chapter 8 emt

Poor peripheral circulation will cause the skin to appear:

A 50-year-old male is found unconscious in his car. There were no witnesses to the event. When gathering medical history information for this patient, the EMT should:

Which of the following questions is used to determine a patient's chief complaint?

Pain that moves from its point of origin to another body location is said to be:

Which of the following medical history questions would be of LEAST pertinence in an acute situation?

A patient with profuse sweating is referred to as being

A crackling sound produced by air bubbles under the skin is called

During the primary assessment, circulation is evaluated by assessing:

You respond to a call for a female pedestrian who has been struck by a car. As your partner maintains manual stabilization of her head, you perform a primary assessment. She is unconscious, has ineffective breathing, and has bloody secretions in her mouth. You should:

The chief complaint is MOST accurately defined as the:

You receive a call to a local daycare center for an unresponsive 8-month-old infant. Upon arrival, you perform an assessment and determine that the infant is not breathing. After delivering two rescue breaths, you should:

An unstable patient should be reassessed at least every:

Upon arriving at a potentially unsafe scene, you should:

A pulse with a consistent pattern is considered to be:

Which of the following statements regarding the secondary assessment is correct?

Which of the following is the MOST effective method of assessing the quality of air movement in the lungs?

Which of the following statements regarding the blood pressure is correct?

A palpable pulse is created by:

A blood pressure cuff that is too small for a patient's arm will give a:

You should suspect that a patient is experiencing respiratory failure if he or she:

Cyanosis of the skin is caused by

With regard to the assessment of a patient's cardiovascular status, capillary refill time is MOST reliable in:

A 40-year-old male crashed his motorcycle into a tree. He is semiconscious, has snoring respirations, and has a laceration to the forearm with minimal bleeding. You should:

Which of the following patients does NOT have an altered mental status?

Which of the following scenarios does NOT involve the presence of any symptoms?

A 29-year-old male with a head injury opens his eyes when you speak to him, is confused as to the time and date, and is able to move all of his extremities on command. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is:

You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, you find the driver, a young female, sitting on the curb. She is confused, is in obvious respiratory distress, and has pale, moist skin. As your partner manually stabilizes her head, you perform a primary assessment. After performing any immediate livesaving treatment, you should:

When approaching a 32-year-old male who is complaining of traumatic neck pain, you should:

A 39-year-old male sustained a stab wound to the groin during an altercation at a bar. As you approach the patient, you note that he is conscious, is screaming in pain, and is attempting to control the bleeding, which is bright red and spurting from his groin area. You should:

Which of the following situations or conditions warrants immediate transport?

A 40-year-old male presents with pain to the right upper quadrant of his abdomen. He is conscious and alert with stable vital signs. During your assessment, you note that his skin and sclera are jaundiced. You should suspect:

If you cannot palpate a pulse in an unresponsive patient, you should:

A 50-year-old male presents with an altered mental status. His wife tells you that he had a "small stroke" 3 years ago but has otherwise been in good health. The patient is responsive but unable to follow commands. After administering oxygen, you should:

Which of the following questions would you ask a patient to ascertain the "M" in the SAMPLE history?

Which of the following pupillary changes would indicate depressed brain function?

Which of the following patient responses would establish the "E" in the SAMPLE history?

When performing a full-body scan on a trauma patient, you note the presence of Battle's sign. This is defined as:

Jugular venous distention suggests a problem with blood returning to the heart if the patient is:

A decrease in the blood pressure may indicate:

You respond to the residence of a 62-year-old male who is unresponsive. Your primary assessment reveals that he is pulseless and apneic. You should:

Which of the following statements regarding stridor is MOST correct?

Which of the following statements regarding the mechanism of injury (MOI) is correct?

End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) is defined as the:

You are dispatched to the county jail for an inmate who is "sick." When you arrive, you find the patient, a 33-year-old male, unresponsive. His airway is patent and his respirations are rapid and shallow. Your initial action should be to:

Which of the following would the EMT most likely not perform on a responsive patient with a headache and no apparent life-threatening conditions?

