Final Exam

You’re dispatched to a park where a 15-year-old male has a severe, life-threatening injury to his leg. His friends called 9-1-1 after they could not reach his parents. What form of consent gives you the ability to begin treating this patient?

• • Implied consent

• • Revoked consent

• • Expressed consent

• • Informed consent

You arrive on scene to a patient who has fallen off of a roof. During your primary assessment you discover the patient needs to be treated for apnea. What is the proper way to open the patient’s airway?

• • Head tilt-chin lift maneuver

  
  

• • Place your fingers at the teeth and push the mouth open

  
  

• • Jaw-thrust maneuver

  
  

• • Slowly tilt the head so as not to compromise the spine

  
  

A patient has left-sided heart failure. What kind of edema would the patient have?

• • Pulmonary edema

  
  

• • Systemic edema

  
  

• • Macular edema

  
  

• • Lower back edema

  
  

Which of the following is the division point between the upper and lower airway?

• Pharynx

• Oropharynx

• Nasopharynx

• Laryngopharynx

A 32-year-old male patient was riding a motorcycle when he collided with a car. He is found conscious, 10 yards from the motorcycle, and has a bleeding laceration on his torso. When you assess his mental status, you find that he is A/O x1. This is a finding consistent with:

• • Respiratory arrest

  
  

• • Organ failure

  
  

• • Myocardial infarction

  
  

• • Brain injury

  
  

What is the first step to controlling an arterial bleed caused by a laceration to the hand?

• • Apply ice

  
  

• • Apply a tourniquet two inches above the wound

  
  

• • Apply a hemostatic agent

  
  

• • Apply direct pressure

  
  

You respond to a call for a psychologically disturbed patient in the middle of a mall parking lot. What is the best way to establish rapport with the patient?

• • Explain why the story they're telling is wrong

  
  

• • Avoid eye contact

  
  

• • Speak loudly to get through to them

  
  

• • Speak slowly and clearly

  
  

In the mnemonic “CBRNE,” the letter “R” stands for “radiological”, as in a radiological terrorist attack. Under which of the remaining types of terrorist attacks would an anthrax poisoning fall?

• Chemical

• Biologic

• Nuclear

• Explosive

Describe agonal respirations or breaths:

• • It is when the patient has wheezing in the bronchioles, slow breathing, and hypoxia.

  
  

• • It is when the patient has stridor noises, absent lung sides upon auscultation, and signs of inadequate perfusion, such as blue skin.

  
  

• • It is when the patient has crowing noises, fast breathing, and shallow breaths.

  
  

• • It is when the patient has gasping breathing noises, labored breathing, and strange vocalizations.

  
  

You arrive on scene of a single-vehicle car crash. The car is on fire, there is a patient in the car, and the fire department is on scene. What is the first thing you should do?

• • Jump out and help the patient immediately with the fire crew. The patient might die.

  
  

• • Ensure the safety of you and your partner. Your safety comes first.

  
  

• • Ensure the safety of the bystanders. The fire may get out of hand.

  
  

• • Ensure the safety of the fire crew. They are your only hope to get to the patient.