ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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A patient with hypoglycemia will often present with which of the L L L L L L L L
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- Pale, cool, and clammy skin
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- Deep, rapid respirations
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- Hypertension
- Warm, red, and dry skin - ✔✔✔Correct Answer > Pale, cool, and
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While you are performing artificial ventilations on a patient, he vomits.
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What should you do?
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- stop ventilations and wait for advanced life support
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,- continue ventilations with increased force to prevent aspiration
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- roll the patient onto his side to allow for drainage of emesis
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- immediately stop ventilations and begin chest compressions - ✔✔✔
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Correct Answer > roll the patient onto his side to allow for drainage of
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emesis
Which of the following statements regarding glucose is correct?
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- Most cells will function normally without glucose.
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- The brain requires insulin to allow glucose to enter the cells.
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- The brain requires glucose as much as it requires oxygen.
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- Blood glucose levels decrease in the absence of insulin. - ✔✔✔
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Correct Answer > The brain requires glucose as much as it requires
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oxygen.
A 66-year-old woman experienced a sudden onset of difficulty breathing.
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She has a history of type 2 diabetes and deep vein
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,thrombosis (DVT). On the basis of her medical history, which of the
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following should the EMT suspect?
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- Congestive heart failure L L
- Diabetic ketoacidosisL
- Pulmonary embolism L
- Severe hypoglycemia - ✔✔✔Correct Answer > Pulmonary embolism
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Proper procedure for administering oral glucose to a patient includes all of
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the following, EXCEPT:
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- checking the medication's expiration date.
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- requesting permission from medical control.
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- ensuring the absence of a gag reflex.
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- assessing the patient's mental status. - ✔✔✔Correct Answer >
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ensuring the absence of a gag reflex.
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, You are treating a 40-year-old male with a documented blood sugar
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reading of 480 mg/dL. The patient is semiconscious and breathing
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shallowly, and is receiving assisted ventilation from your partner. You
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should recognize that definitive treatment for this patient includes:
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- dextrose.
- oxygen.
- insulin.
- glucagon. - ✔✔✔Correct Answer > insulin.
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The main function of the endocrine system is to
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- maintain homeostasis L
- regulate blood flow L L
- produce glandular secretions
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- regulate glucose and calcium - ✔✔✔Correct Answer > maintain
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homeostasis