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WorksheetsQuiz Chapter 14
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
Your patient is a 16-year-old female who is reporting abdominal pain and nausea. She says it came on when she woke up this morning. Her mother says that her daughter has been tired and cranky lately and has not been eating well for a couple of weeks. In fact, every time you ask a question, the patient's mother answers. What should you do next?
Tell the mother to leave the room.
Ask the mother to please be quiet.
Have your partner interview the mother in the next room.
Ignore the mother and continue to try to talk to the patient.
Your patient is a 15-year-old female complaining of shortness of breath. Which of the following is not appropriate during the focused exam?
Listening to her lung sounds
Assessing her mental status
Looking at the use of her accessory muscles
Checking her pupils for reactivity to light
When you begin interviewing your patient, he tells you that he has not felt well for several months, ever since he had his gallbladder removed. He goes on to tell you that he cannot get his wife to schedule a doctor's appointment for him and when she remembers to call, the office is always closed. Which of the following is the best way to proceed?
Try to call his doctor to schedule an appointment.
Begin your assessment of his vital signs.
Ask him for a list of his medications.
Ask him why he decided to call 911 today.
Mrs. Butler is a 66-year-old woman who is complaining of chest pain. Which of the following questions would be best in helping you determine if the pain is radiating?
Are you having pain anywhere beside your chest?
Are you experiencing any other symptoms?
Does anything make the pain better or worse?
Are you having pain in your arm?
You are dispatched for a patient with chest pain. Your patient tells you that she has had shortness of breath and chest pain for about 20 minutes. Which of the following questions will give you the best information regarding your patient's chest pain symptoms?
Describe how the pain feels.
Have you taken your medications correctly?
Is the pain in your chest a sharp pain?
Do you have a history of chest pain?
When assessing a patient's pertinent past history, you should ask which of the following questions?
Have you ever had a reaction to a medication?
Have you been having any medical problems?
Are you currently taking any medications?
Could you describe what happened?
While assessing the past medical history of a 68-year-old male patient involved in a fall from a 4-foot stepladder, you use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the A refer to?
Allergies
Assessment
Acute
Auscultate
When using the memory aid SAMPLE, which of the following would you do to determine L?
Ask, "When was the last time you had anything to eat or drink?"
Ask, "When was the last time you took your medicine?"
Listen to the patient's lung sounds.
Look at the patient's pupils.
You are on the scene of a 16-year-old patient in respiratory distress. The patient has a history of asthma. After placing the patient on oxygen and performing the primary and secondary assessments, you are confident that the patient is indeed having an asthma attack. How can you be sure your field diagnosis is accurate?
Think of all possible causes of respiratory distress and rule them in or out as potential diagnoses based on your clinical findings.
Keep your EMT textbook with you on the ambulance and review it to confirm your diagnosis.
Ask your partner her opinion; if she also agrees that it is asthma, the diagnosis is correct.
Constantly reassess the patient to make sure you are correct.
Expert clinicians may use different approaches of thinking through problems, but which of the following will they have in common?
Strong foundation of knowledge
Organization of data in their head
Dislike of ambiguity
Knowledge that one strategy works for everyone
