AMLS Post Exam Updated Test Bank and
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• In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been reduced most
significantly? -✓✓A barking dog has been secured in a kennel in the yard.
• You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for: -✓✓all of the above;
Safety concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
• 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: -✓✓Differential
diagnosis
• 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: -
✓✓Blood glucose analysis
• A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You should
investigate which of the following regarding her pain? -✓✓Dysuria
• 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? -✓✓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)
• After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to: -✓✓Rule out
immediate life threats
• Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to increased
intracranial pressure? -✓✓Respiratory rate is 8 and irregular.
, • 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: serum calcium 10.0 mg/dL (0.55 mmol/L), pH 7.28,
potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The patient goes into cardiac arrest after you load her into
the ambulance. After epinephrine, you should first consider giving her: -
✓✓Magnesium sulfate
• Which of the following describes a behavior that represents normal mental
status? A person who: -✓✓Is drowsy and slow to respond to questions after
awakening from a nap.
• Which assessment evaluates at least one aspect of cranial nerve function? -
✓✓Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale
• A 72-year-old male had a syncopal episode in church. His wife said he has been
complaining of a headache for about a week. He has early Alzheimer's disease.
Home medicines include Lipitor and Exelon (rivastigmine). Which of the following
questions may help narrow your differential diagnosis? -✓✓Did he fall or hit his
head recently?
• A 56-year-old female experiences a sudden onset of headache and blurred
vision during yoga class. Her right eyelid is drooping, and the pupil on that side is
small compared to the left pupil. You should take her to a hospital with: -
✓✓Specialized neurologic and vascular capability
• A 32-year-old complains of headache and dizziness. He vomited once and is
walking with a staggering gait. His blood pressure is 148/72, pulse 92, respirations
20. He has a steady stare up toward his right ear. Which sign or symptom makes
you consider intracerebral hemorrhage more strongly than migraine headache as
a cause of his emergency? -✓✓Abnormal gaze
• Which is the most reliable indicator that ventilation should be assisted in a
patient with altered mental status? -✓✓End-tidal CO2 is 60 mm Hg
• A 24-year-old male complains of sudden explosive headache . He asks you to
lower the lights. He has vomited once. Which of these findings would increase
your index of suspicion for subarachnoid hemorrhage? -✓✓Stiff neck
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• In which situation has the threat to your personal safety been reduced most
significantly? -✓✓A barking dog has been secured in a kennel in the yard.
• You evaluate the patient's environment to assess for: -✓✓all of the above;
Safety concerns, Room Temp, Assistive devices
• 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: -✓✓Differential
diagnosis
• 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: -
✓✓Blood glucose analysis
• A 23-year-old female has an acute onset of left flank pain. You should
investigate which of the following regarding her pain? -✓✓Dysuria
• 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? -✓✓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)
• After you ensure scene safety, your highest priority is to: -✓✓Rule out
immediate life threats
• Which of the following physical findings points most specifically to increased
intracranial pressure? -✓✓Respiratory rate is 8 and irregular.
, • 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: serum calcium 10.0 mg/dL (0.55 mmol/L), pH 7.28,
potassium 6.1 mEq/L. The patient goes into cardiac arrest after you load her into
the ambulance. After epinephrine, you should first consider giving her: -
✓✓Magnesium sulfate
• Which of the following describes a behavior that represents normal mental
status? A person who: -✓✓Is drowsy and slow to respond to questions after
awakening from a nap.
• Which assessment evaluates at least one aspect of cranial nerve function? -
✓✓Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale
• A 72-year-old male had a syncopal episode in church. His wife said he has been
complaining of a headache for about a week. He has early Alzheimer's disease.
Home medicines include Lipitor and Exelon (rivastigmine). Which of the following
questions may help narrow your differential diagnosis? -✓✓Did he fall or hit his
head recently?
• A 56-year-old female experiences a sudden onset of headache and blurred
vision during yoga class. Her right eyelid is drooping, and the pupil on that side is
small compared to the left pupil. You should take her to a hospital with: -
✓✓Specialized neurologic and vascular capability
• A 32-year-old complains of headache and dizziness. He vomited once and is
walking with a staggering gait. His blood pressure is 148/72, pulse 92, respirations
20. He has a steady stare up toward his right ear. Which sign or symptom makes
you consider intracerebral hemorrhage more strongly than migraine headache as
a cause of his emergency? -✓✓Abnormal gaze
• Which is the most reliable indicator that ventilation should be assisted in a
patient with altered mental status? -✓✓End-tidal CO2 is 60 mm Hg
• A 24-year-old male complains of sudden explosive headache . He asks you to
lower the lights. He has vomited once. Which of these findings would increase
your index of suspicion for subarachnoid hemorrhage? -✓✓Stiff neck
