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106) You are the first EMS Provider to arrive on the scene of a head-on automobile

accident where you find the following:

Patient #1 appears to be intoxicated has pain in his right shoulder, and is belligerent toward the rescuers

Patient #2 also appears to be intoxicated and is very slow in responding to questions.He has burns on his lower legs and feet from the car heater and complains 0f a pain in his back

Patient #3 has an open wound to the brain, which is not bleeding, He has no pulse or respiration, and his chest pinned between the steering wheel and the seat

Patient #4 has a laceration across the abdomen that is bleeding profusely, and a portion of the colon is protruding

Which patient should be treated and transported FIRST? - CORRECT ANSWER:

Patient #4

A 25-year-old woman is in active labor. The umbilical cord is presenting through the vagina. You would: - CORRECT ANSWER: Place the mother in a supine position with the hips elevated, administer oxygen, and transport

A 28-year-old patient presents supine on the floor, unconscious, unresponsive, and with snoring respirations at a rate of 6 per minute. Bystanders report that the patient is diabetic, takes no medications, and may have ingested heroin half an hour prior to the EMS Providers arrival. After opening the patients airway, the EMS provider should: - 1 / 3

CORRECT ANSWER: Insert an airway adjunct and ventilate with 100% oxygen using a

bag-valve-mask

A 52-year-old male is complaining of breathing difficulty and left arm pain radiating to the right jaw. Vital signs are BP < 90/60 P = 120, R = 24. The patient should be

administered - CORRECT ANSWER: High concentration oxygen and should be placed

in a position of comfort for ease of breathing

A 65 year-old male was involved in a two-car motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he complains of chest pain upon breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your INITIAL care would be to: - CORRECT ANSWER: Administer high-concentration oxygen

A 65-year-old male was involved in a two-car motor vehicle crash. Upon examination, he complains of chest pain when breathing and tenderness of the sternum. Your INITIAL care should include: - CORRECT ANSWER: Administering high-concentration oxygen

A car hit a utility pole and an electrical wire fell on top of the car. Upon arrival, the EMS Provider see three apparently uninjured people in the car. The EMS providers first action should be to: - CORRECT ANSWER: Tell the car's occupants to stay in the car

A chest injury may interfere mechanically with the functioning of the: - CORRECT

ANSWER: Lungs

A child drank some unknown fluid. You arrive at the scene and note the following signs: the child's mouth and lips are a reddish color, and the child is coughing and gagging.You assess and manage the ABC's and begin transport. What should you do next? -

CORRECT ANSWER: Contact medical control for direction

A closed bone or joint injury is BEST defined as an injury: - CORRECT ANSWER: In which there is no break in the continuity of the skin

A correct statement concerning airway management of a patient who has a suspected spinal cord injury is that: - CORRECT ANSWER: The airway always takes precedence 2 / 3

over the cord injury; the airway must be opened regardless of the damage it might do to the cord

A diabetic emergency with a rapid onset is due to: - CORRECT ANSWER: Too much insulin

A female patient with chest pain tells you that she regularly takes nitroglycerin and "water pills," and that she has to sleep propped up on three pillows. Your treatment should include: - CORRECT ANSWER: Administering oxygen via non-rebreather

A high school football player has received a hard direct blow to the abdomen. Which of the following may indicate internal bleeding? - CORRECT ANSWER: Weak rapid pulse, tenderness, guarding, or pain in the abdomen

A machine shop operator injured his hand while using a drill press. If the injured hand is to be splinted, the EMS Provider should splint it: - CORRECT ANSWER: In the position of function

A man has received on his chest, abdomen and his entire left arm during a house fire.What percentage of the body surface will the EMS Provider estimate to determine the

severity of the burn? - CORRECT ANSWER: 27%

A patient is found lying supine along a roadside. There are no witnesses to describe what happened. Which of the following steps should be done FIRST? - CORRECT

ANSWER: Asset for unresponsiveness

A patient is lying unconscious, face down in a swimming pool, with a possible neck injury. After scene size-up, the EMS provider should: - CORRECT ANSWER: Stabilize the neck with his/her arms while rolling the patient over and securing a patent airway

A patient m severe pain due to an abdominal injury should be placed in which of the

following positions? - CORRECT ANSWER: In a position of comfort

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