PARAMEDIC MIDTERM-EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You have just performed synchronized cardio version on a patient
with unstable ventricular tachycardia. Upon reassessment, you note
that the patient is unresponsive, apneic, and pulse less. You should:
-
correct answer ✅Ensure that the synchronizer is off, defibrillate,
and immediately begin CPR.
Objective patient information is: -
correct answer ✅Based on fact or observation.
How many large boxes on the ECG graph paper represent 6
seconds? -
correct answer ✅30
You and your partner are caring for an 82-year-old man who is
obviously confused at the situation. It is MOST important for you
to: -
correct answer ✅Carefully explain what you are doing and
frequently talk to the patient
Communication is MOST accurately defined as: -
correct answer ✅The act of transmitting information to another
person
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In order to call a cardiac rhythm "paroxysmal" supraventricular
tachycardia, you would have to: -
correct answer ✅Witness its onset and/or spontaneous
termination
The rapid trauma assessment is usually performed: -
correct answer ✅After all life-threatening conditions have been
identified and addressed in the initial assessment.
-A do not resuscitate (DNR) order is MOST accurately defined as a: -
correct answer ✅Written order designed to tell health care
providers when resuscitation is or is not appropriate.
Which of the following patients is LEAST likely in need of positive-
pressure ventilation? -
correct answer ✅Conscious 36-year-old man with difficulty
breathing, symmetrical chest rise and fall, and flushed skin
A 130-pound patient weighs ____ kilograms? -
correct answer ✅62
,PARAMEDIC MIDTERM-EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If the ET tube is placed in the trachea properly, the colorimetric
paper inside the ETCO2 detector should: -
correct answer ✅Turn yellow during exhalation.
When performing CPR on an adult in cardiac arrest, it is important
to: -
correct answer ✅Allow the chest to fully recoil between
compressions
Syncope is probably NOT caused by a life-threatening arrhythmia if
it occurs: -
correct answer ✅In a person whose cousin has syncope
By definition, infancy begins at: -
correct answer ✅1 month of age
The surrogate decision maker: -
correct answer ✅Is legally obligated to make decisions as the
patient would want
You are attempting to intubate a 5-year-old girl when you note that
her heart rate has fallen from 120 beats/min to 80 beats/min. A
, PARAMEDIC MIDTERM-EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
patent IV line has been established. The MOST appropriate action is
to: -
correct answer ✅Abort the attempt and ventilate with a bag-mask
device and 100% oxygen
While on duty, a paramedic unit stops at the scene of a traffic
accident to which it has not been dispatched. During the course of
providing patient care, one of the paramedics purposely
manipulates the patient's neck to elicit a painful response. This
paramedic: -
correct answer ✅Is not a Good Samaritan and did not perform as
any other paramedic with similar training would have performed
The Narcotic Control Act of 1956: -
correct answer ✅Increased the penalties for violation of the
Harrison Narcotic Act, made the possession of heroin illegal, and
outlawed the acquisition and transportation of marijuana.
The fight-or-flight syndrome is characterized by all of the following
physiologic responses, EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅Decreased sympathetic tone and pupil
constriction
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You have just performed synchronized cardio version on a patient
with unstable ventricular tachycardia. Upon reassessment, you note
that the patient is unresponsive, apneic, and pulse less. You should:
-
correct answer ✅Ensure that the synchronizer is off, defibrillate,
and immediately begin CPR.
Objective patient information is: -
correct answer ✅Based on fact or observation.
How many large boxes on the ECG graph paper represent 6
seconds? -
correct answer ✅30
You and your partner are caring for an 82-year-old man who is
obviously confused at the situation. It is MOST important for you
to: -
correct answer ✅Carefully explain what you are doing and
frequently talk to the patient
Communication is MOST accurately defined as: -
correct answer ✅The act of transmitting information to another
person
,PARAMEDIC MIDTERM-EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In order to call a cardiac rhythm "paroxysmal" supraventricular
tachycardia, you would have to: -
correct answer ✅Witness its onset and/or spontaneous
termination
The rapid trauma assessment is usually performed: -
correct answer ✅After all life-threatening conditions have been
identified and addressed in the initial assessment.
-A do not resuscitate (DNR) order is MOST accurately defined as a: -
correct answer ✅Written order designed to tell health care
providers when resuscitation is or is not appropriate.
Which of the following patients is LEAST likely in need of positive-
pressure ventilation? -
correct answer ✅Conscious 36-year-old man with difficulty
breathing, symmetrical chest rise and fall, and flushed skin
A 130-pound patient weighs ____ kilograms? -
correct answer ✅62
,PARAMEDIC MIDTERM-EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If the ET tube is placed in the trachea properly, the colorimetric
paper inside the ETCO2 detector should: -
correct answer ✅Turn yellow during exhalation.
When performing CPR on an adult in cardiac arrest, it is important
to: -
correct answer ✅Allow the chest to fully recoil between
compressions
Syncope is probably NOT caused by a life-threatening arrhythmia if
it occurs: -
correct answer ✅In a person whose cousin has syncope
By definition, infancy begins at: -
correct answer ✅1 month of age
The surrogate decision maker: -
correct answer ✅Is legally obligated to make decisions as the
patient would want
You are attempting to intubate a 5-year-old girl when you note that
her heart rate has fallen from 120 beats/min to 80 beats/min. A
, PARAMEDIC MIDTERM-EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
patent IV line has been established. The MOST appropriate action is
to: -
correct answer ✅Abort the attempt and ventilate with a bag-mask
device and 100% oxygen
While on duty, a paramedic unit stops at the scene of a traffic
accident to which it has not been dispatched. During the course of
providing patient care, one of the paramedics purposely
manipulates the patient's neck to elicit a painful response. This
paramedic: -
correct answer ✅Is not a Good Samaritan and did not perform as
any other paramedic with similar training would have performed
The Narcotic Control Act of 1956: -
correct answer ✅Increased the penalties for violation of the
Harrison Narcotic Act, made the possession of heroin illegal, and
outlawed the acquisition and transportation of marijuana.
The fight-or-flight syndrome is characterized by all of the following
physiologic responses, EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅Decreased sympathetic tone and pupil
constriction