The diastolic pressure represents the

You are assessing a 72-year-old man with abdominal pain. The patient is sitting in a chair; he is conscious, alert, and calm. As you are talking to the patient, your partner discreetly directs your attention to a handgun, which is located on a nearby table. You should:

When you use the palpation method to obtain a blood pressure, the measurement you obtain is the:

When a patient's respirations are shallow:

The MOST effective way to determine whether your patient's problem is medical or traumatic in origin is to:

When assessing a patient's abdomen, you will typically evaluate for all of the following, EXCEPT:

While en route to the scene of a shooting, the dispatcher advises you that the caller states that the perpetrator has fled the scene. You should:

Palliating factors regarding a patient's pain involve those that:

A palpable pulse is created by:

During an EMS call, you should take standard precautions:

An elderly patient has fallen and hit her head. You assess her level of consciousness as unresponsive using the AVPU scale. Your initial care should focus on:

At a flow rate of 6 L/min, a nasal cannula can deliver an approximate oxygen concentration of up to

When using the pulse oximeter as part of your assessment of a patient, it is important to remember that:

When interviewing a patient, you can show him or her that you understand the situation by:

A full-body scan should be performed on:

Observations made when forming a general impression of a patient would include all of the following, EXCEPT:

During your assessment of a 6-month-old male with vomiting and diarrhea, you note that his capillary refill time is approximately 4 seconds. From this information, you should conclude that his:

An injured patient is assigned a total score of 9 on the GCS. He is assigned a score of 2 for eye opening, a score of 3 for verbal response, and a score of 4 for motor response. Which of the following clinical findings is consistent with his GCS score?

When performing a full-body scan on a supine patient, what part of the body is typically assessed last?

Which of the following factors would MOST likely cause a patient's pulse rate to be slower than normal?

After performing a head tilt-chin lift maneuver to open the airway of an unresponsive patient, you should:

A 71-year-old female slipped on a rug and fell. She is conscious and alert and complains of severe pelvic pain. Her respirations are 22 breaths/min with adequate depth and her heart rate is 120 beats/min. Which of the following would NOT be appropriate for this patient?

Palpating the carotid pulse is not recommended in infants because:

A patient with spontaneous respirations is breathing:

When is it MOST appropriate to consider requesting additional ambulances at an accident scene?

When auscultating the blood pressure in a patient's upper extremity, you should place the diaphragm (head) of the stethoscope over the _________ artery.

In infants and small children, skin color should be assessed on the:

The normal respiratory rate for an adult should range from:

A patient's short-term memory is MOST likely intact if he or she correctly answers questions regarding:

You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, you find the driver, a young female, sitting on the curb. She is confused, is in obvious respiratory distress, and has pale, moist skin. As your partner manually stabilizes her head, you perform a primary assessment. After performing any immediate livesaving treatment, you should:

Which of the following MOST accurately describes paradoxical movement of the chest wall?

Which of the following conditions would be LEAST likely to cause an altered level of consciousness?

When assessing a patient with a medical complaint, which of the following would MOST likely reveal the cause of his or her problem?

For an adult, the normal resting pulse should be between:

Reassessment is performed to determine all of the following, EXCEPT:

When you assess capillary refill time (CRT) in an infant, normal color to the tested area should return within:

Which of the following statements regarding the secondary assessment is correct?

A low ETCO2 reading, as measured by capnography, would MOST likely be observed if:

Supplemental oxygen via nonrebreathing mask should be administered to patients:

The pressure exerted against the walls of the artery when the left ventricle contracts is called the:

Which of the following is the MOST accurate guide to palpating a pulse?

The pulse oximeter is an assessment tool used to evaluate the:

An injured patient is assigned a total score of 9 on the GCS. He is assigned a score of 2 for eye opening, a score of 3 for verbal response, and a score of 4 for motor response. Which of the following clinical findings is consistent with his GCS score?

While evaluating a patient with chest pain, your partner tells you that the patient's blood pressure is 140/94 mm Hg. The lower number represents the pressure from the