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EMT JB Learning Exam 3 with accurate detailed answers || || || || || || || ||
A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:
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begin CPR until an AED is available. || || || || || ||
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A patient who presents with a headache, fever, confusion, and red blotches on his or her skin
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should be suspected of having: || || || ||
meningitis.
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An index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
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your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
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An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
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a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the
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body.
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Hepatitis B is more virulent than hepatitis C, which means that it: || || || || || || || || || || ||
has a greater ability to produce disease.
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In contrast to the assessment of a trauma patient, assessment of a medical patient:
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is focused on the nature of illness, the patient's chief complaint, and his or her symptoms.
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Patients with tuberculosis pose the greatest risk for transmitting the disease when they:
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cough.
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The primary prehospital treatment for most medical emergencies:
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addresses the patient's symptoms more than the actual disease process. || || || || || || || || ||
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The secondary assessment of a medical patient:
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is not practical if the patient is critically ill or your transport time is short.
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Upon initial contact with a patient who appears to be unconscious, you should:
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attempt to elicit a verbal response by talking to the patient.
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Which of the following medications would the EMT be LEAST likely to administer to a patient
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with a medical complaint? || || ||
Ibuprofen
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Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for complications caused by the influenza virus?
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68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes || || || || ||
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Which of the following will MOST reliably allow you to determine the nature of a patient's
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illness?
Asking questions related to the chief complaint || || || || || ||
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A conscious and alert 29-year-old female with a history of asthma complains of difficulty
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breathing that began after her morning jog. The temperature outside is 40°F (5°C). On exam, you
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hear bilateral expiratory wheezing. After providing supplemental oxygen, you should:
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determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler. || || || || || || || ||
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A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as:
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fluid accumulation outside the lung.
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Albuterol is a generic name for: || || || || ||
Select one. ||
Ventolin
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Alkalosis is a condition that occurs when: || || || || || ||
blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing.
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An alert patient presents with a regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation and breath sounds that
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are clear and equal on both sides of the chest. These findings are consistent with:
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adequate air exchange. || ||
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Asthma is caused by a response of the: || || || || || || ||
immune system ||
EMT JB Learning Exam 3 with accurate detailed answers || || || || || || || ||
A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
begin CPR until an AED is available. || || || || || ||
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A patient who presents with a headache, fever, confusion, and red blotches on his or her skin
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
should be suspected of having: || || || ||
meningitis.
|| || ||
An index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as:
|| || || || || || || ||
your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illness.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| || ||
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
|| || || || || || ||
a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
body.
|| || ||
Hepatitis B is more virulent than hepatitis C, which means that it: || || || || || || || || || || ||
has a greater ability to produce disease.
|| || || || || ||
|| || ||
In contrast to the assessment of a trauma patient, assessment of a medical patient:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
is focused on the nature of illness, the patient's chief complaint, and his or her symptoms.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| || ||
Patients with tuberculosis pose the greatest risk for transmitting the disease when they:
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
cough.
|| || ||
The primary prehospital treatment for most medical emergencies:
|| || || || || || ||
addresses the patient's symptoms more than the actual disease process. || || || || || || || || ||
|| || ||
The secondary assessment of a medical patient:
|| || || || || ||
is not practical if the patient is critically ill or your transport time is short.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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Upon initial contact with a patient who appears to be unconscious, you should:
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attempt to elicit a verbal response by talking to the patient.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
|| || ||
Which of the following medications would the EMT be LEAST likely to administer to a patient
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
with a medical complaint? || || ||
Ibuprofen
|| || ||
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for complications caused by the influenza virus?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes || || || || ||
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Which of the following will MOST reliably allow you to determine the nature of a patient's
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
illness?
Asking questions related to the chief complaint || || || || || ||
|| || ||
A conscious and alert 29-year-old female with a history of asthma complains of difficulty
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
breathing that began after her morning jog. The temperature outside is 40°F (5°C). On exam, you
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hear bilateral expiratory wheezing. After providing supplemental oxygen, you should:
|| || || || || || || || ||
determine if she has been prescribed a beta-agonist inhaler. || || || || || || || ||
|| || ||
A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as:
|| || || || || || ||
fluid accumulation outside the lung.
|| || || ||
|| || ||
Albuterol is a generic name for: || || || || ||
Select one. ||
Ventolin
|| || ||
Alkalosis is a condition that occurs when: || || || || || ||
blood acidity is reduced by excessive breathing.
|| || || || || ||
|| || ||
An alert patient presents with a regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation and breath sounds that
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
are clear and equal on both sides of the chest. These findings are consistent with:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
adequate air exchange. || ||
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Asthma is caused by a response of the: || || || || || || ||
immune system ||
