EMT

You begin ventilating an adult with a BVM and notice the patient's heart rate quickly becomes tachycardic. You should assume these changes are the result of

• a normal response to ventilation.

• inadequate ventilation with the BVM.

• an increase in the patient's oxygen levels.

• a decrease in the patient's carbon dioxide levels.

For two days, a teenager has been struggling with her asthma. She briefly opens then closes her eyes to voice. She is laboring to breathe with shallow respirations of 38. Breath sounds are diminished and distant wheezes are auscultated. You should first

• insert an oral airway.

• position her on her side.

• apply a non-rebreather mask.

• begin positive pressure ventilation.

While you are treating a patient with a gunshot wound, angry bystanders begin crowding you. You should:

• continue your assessment.

• leave the scene and come back later.

• call the police and wait for them to arrive.

• remove yourself and the patient from the scene.

You are caring for an unresponsive man found in his driveway. His airway is open, he has good chest rise and fall, and skin is pale and cool. You should next:

• obtain vital signs.

• apply a non-rebreather mask.

• assess his blood glucose level.

• perform a rapid head to toe assessment.

As you begin the assessment of a medical patient, you should first:

• assess vital signs

• evaluate circulation.

• assure an open airway.

• determine level of consciousness.

An unresponsive, cyanotic patient has a pulse oximetry reading of 85% with labored respirations ,6 breaths per minute. Which form of inadequate breathing is present?

• Respiratory distress

• Respiratory failure

• Respiratory arrest

• Hyperventilation syndrome

Prior to collapsing, a patient complained of the "worst" headache in his life. He now responds only to pain, and with decorticate posturing. His right pupil is large and non-reactive, while his left reacts normally. B/P:226/102, P: 58, R: 20 and irregular with noisy, gurgling sounds. Oxygen saturation is 92%. Which medical condition is most likely occurring with this patient?

• Transient ischemic attack.

• A thromboembolic stroke.

• A hemorrhagic stroke.

• Status Eptilicticus.

When perfusion to tissues is reduced, skin appears _________________.

• red, hot, and moist.

• warm, pink, and dry.

• pale, cool, and clammy.

• jaundiced, cool, and dry.

Which is an early sign of hypoxia in adults?

• Anxiety

• Respiratory rate of 8

• Pulse oximetry of 73%

• Cyanosis around the lips

During angina, Nitroglycerin relieves chest pain when it:

• dilates bronchi and bronchioles.

• increases blood flow into the right atrium.

• dilates coronary and peripheral blood vessels.

• dissolves the blood clot in the coronary arteries.