AMLS (ADVANCED MEDICAL
LIFE SUPPORT ) POST TEST
ACTUAL EXAM LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A+ .
, 1. As you obtain historical information regarding your patient, you note that the patient's
presentation and responses are very similar to several patient complaints you have treated in the
past. Integrating this information from past experience to this current experience is known as ✔✔
Answer ✔✔ Answer Pattern recognition
2. In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been reduced most significantly? ✔✔
Answer A barking dog has been secured in a kennel in the yard.
3. You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer all of the above; Safety
concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
4. An unresponsive patient has a needle in his arm when you arrive. His pupils are pinpoint, and
he is breathing four times per minute. You are preparing
to administer naloxone. At this point, opioid overdose is your initial ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer
Ditterential diagnosis
5. An 18-year-old male had a tonic-clonic seizure. Coworkers report no known seizure history.
You can arouse him to voice. P 118, R 20, BP 102/68. The diagnostic test most likely to narrow
your differential diagnosis would be ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer Blood glucose analysis
6. A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You should inves- tigate which of the
following regarding her pain? ✔✔ Answer Dysuria
7. When you use an interpreter to question a 42-year-old female about her abdominal pain, what is
the best way to ensure information has been conveyed accurately and completely? ✔✔ Answer Let the patient
write her answers, and have the interpreter restate them so you will have a recored of her statements for your report. (yeah right)
8. After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer Rule out immediate life
threats
9. Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to increased intracranial pressure?
✔✔ Answer Respiratory rate is 8 and irregular.
10. You are transferring a 65-year-old female with renal failure from the nursing home. She has a
history of "abnormal lab values" and is drowsy and weak. You note the following lab values ✔✔
Answer serum calcium 10.0 mg/dL (0.55 mmol/L), pH 7.28, potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The patient
LIFE SUPPORT ) POST TEST
ACTUAL EXAM LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A+ .
, 1. As you obtain historical information regarding your patient, you note that the patient's
presentation and responses are very similar to several patient complaints you have treated in the
past. Integrating this information from past experience to this current experience is known as ✔✔
Answer ✔✔ Answer Pattern recognition
2. In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been reduced most significantly? ✔✔
Answer A barking dog has been secured in a kennel in the yard.
3. You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer all of the above; Safety
concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
4. An unresponsive patient has a needle in his arm when you arrive. His pupils are pinpoint, and
he is breathing four times per minute. You are preparing
to administer naloxone. At this point, opioid overdose is your initial ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer
Ditterential diagnosis
5. An 18-year-old male had a tonic-clonic seizure. Coworkers report no known seizure history.
You can arouse him to voice. P 118, R 20, BP 102/68. The diagnostic test most likely to narrow
your differential diagnosis would be ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer Blood glucose analysis
6. A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You should inves- tigate which of the
following regarding her pain? ✔✔ Answer Dysuria
7. When you use an interpreter to question a 42-year-old female about her abdominal pain, what is
the best way to ensure information has been conveyed accurately and completely? ✔✔ Answer Let the patient
write her answers, and have the interpreter restate them so you will have a recored of her statements for your report. (yeah right)
8. After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to ✔✔ Answer ✔✔ Answer Rule out immediate life
threats
9. Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to increased intracranial pressure?
✔✔ Answer Respiratory rate is 8 and irregular.
10. You are transferring a 65-year-old female with renal failure from the nursing home. She has a
history of "abnormal lab values" and is drowsy and weak. You note the following lab values ✔✔
Answer serum calcium 10.0 mg/dL (0.55 mmol/L), pH 7.28, potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The patient
