregular. You should:

Choose one answer.

• remove the

nitroglycerin patch, place him in a supine position and elevate his lower extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.

• immediately remove the

nitroglycerin patch, apply the AED in case he develops cardiac arrest, and transport to the closest hospital.

• move the nitroglycerin

patch to the other side of his chest in case you need

• remove the nitroglycerin patch, place him in a

supine position and elevate his lower extremities, and prepare for immediate transport.ch 16 pathophysiology - pg 641

• remove nitro because it can worsen the

hypotension; elevate LE so blood doesn't pool 3 / 4

to apply the AED, keep him warm, and transport without delay.

• ask him if the

nitroglycerin patch he You are assessing a 49- year-old man who, according to his wife, experienced a sudden, severe headache and then passed out. He is unresponsive and has slow, irregular breathing.His blood pressure is 190/94 mm Hg and his pulse rate is 50 beats/min.His wife tells you that he has hypertension and diabetes. He has MOST

likely experienced:

• a ruptured cerebral

artery *****

• an occluded cerebral

artery

• acute hypoglycemia
• a complex partial

seizure

• a ruptured cerebral artery

chapter 17 stoke pg 679

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