SRTC Quiz Chapter 35

Bariatrics is defined as the branch of medicine that deals with the cause, prevention, and treatment of which of the following diseases?

• Blindness

• Diabetes

• Obesity

• Sleep Apnea

Obesity is defined as a body mass index greater than:

• 35

• 30

• 25

• 40

Which of the following is the easiest way for an EMT to communicate with a patient with drastic hearing loss?

• Write your questions using paper and pen.

• Speak loudly and directly into the patient's ear.

• Use a TDD/TYY telephone.

• Slow down your speech so that the patient can read your lips.

When transporting a patient who is morbidly obese to the hospital, it is important to monitor which of the following vital signs?

• Pulse Rate

• Blood Pressure

• Blood Glucose level

• Oxygen Saturation

While on the scene of an emergency call involving a patient who is dependent upon a medical device for survival, the EMT can ask which of the following individuals about the specifics of the device?

• Patient's home health aide or nurse

• Patient's family

• Patient

• All of the above

Which of the following is the BEST course of action for the EMT to take when caring for a patient with an AICD who goes into cardiac arrest?

• CPR should be started, but the AED should not be used while on-scene or transporting the patient.

• No action beyond transport is required since the patient already has an implanted defibrillator.

• The AED should be applied and used, but CPR should not be started while on-scene or transporting the patient.

• CPR and an AED should be used as indicated while on-scene and transporting the patient.

During transport, where should the catheter bag be after loading the patient and stretcher into the ambulance if the patient has an indwelling urinary catheter?

• Lower than the patient, but not on the floor

• Hanging from the ceiling of the ambulance or IV pole higher than the patient

• In the patient's lap, but not higher than his heart

• On the ambulance floor

Compare the pain a patient experiences when receiving a shock from a pacemaker against the pain felt when receiving a shock from an automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator (AICD).

• Pacemakers are painful and AICDs are painless.

• Pacemakers are painless and AICDs are painful.

• Both are painless

• Both are painful

You are transporting a patient who is experiencing frequent discharges of her automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator (AICD). En route to the hospital you are caring for the patient in the back of the ambulance. To protect yourself from being shocked if the defibrillator discharges, you should:

• wear protective gloves that cannot conduct electricity.

• limit direct contact with the patient.

• not worry, since the defibrillator does not pose a danger to others.

• make sure you do not touch the patient directly.

Barbara was born with a cardiac problem that she will have to manage the rest of her life. This disease is considered to be:

• Acquired

• Congenital

• autoimmune

• genetic