West Coast EMT Block 3 Quiz
1. Signs and symptoms of a sympathomimetic drug over- ANSWER-b. tachycardia
dose include:
a. slurred speech
b. tachycardia
c. hypothermia
d. hypotension
2. Your priority in caring for a patient with a surface con- ANSWER-b. avoid contam-
tact poisoning is to: inating yourself
a. obtain and maintain a patent airway
b. Avoid contamination yourself
c. decontaminate the patient's skin
d. move the patient to a safe area
3. A 25-year-old man overdosed on heroin and is unre- ANSWER-c. insert a nasal
sponsive. His breathing is slow and shallow and he is airway and ventilate with a
bradycardic. He has track marks on both arms. The BVM
EMT should:
a. Position the patient on his side and transport
b. administer naloxene via the intramuscular route
c. insert a nasal airway and ventilate with a BVM
d. administer naloxene via the intranasal route
4. Your paramedic partner administers atropine to a ANSWER-b. dry mucous
49-year-old male with bradycardia. Which of the fol- membranes
lowing side effects would you expect the patient to
experience?
a. excessive lacrimation
b. dry mucous membranes
c. a fall in blood pressure
d. pupillary constriction
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5. Because hearing-impaired patients typically have ANSWER-b. lower the pitch
more difficulty hearing high-frequency sounds, it is of your voice
important for you to:
a. speak in a monotone voice
b. lower the pitch of your voice
c. try basic sign language first
d. increase the pitch of your voice
6. Substance abuse is the MOST accurately defined as: ANSWER-d. knowingly
a. unwillingly and unknowingly consuming drugs or misusing a substance to
alcohol produce a desired ettect
b. willfully using a therapeutic drug to treat a medical
illness
c. knowingly selling illicit drugs in order to buy more
drugs
d. knowingly misusing a substance to produce a de-
sired effect
7. You respond to a college campus for a young male ANSWER-a. attempting to
who is acting strangely. After law enforcement has calm him and giving him
secured the scene, you enter the patient's dorm room oxygen if tolerated
and find him sitting on the edge of the bed; he appears
agitated. As you approach him, you note that he has
dried blood around both nostrils. He is breathing ade-
quately, his pulse is rapid and irregular, and his blood
pressure is 200/110 mm Hg. Treatment for this patient
includes:
a. attempting to calm him and giving him oxygen if
tolerated
b. requesting a paramedic to administer naloxone
(Narcan)
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1. Signs and symptoms of a sympathomimetic drug over- ANSWER-b. tachycardia
dose include:
a. slurred speech
b. tachycardia
c. hypothermia
d. hypotension
2. Your priority in caring for a patient with a surface con- ANSWER-b. avoid contam-
tact poisoning is to: inating yourself
a. obtain and maintain a patent airway
b. Avoid contamination yourself
c. decontaminate the patient's skin
d. move the patient to a safe area
3. A 25-year-old man overdosed on heroin and is unre- ANSWER-c. insert a nasal
sponsive. His breathing is slow and shallow and he is airway and ventilate with a
bradycardic. He has track marks on both arms. The BVM
EMT should:
a. Position the patient on his side and transport
b. administer naloxene via the intramuscular route
c. insert a nasal airway and ventilate with a BVM
d. administer naloxene via the intranasal route
4. Your paramedic partner administers atropine to a ANSWER-b. dry mucous
49-year-old male with bradycardia. Which of the fol- membranes
lowing side effects would you expect the patient to
experience?
a. excessive lacrimation
b. dry mucous membranes
c. a fall in blood pressure
d. pupillary constriction
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5. Because hearing-impaired patients typically have ANSWER-b. lower the pitch
more difficulty hearing high-frequency sounds, it is of your voice
important for you to:
a. speak in a monotone voice
b. lower the pitch of your voice
c. try basic sign language first
d. increase the pitch of your voice
6. Substance abuse is the MOST accurately defined as: ANSWER-d. knowingly
a. unwillingly and unknowingly consuming drugs or misusing a substance to
alcohol produce a desired ettect
b. willfully using a therapeutic drug to treat a medical
illness
c. knowingly selling illicit drugs in order to buy more
drugs
d. knowingly misusing a substance to produce a de-
sired effect
7. You respond to a college campus for a young male ANSWER-a. attempting to
who is acting strangely. After law enforcement has calm him and giving him
secured the scene, you enter the patient's dorm room oxygen if tolerated
and find him sitting on the edge of the bed; he appears
agitated. As you approach him, you note that he has
dried blood around both nostrils. He is breathing ade-
quately, his pulse is rapid and irregular, and his blood
pressure is 200/110 mm Hg. Treatment for this patient
includes:
a. attempting to calm him and giving him oxygen if
tolerated
b. requesting a paramedic to administer naloxone
(Narcan)
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